| Walking into Clarksdale | ||||
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| Released | 20 April 1998 | |||
| Recorded | August–September 1997 | |||
| Studio | Abbey Road, London, England | |||
| Genre | Blues rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 60:43 | |||
| Label | Atlantic (US/Canada) Mercury (international) | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Page and Robert Plant | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 10/10[3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | 91/100[4] |
| NME | 6/10[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
| Spin | 3/10[7] |
| Uncut | 7/10[8] |
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 20 April 1998.[9] The album was recorded and mixed by Steve Albini at Abbey Road Studios.[10]
The album debuted on Billboard's Billboard 200 album chart at No. 8, while reaching No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart. The single "Most High" was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1999, and reached No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and No. 26 in the UK.[11]
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.[12] "House of Love" was later re-recorded with different lyrics by Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters for their 2014 studio album Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar.
The title of the album refers to Clarksdale, Mississippi, a town in the Mississippi Delta considered to be the birthplace of blues music.[13]
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Page & Plant / Jimmy Page / Robert Plant - Walking into Clarksdale review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "CG: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ "Album of the Year - Walking into Clarksdale". Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Segal, Victoria. "Walking into Clarksdale". NME. Archived from the original on 1 October 2000.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 613. ISBN 978-1-4391-0939-7. OCLC 56531290.
- ^ Vowell, Sarah (May 1998). "Reviews - Page & Plant Walking into Clarksdale". Spin. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Bonner, Michael (May 1998). "The Rover". Uncut. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "BPI".
- ^ "Steve Albini talks about recording Robert Plant and Jimmy Page Remastered Audio HD 720p" (MP4). Porcupine Band. YouTube. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "41st Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ MTV News Staff (8 February 2009). "Grammy 2009 Winners List". MTV. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
- ^ Bordowitz, Hank (2014). Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin : interviews and encounters (First ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-61374-757-5. OCLC 892799385.