comes in a gorgeous gatefold jacket and includes a bonus disc of remixes - Lady Gaga was wrapped in raw beef when she announced her third album at 2010’s MTV VMAs. The meat dress was only a warm-up. Born This Way, first released in May 2011, is a bravura flex of electronic pop as big as a Bosch canvas that charges between hair metal riffs, taint-tightening bass, and synths that crackle like hot coals. On her best front-to-back album, Gaga belts each crushing hook with every fiber of her chest, with personal pain turned into placard-ready manifestos. She sings like she’s making a blood pact.
In a way she was. On Born This Way, Gaga, who is bisexual, made pop her pulpit and pledged her fight for LGBTQ+ rights in alliance with her young, queer fanbase. In February 2011, the album’s bright, brash title track became the first U.S. No. 1 hit to directly reference the trans community, with the lyrics, “No matter gay, straight, or bi/Lesbian, transgender life/I’m on the right track, baby/I was born to survive.”
Gaga now marks 10 years of Born This Way with six “reimagined” versions of its songs by LGBTQ+ artists and allies.
| Born This Way The Tenth Anniversary |
| A1 | Lady Gaga - Marry The Night |
| A2 | Lady Gaga - Born This Way |
| A3 | Lady Gaga - Government Hooker |
| A4 | Lady Gaga - Judas |
| A5 | Lady Gaga - Americano |
| B1 | Lady Gaga - Hair |
| B2 | Lady Gaga - Scheiße |
| B3 | Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary |
| B4 | Lady Gaga - Black Jesus †Amen Fashion |
| C1 | Lady Gaga - Bad Kids |
| C2 | Lady Gaga - Fashion Of His Love |
| C3 | Lady Gaga - Highway Unicorn (Road To Love) |
| C4 | Lady Gaga - Heavy Metal Lover |
| D1 | Lady Gaga - Electric Chapel |
| D2 | Lady Gaga - The Queen |
| D3 | Lady Gaga - Yoü And I |
| D4 | Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory |
| Born This Way Reimagined The Tenth Anniversary |
| A1 | Kylie Minogue - Marry The Night |
| A2 | Big Freedia - Judas |
| A3 | The Highwomen - Highway Unicorn (Road To Love) |
| B1 | Ben Platt (2) - Yoü And I |
| B2 | Years & Years - The Edge Of Glory |
| B3 | Orville Peck - Born This Way (The Country Road Version) |
