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 Released November 18, 2011 (2011-11-18 ) Recorded 2010–2011 Length 268 :24 Label
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]
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]
Born This Way: The Collection – Born This Way (Special Edition) [ 7] [ 12] 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 [ 7] [ 12] 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
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