Home / Music / Coltrane's Ballads went Gold in 1991Music linernotes album music john-coltraneColtrane's Ballads went Gold in 1991It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1991, indicating over 500,000 copies sold in the United States. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesCrescent is Coltrane at his most melodic — a calm before the free-jazz stormNaima was recorded with Miles Davis's rhythm section, not Coltrane's usual bandColtrane blew up his quartet to 21 musicians for Africa/BrassBlue Train has five tracks — four Coltrane originals and a standardBallads was John Coltrane's second Impulse! album — but the first to focus entirely on balladsExploreEurope '72 is a triple live albumSometimes, the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird is an EP, not an albumAn Evening with Diana Ross is a live double album on MotownNostalgia, Ultra started as a free Tumblr mixtapeMerzbow's Lreplace came out on vinyl and CD through Extreme RecordsPrevious Crescent is Coltrane at his most melodic — a calm before the free-jazz stormNext Ballads was John Coltrane's second Impulse! album — but the first to focus entirely on ballads