Walking into Clarksdale

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Walking into Clarksdale
Studio album by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Released 21 April 1998 (1998-04-21)
Recorded Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre Hard rock
Length 60:43
Label Atlantic
Producer Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant chronology

No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
(1994)		 Walking into Clarksdale
(1998)

Walking into Clarksdale is a 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. The follow-up album to No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded, Walking into Clarksdale took 35 days to record. The album was recorded and mixed by Steve Albini. 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.

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.[1]

"Blue Train" is a song about Plant's sorrow in relation with the death of his first son Karac in July 1977.

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Track listing

All songs by Page/Plant/Jones/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
  1. "Whiskey from the Glass" – 3:01

"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-sides "Upon a Golden Horse" and "The Window".

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1998) Peak position
French Albums Chart[3] 5
Swedish Albums Chart[4] 17
UK Albums Chart[5] 3
Finnish Albums Chart[6] 27
Swiss Albums Chart[7] 31
German Albums Chart[8] 13
US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart[9] 8
Canadian Billboard Top Canadian Albums Chart[10] 17
Belgian Albums Chart (Walloonish)[11] 22
Belgian Albums Chart (Flemish)[12] 27
Dutch Albums Chart[13] 56
Norwegian Albums Chart[14] 13
Australian ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart[15] 16
Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart[16] 17
Hungarian MAHASZ Top 40 Albums Chart[17] 25
New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Albums Chart[18] 11
Austrian Albums Chart[19] 33

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1998 "Most High" UK Singles Chart[20] 26
1998 "Most High" US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[21] 1
1998 "Most High" Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart[22] 58
1998 "Most High" Canadian RPM Alternative 30 Chart[23] 8
1998 "Shining in the Light" US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart[24] 6

Sales certifications

Country Sales Certification
United States (RIAA) 500,000+ Gold[25]

Personnel

Page and Plant
Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ MTV News Staff (8 February 2009). "Grammy 2009 Winners List". MTV. Retrieved 9 February 2009. 
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Top 200 Albums – 25 April 1998". lescharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  4. ↑ "Top 60 Albums – 1 May 1998". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  5. ↑ "Top 100 Albums – 2 May 1998". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  6. ↑ "Top 40 Albums – 3 May 1998". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  7. ↑ "Top 100 Albums – 3 May 1998". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  8. ↑ "Top 100 Albums – 4 May 1998". musicline.de. Retrieved 19 January 2009. 
  9. ↑ "The Billboard 200 – 9 May 1998". Billboard. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  10. ↑ "Top Canadian Albums – 9 May 1998". Billboard. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  11. ↑ "Top 100 Albums – 9 May 1998". ultratop.be. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  12. ↑ "Top 100 Albums – 9 May 1998". ultratop.be. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  13. ↑ "Top 100 Albums – 9 May 1998". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  14. ↑ "Top 40 Albums – 10 May 1998". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  15. ↑ "Top 50 Albums – 10 May 1998". ARIA. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  16. ↑ "RPM Albums Chart – 11 May 1998". RPM. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  17. ↑ "Top 40 Albums – 17 May 1998". MAHASZ. Retrieved 19 January 2009. 
  18. ↑ "Top 50 Albums – 31 May 1998". RIANZ. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  19. ↑ "Top 75 Albums – 7 June 1998". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 17 January 2009. 
  20. ↑ "Top 100 Singles – 11 April 1998". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2009. 
  21. ↑ "Mainstream Rock: May 09, 1998". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2013. 
  22. ↑ "RPM Singles Chart – 11 May 1998". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 19 January 2009. 
  23. ↑ "RPM Alternative Chart – 1 June 1998". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 19 January 2009. 
  24. ↑ "Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks – 25 July 1998". billboard.com. Retrieved 19 January 2009. 
  25. ↑ "RIAA.org Walking into Clarksdale – 4 May 1998". RIAA. Retrieved 1 January 2009. 
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