Length 135:39 Release date 12 November 2007 | Artist Led Zeppelin Producer Jimmy Page | |
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Released 12 November 2007 (2007-11-12) (2 CD & 2 CD+DVD)
26 August 2008 (2008-08-26) (4 Vinyl LPs) Recorded October 1968 – December 1978 Label Atlantic, Swan Song, Rhino Compiler John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant Mothership
(2007) Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection
(2008) Genres Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues rock, Folk rock Nominations World Music Award for World’s Best Album Similar Led Zeppelin albums, Blues rock albums | ||
Mothership is a greatest hits compilation album by English rock group Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment on 12 November 2007 in the United Kingdom, and 13 November 2007 in the United States. It was released on the same day that Led Zeppelin's entire catalogue became available in digital stores, including the iTunes Store. The cover (designed by artist Shepard Fairey) is a graphical interpretation of the Beresford Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland.
Contents
The songs included were chosen by the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, and represent eight of the band's nine studio albums. In addition to a two-disc set, the album is also available in both "deluxe" and "collector's" editions with a DVD featuring varied live content from the previously released Led Zeppelin DVD (2003). A 4-LP vinyl package was also released on 26 August 2008. On 6 November 2015, the album was reissued using the audio from the band's 2014–15 remaster campaign.
On 8 November 2007, a temporary XM Satellite Radio station, XM LED was made to promote the album.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at #4 in the UK Albums Chart, with 58,000 units sold, and debuted at #1 on the Official New Zealand Albums Chart and stayed there for several weeks. The album also debuted at #7 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling about 136,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold over 2.1 million copies in the U.S and over 4.5 million copies worldwide, leading to it being certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA.
Personnel
Led Zeppelin
Additional personnel
Songs
1Good Times Bad Times2:48
2Communication Breakdown2:29
3Dazed and Confused6:28