Essential Ballads
Compilation album by Jeff Scott Soto
Released	23 May 2006
Genre	Rock
Length	70:55
Label	Frontiers Records
Producer	Jeff Scott Soto, Richard Mace
Jeff Scott Soto chronology
Lost in the Translation (2004) Essential Ballads (2006) Beautiful Mess (2009)

Essential Ballads is a compilation album by Jeff Scott Soto. It consists of ballads from Soto's solo albums. A cover of "Send Her My Love" by Journey was recorded only for this CD.

The cd also contains 3 bonus tracks*

Track listing

1. "If This Is the End" - 4:41
2. "As I Do 2 U" - 4:14
3. "Holding On" - 5:24
4. "Send Her My Love" - 4:23
5. "Lonely Shade of Blue" - 5:26
6. "This Ain't the Love" - 5:17
7. "Dont' Wanna Say Goodbye" - 4:21
8. "4U" - 4:13
9. "Still Be Loving U" - 3:38
10. "Till the End of Time" - 5:16
11. "Sacred Eyes" - 3:23
12. "By Your Side" - 4:25
13. "Beginning 2 End" - 5:28
14. "Through It All"* - 3:23
15. "Last Mistake"* - 4:11
16. "Another Try"* - 3:12

Personnel

• Jeff Scott Soto - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Drum Loop
• Executive Producer: Richard Mace for JSS Promotions Ltd
• George Bernhardt Bass, Guitar, Drum Programming
• Jamie Borger - Drums, Musician
• Jamie Brown - Musician
• Göran Elmquist - Guitar, Keyboards, Programming
• Joey Fingers - Percussion
• Neil Goldberg - Guitar
• Alex Llorens - Guitar
• Marcus Nand - Guitar
• Alex Papa - Drums
• Ricky Phillips - Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals
• Gary Schutt - Bass Guitar
• Howie Simon - Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Soloist
• Glen Sobel Drums, Musician
• Jody Whitesides Musician, Guitar (12 String Acoustic)
• Peter de Wint Engineer