Born This Way: The Collection

Born This Way: The Collection
Box set by Lady Gaga
Released November 18, 2011 (2011-11-18)
Recorded 2010–11
Length
  • 1:54:23 (disc 1)
  • 1:13:38 (disc 2)
  • 1:11:27 (disc 3)
Label
Lady Gaga chronology
Born This Way: The Remix
(2011)		 Born This Way: The Collection
(2011)		 A Very Gaga Holiday
(2011)

Born This Way: The Collection is the third compilation album by American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga, released on November 18, 2011, by Interscope Records. The three-disc set includes her second studio album Born This Way, the remix album Born This Way: The Remix, and the DVD Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden. Photographer Nick Knight shot the cover of the release, which showed Gaga wearing a dress made of slime by designer Bart Hess. The box set was enclosed as a digipak with new booklets. The release received positive feedback from reviewers, but had minor commercial success, only entering charts in Greece, Italy, and South Korea.

Background

In October 2011, Lady Gaga announced plans to release a box set titled Born This Way: The Collection and a remix album titled Born This Way: The Remix.[1] The box set was first released in Germany on November 18, 2011, and consisted of a 17-track version of Gaga's second studio album, Born This Way, the aforementioned remix album and a DVD release of the HBO concert special Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden. Along with the collection, she also planned to release a coffee table book called Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson, containing pictures shot during The Monster Ball Tour.[2][3] The album cover was released on October 21, 2011. The image shows Gaga wearing a dress made of slime by designer Bart Hess, a Perspex hat made by Charlie le Mindu, and heels by Alexander McQueen.[4][5] Photographer Nick Knight shot the cover, and was initially one of the outtakes from the imagery shot for Born This Way, later re-touched and re-used as the box set's cover. New booklets were also provided alongside the regular ones and the whole case was in a digipak.[6]

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave a positive review, saying that the album is "for any fan of the singer who somehow has failed to pick up any or all of these along the way, this is a convenient way to grab all this Gaga at once".[7] Idolator created a contest for a fan to win the box set, by tweeting about the release and e-mailing the website.[8] Born This Way: The Collection debuted on the Greek Albums Chart at number 67 on the chart of December 16, 2011.[9] The following week the album climbed eighteen positions, reaching number 49, which became its peak there.[10] The album debuted on South Korean International Albums Chart at number 18 on the chart of December 3, 2011, remaining on the chart of South Korea for just one week.[11]

Track listing

Notes

(*) denotes co-producer.

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Greek Albums (IFPI)[10] 49
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] 98
Korean International Albums (Gaon)[11] 18

Release history

Region Date Format Label Edition
Germany[2] November 18, 2011 CD+DVD Universal Music Standard
Canada[14] November 21, 2011
Japan[15] Streamline, Interscope, KonLive
United Kingdom[16][17] Polydor
Streamline, Interscope, KonLive
United States[18]
Canada[19] November 29, 2011 Deluxe
Japan[20] Polydor
United States[21] December 27, 2011 101 Distribution

References

  1. ↑ Vena, Jocelyn (October 7, 2011). "Lady Gaga To Release Monster Ball DVD, Remix Album". MTV News. Viacom. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Born This Way – The Collection [CD+DVD, Box-Set]" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ Lipshutz, Jason (October 7, 2011). "Lady Gaga Announces 'Monster Ball' DVD, 'Born This Way' Remix Album". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ Daw, Robbie (October 2, 2011). "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way: The Remix' & 'The Collection' Covers Revealed". Idolator. Spin Media. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Lady Gaga surprises with "Born This Way: The Collection" artwork!". Made to be Now. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  6. ↑ Nick, Knight (2011). Born This Way: The Collection (Media notes). Santa Monica: Interscope Records. p. 3. 602527877310.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (November 29, 2011). "Born This Way: The Collection". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  8. ↑ Adickman, Ericka (November 22, 2011). "Lady Gaga 'Born This Way: The Collection' Giveaway". Idolator. Spin Media. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Top-75 Albums Sales Chart". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on December 15, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  10. 1 2 "Top-75 Albums Sales Chart". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on December 26, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  11. 1 2 "South Korea Gaon International Album Chart". On the page, select "2011-11-27~2011-12-03", then "국외", to obtain the corresponding chart. Gaon Chart Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  12. 1 2 3 "Born This Way: The Collection CD". UK Universal Music Store. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Italy Albums Top 100 (November 22, 2011)". Billboard (United States: αcharts). Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Born This Way: The Collection (2CD + DVD)". Amazon.ca. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Born This Way: Collection [Import, From US]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Born This Way – The Collection [CD+DVD, Box Set]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Born This Way: The Collection [Box Set]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  18. ↑ "Born This Way – The Collection [2 CD / DVD Combo] [CD+DVD]". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  19. ↑ "Born This Way: the Collection: Deluxe Edition [Import]". Amazon.ca. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  20. ↑ "Born This Way: the Collection: Deluxe Edition [CD+DVD, Import, From US]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  21. ↑ "Born This Way: the Collection: Deluxe Edition [Import]". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
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