Born This Way: The Collection

Born This Way: The Collection is the third 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
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	Streamline Interscope Kon Live
Lady Gaga chronology
Born This Way: The Remix (2011) Born This Way: The Collection (2011) A Very Gaga Holiday (2011)

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

Born This Way: The Collection – Born This Way (Special Edition)[7][12]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Marry the Night"	Lady Gaga, Fernando Garibay	Lady Gaga, Garibay	4:24
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	4:06
6.	"Hair"	Lady Gaga, RedOne	Lady Gaga, RedOne	5:08
7.	"Scheiße"	Lady Gaga, RedOne	Lady Gaga, RedOne	3:45
8.	"Bloody Mary"	Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow	Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, Sparks*	4:04
9.	"Black Jesus + Amen Fashion"	Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow	Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow	3:50
10.	"Bad Kids"	Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow	Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White Shadow	4:15
11.	"Fashion of His Love"	Lady Gaga, Garibay	Lady Gaga, Garibay	4:12
12.	"Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)"	Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow	Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow	4:13
13.	"Heavy Metal Lover"	Lady Gaga, Garibay	Lady Gaga, Garibay	5:07
14.	"Electric Chapel"	Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow	Lady Gaga, DJ White Shadow	5:21
15.	"The Queen"	Lady Gaga, Garibay	Lady Gaga, Garibay	5:16
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	5:20

Born This Way: The Collection – Born This Way: The Remix[7][12]

No.	Title	Length
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

Born This Way: The Collection – Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball: At Madison Square Garden (DVD)[7][12]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	4:32
2.	"Dance in the Dark"	2:36
3.	"Glitter & Grease"	2:36
4.	"Just Dance"	4:22
5.	"Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"	4:20
6.	"The Fame"	4:15
7.	"LoveGame"	10:41
8.	"Boys Boys Boys"	3:17
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"	4:43
14.	"Monster"	6:37
15.	"Teeth"	9:41
16.	"Alejandro"	5:24
17.	"Poker Face"	3:57
18.	"Paparazzi"	6:30
19.	"Bad Romance"	6:22
20.	"Born This Way"	9:07
21.	"Born This Way" (a cappella)	3:16
22.	"Backstage at the Monster Ball"	12:50
23.	"Photo Gallery"

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Greek Albums (IFPI)[10]	49
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13]	98
South 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

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