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.
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 . 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 . 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 . 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 .
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". Idolator created a contest for a fan to win the box set, by tweeting about the release and e-mailing the website. Born This Way: The Collection debuted on the Greek Albums Chart at number 67 on the chart of December 16, 2011. The following week the album climbed eighteen positions, reaching number 49, which became its peak there. 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.
Track listing
Born This Way: The Collection – Born This Way (Special Edition) Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Marry the Night " Lady Gaga , Fernando Garibay Lady Gaga, Garibay 4:25 2. "Born This Way " Lady Gaga, Jeppe Laursen Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow 4:20 3. "Government Hooker " Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, DJ Snake * 4:14 4. "Judas " Lady Gaga, RedOne Lady Gaga, RedOne 4:09 5. "Americano " Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow, Alara Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow 4:07 6. "Hair " Lady Gaga, RedOne Lady Gaga, RedOne 5:08 7. "Scheiße " Lady Gaga, RedOne Lady Gaga, RedOne 3:46 8. "Bloody Mary " Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, Sparks* 4:05 9. "Black Jesus + Amen Fashion" Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow 3:36 10. "Bad Kids" Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow 3:51 11. "Fashion of His Love" Lady Gaga, Garibay Lady Gaga, Garibay 3:39 12. "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)" Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow 4:16 13. "Heavy Metal Lover" Lady Gaga, Garibay Lady Gaga, Garibay 4:13 14. "Electric Chapel " Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow 4:12 15. "The Queen" Lady Gaga, Garibay Lady Gaga, Garibay 5:17 16. "You and I " Lady Gaga Lady Gaga, Lange 5:07 17. "The Edge of Glory " Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow Lady Gaga, Garibay 5:21 Total length: 71:46
Born This Way: The Collection – Born This Way: The Remix Title 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
Charts
Release history
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