@bertoletdown said:

To clarify, none of these songs fit the proper definition of ballad. Not one. It's a bastardized term whose misuse has swallowed its proper meaning. If you think Horn isn't a ballad or whatever other nitpick you may have then down rate it. Make sense?

Seriously...I agree. Let's all stick to the list and not try to debate the definitions of which songs are ballads and which aren't. It's a list, like any list there will be omissions.

That being said....what about Joy?

Dog Faced Boy IS penultimate Phish ballad, if you're going to stay in the context of pure Phishiness. Second would be Horn, I think.

Last, how about Weigh? That's not a ballad either, so it qualifies, doesn't it?