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Walking Into Clarksdale

Walking into Clarksdale
Page & Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale.jpg
Studio album by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Released 21 April 1998 (1998-04-21)
Studio Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre Hard rock
Length 60:43
Label Atlantic
Producer Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant chronology
No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
(1994)
Walking into Clarksdale
(1998)
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AllMusic 3.5/5 stars link
Robert Christgau (dud)

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. 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.

All songs by Page/Plant/Jones/Lee.

Japanese bonus track

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Page and Plant

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