The Traveling Wilburys Collection | ||||
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Released | 11 June 2007 | |||
Recorded | 1988–1990 (plus overdubs in 2007) | |||
Genre | Folk rock, rock | |||
Length | 1:26:46 (2 CD/1 DVD) | |||
Label | Wilbury Record Co. Rhino Entertainment | |||
Producer | ||||
Traveling Wilburys chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
All About Jazz | [1] |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Austin Chronicle | [3] |
The A.V. Club | B+ [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A− [5] |
Mojo | [6] |
Pioneer Press | [7] |
PopMatters | [8] |
Record Collector | [9] |
Uncut | [10] |
The Traveling Wilburys Collection is a box set compilation album by the British-American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. It comprises the two studio albums recorded by the band in 1988 and 1990, with additional bonus tracks, and a DVD containing their music videos and a documentary about the group. The box set was released on 11 June 2007 by Rhino, in association with Wilbury Records. [11]
The release was overseen by George Harrison's estate, as the rights holder for the Wilburys' catalogue, and ensured that the band's recordings were available for the first time since they went out of print in the mid 1990s. [2] Two of the bonus tracks were completed for the box set by Jeff Lynne, who co-founded the Wilburys in 1988, and Harrison's son Dhani. The Traveling Wilburys Collection was commercially successful, topping albums charts in Britain, Ireland, Australia and several other 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: [12]
Traveling Wilburys
Additional musicians
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 the United States, the set debuted and peaked at number 9 on Billboard's Billboard 200 album chart, [13] beating the record held by Nirvana's With the Lights Out for the highest debut of a box set, although Nirvana's sold more copies (119,000).[ citation needed ] It remained on the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks. The album also set the biggest first week UK sales for a box set. Over 1,827,000 copies have been sold worldwide to date.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [37] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [38] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [39] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [40] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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