Walking into Clarksdale

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Walking into Clarksdale
Page & Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale.jpg
Studio album by
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Released21 April 1998 (1998-04-21)
StudioAbbey Road Studios, London, England
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock
Length60:43
LabelAtlantic (US/Canada)
Mercury (international)
ProducerJimmy Page and Robert Plant
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant chronology
No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
(1994) 		Walking into Clarksdale
(1998)
Jimmy Page chronology
No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
(1994) 		Walking into Clarksdale
(1998) 		Live at the Greek: Excess All Areas
(2000)
Robert Plant chronology
No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
(1994) 		Walking into Clarksdale
(1998) 		Dreamland
(2002)

Walking into Clarksdale is the only studio album by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released by Atlantic Records on 21 April 1998. Walking into Clarksdale took 35 days to record. The album was recorded and mixed by Steve Albini over a five-month period at Abbey Road Studios.[1] The single "Most High" was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1999.

Clarksdale is a town in the Mississippi Delta, a historical home of Delta blues music.

The album debuted on the Billboard's Billboard 200 album chart at No. 8, while reaching No. 3 on the UK Album Chart. The single "Most High" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and No. 26 in the UK.

Plant re-recorded the song "Please Read the Letter" with Alison Krauss for their 2007 collaboration album Raising Sand. This re-recording won the Record of the Year award at the 2009 Grammy Awards.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Entertainment Weekly91/100Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
AllMusic7.1/10 link
NME6/10[3]
Spin3/10 [4]
Robert Christgau(dud) [5]

Track listing[]

All songs by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Charlie Jones, and Michael Lee.

  1. "Shining in the Light" – 4:01
  2. "When the World Was Young" – 6:13
  3. "Upon a Golden Horse" – 3:52
  4. "Blue Train" – 6:45
  5. "Please Read the Letter" – 4:21
  6. "Most High" – 5:36
  7. "Heart in Your Hand" – 3:50
  8. "Walking into Clarksdale" – 5:18
  9. "Burning Up" – 5:21
  10. "When I Was a Child" – 5:45
  11. "House of Love" – 5:35
  12. "Sons of Freedom" – 4:08

Japanese bonus track

  2. "Whiskey from the Glass" – 3:01

Note

  • "Most High" and "Shining in the Light" were released as singles, with a music video for the former. "Most High" was also featured as a CD single with the b-side "The Window".

Personnel[]

Band members

Additional personnel

  • Steve Albini – engineering, mixing, recording technician
  • Anton Corbijn – photography
  • Martin "Cally" Callomon – design
  • Paul Hicks – assistant engineering
  • Lynton Naiff – string arrangements on "Upon a Golden Horse"
  • Phil Andrews – mixing on "Upon a Golden Horse"
  • Ed Shearmur – programming and string pads on "Most High"
  • Tim Whelan – keyboards on "Most High"

Charts[]

Album[]

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 16
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 33
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 27
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 22
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 17
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[11] 17
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 56
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] 13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 31
UK Albums Chart[20] 3
US Billboard 200[21] 8
Hungarian MAHASZ Top 40 Albums Chart[22] 25

Year-end[]

Chart (1998) Position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[23] 100

Singles[]

Year Single Chart Position
1998 "Most High" UK Singles Chart[24] 26
1998 "Most High" US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[25] 1
1998 "Most High" Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart[26] 58
1998 "Most High" Canadian RPM Alternative 30 Chart[27] 8
1998 "Shining in the Light" US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart[28] 6

Certifications[]

Country Sales Certification
United States (RIAA) 500,000+ Gold[29]

References[]

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  2. ^ MTV News Staff (8 February 2009). "Grammy 2009 Winners List". MTV. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  3. ^ Segal, Victoria. "Walking Into Clarksdale". NME.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2000.[1]
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  20. ^ "Top 100 Albums – 2 May 1998". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
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  22. ^ "Top 40 Albums – 17 May 1998". MAHASZ. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
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  25. ^ "Mainstream Rock: May 09, 1998". Billboard. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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  27. ^ "RPM Alternative Chart – 1 June 1998". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
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  29. ^ "RIAA.org Walking into Clarksdale – 4 May 1998". RIAA. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2009.

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