Walking into Clarksdale
| 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 | |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 10/10 |
| Entertainment Weekly | 91/100 |
| NME | 6/10 |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Spin | 3/10 |
| Uncut | 7/10 |
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. The album was recorded and mixed by Steve Albini at Abbey Road Studios.
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.
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. "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.