Born_This_Way:_The_Collection

<i>Born This Way: The Collection</i>

Born This Way: The Collection

2011 box set by Lady Gaga


Born This Way: The Collection is the second compilation album by American singer 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.

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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

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References

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  4. Daw, Robbie (October 2, 2011). "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way: The Remix' & 'The Collection' Covers Revealed". Idolator. Spin Media. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
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  6. Nick, Knight (2011). Born This Way: The Collection (Media notes). Santa Monica: Interscope Records. p. 3. 602527877310.
  7. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (November 29, 2011). "Born This Way: The Collection". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  8. Adickman, Ericka (November 22, 2011). "Lady Gaga 'Born This Way: The Collection' Giveaway". Idolator. Spin Media. Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  9. "Top-75 Albums Sales Chart". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on December 13, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
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  11. "South Korea Circle International Album Chart". On the page, select "2011-11-27~2011-12-03" to obtain the corresponding chart. Circle Chart Retrieved May 30, 2012.
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