The Traveling Wilburys Collection | ||||
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Box set by Traveling Wilburys | ||||
Released | 11 June 2007 | |||
Recorded | 1987–1990 | |||
Genre | Folk rock, rock | |||
Length | 1:26:46 (3 CDs) | |||
Label | Wilbury Record Co. Rhino Entertainment |
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Producer | Otis Wilbury, Nelson Wilbury, Clayton Wilbury, Spike Wilbury | |||
Traveling Wilburys chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
The Austin Chronicle | |
The A.V. Club | B+ |
Entertainment Weekly | A– |
PopMatters | |
Record Collector |
The Traveling Wilburys Collection is a 2007 box set compilation album comprising both albums by the Traveling Wilburys, a DVD with their videos and a documentary about the group. The set was released 11 June 2007 by Rhino, in association with Wilbury Records. The album went straight to number 1 in several countries.
All songs written by the Traveling Wilburys.
All songs written by the Traveling Wilburys, except where noted.
The Vinyl Edition features the originally released Vol. 1 and Vol. 3 Plus a Bonus 12" featuring:
The set is available in four different configurations:
Though the original issues enjoyed success, this re-release reached even greater heights, quickly topping the UK Albums Chart, the Australian ARIA Charts, Ireland's Albums Chart, New Zealand's Albums Chart, Apple's iTunes, and Amazon's pre-order and sales list. In its first week, the set sold over 110,000 copies in the United Kingdom and 269.000 copies worldwide. In the United States, the set managed to peak at #9 in Billboard's Billboard 200 album chart, beating the record held by the Nirvana box set With the Lights Out for highest debut of a box set, although Nirvana's sold more copies (119,000). It also set the biggest first week UK sales for a box set. Over 1,827,000 copies have been sold worldwide to date, equating to over 5.8 million discs total.
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart on June 30, 2007 at number 9, with sales of 77,787 copies. It remained on the chart for 13 weeks.