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Walking Into Clarksdale Walking Into Clarksdale is a studio album by Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released by Atlantic Records on April 21, 1998. The follow-up album to No Quarter, Walking into Clarksdale took 35 days to record, with co-production by Nirvana producer Steve Albini. Like the preceding recording and tour, John Paul Jones was not present. The single "Most High" was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1999. Clarksdale is a town in the North Mississippi Delta, a historical home of Delta blues music. The album was #8 on debut on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart. Track listing - "Shining in the Light" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 4:01
- "When the World Was Young" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 6:13
- "Upon a Golden Horse" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 3:52
- "Blue Train" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 6:45
- "Please Read the Letter" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 4:21
- "Most High" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 5:36
- "Heart in Your Hand" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 3:50
- "Walking into Clarksdale" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 5:18
- "Burning Up" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 5:21
- "When I Was a Child" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 5:45
- "House of Love" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 5:35
- "Sons of Freedom" (Page/Plant/Jones/Lee) 4:08
Total album length: 60:50 minutes Personnel - Jimmy Page - Acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, producer
- Robert Plant - Vocals, producer
- Charlie Jones - Bass guitar, percussion
- Michael Lee - Drums and percussion
- Timothy Whelan - Keyboards
- Ed Shearmur - Programming, string pads
- Lynton Naiff - String arrangements
- Steve Albini - Producer, engineer, recording technician
- Paul Hicks - Assistant engineer
- Anton Corbijn - Photography
- Cally - Design
Chart positions Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles 1998 Most High Pop Singles No. - 1998 Shining in the Light Pop Singles No. - Additional notes Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. Catalogue: Atlantic 83092 2
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