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Born This Way: The Collection

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.

Born This Way: The Collection
Box set by
Lady Gaga
ReleasedNovember 18, 2011 (2011-11-18)
Recorded2010–2011
Length268:24
Label
Lady Gaga chronology
Born This Way: The Remix
(2011) 		Born This Way: The Collection
(2011) 		A Very Gaga Holiday
(2011)

Background edit

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 edit

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 edit

Born This Way: The Collection – Born This Way (Special Edition)[7][12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Marry the Night"Lady Gaga, Fernando GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay4:25
2."Born This Way"Lady Gaga, Jeppe LaursenLady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow4:20
3."Government Hooker"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, DJ Snake*4:14
4."Judas"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne4:09
5."Americano"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow, AlaraLady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow4:07
6."Hair"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne5:08
7."Scheiße"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne3:46
8."Bloody Mary"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, Sparks*4:05
9."Black Jesus + Amen Fashion"Lady Gaga, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow3:36
10."Bad Kids"Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow3:51
11."Fashion of His Love"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay3:39
12."Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow4:16
13."Heavy Metal Lover"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay4:13
14."Electric Chapel"Lady Gaga, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow4:12
15."The Queen"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay5:17
16."You and I"Lady GagaLady Gaga, Lange5:07
17."The Edge of Glory"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Garibay5:21
Total length:71:46
Born This Way: The Collection – Born This Way: The Remix[7][12]
No.TitleLength
1."Born This Way" (Zedd Remix)6:31
2."Judas" (Goldfrapp Remix)4:41
3."The Edge of Glory" (Foster the People Remix)6:09
4."You and I" (Wild Beasts Remix)3:50
5."Marry the Night" (The Weeknd & Illangelo Remix)4:03
6."Black Jesus + Amen Fashion" (Michael Woods Remix)6:11
7."Bloody Mary" (The Horrors Remix)5:18
8."Scheiße" (Guéna LG Club Remix)5:45
9."Americano" (Gregori Klosman Remix)6:07
10."Electric Chapel" (Two Door Cinema Club Remix)3:59
11."You and I" (Metronomy Remix)4:20
12."Judas" (Hurts Remix)3:57
13."Born This Way" (Twin Shadow Remix)4:05
14."The Edge of Glory" (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix)6:33
Total length:69:29
Born This Way: The Collection – Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (DVD)[7][12]
No.TitleLength
1."Intro"4:29
2."Dance in the Dark"2:33
3."Glitter & Grease"2:37
4."Just Dance"4:22
5."Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"4:21
6."The Fame"4:15
7."LoveGame"10:41
8."Boys Boys Boys"3:18
9."Money Honey"3:16
10."Telephone"6:34
11."Speechless"6:16
12."You and I"9:24
13."So Happy I Could Die"4:44
14."Monster"6:37
15."Teeth"9:42
16."Alejandro"5:25
17."Poker Face"3:56
18."Paparazzi"6:31
19."Bad Romance"6:22
20."Born This Way"9:00
21."Born This Way" (a cappella)3:16
22."Backstage at the Monster Ball"12:50
23."Photo Gallery" 
Total length:127:09

Charts edit

Weekly chart performance for Born This Way: The Collection
Chart (2011–2013) Peak
position
Greek Albums (IFPI)[10] 49
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] 98
South Korean International Albums (Circle)[11] 18

Release history edit

Release dates and formats for Born This Way: The Collection
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 edit

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  11. ^ a b "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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