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1996 live album by Barenaked Ladies
Rock Spectacle
Live album by
Barenaked Ladies
Released
November 19, 1996
Recorded
April 17, 1996 May 23, 1996
Venue
Riviera Theatre, Chicago Olympia, Montreal
Genre
Alternative rock
Length
47:45
Label
Reprise
Producer
Michael Phillip Wojewoda
Barenaked Ladies chronology
Born on a Pirate Ship (1996)
Rock Spectacle (1996)
Stunt (1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music
[2]
Entertainment Weekly
A [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
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Rock Spectacle is the first live album by Barenaked Ladies. It was also the first major success for the band in the United States, selling over one million copies and producing a hit single in the country in its version of "Brian Wilson." The album was recorded at two concerts: at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago and at The Olympia in Montreal during the Born on a Pirate Ship tour.
A live version of "Shoe Box" was on promotional and advance copies of this record, but was ultimately deleted. The recording would eventually be released on the "One Week" CD single. The album contains two bonus tracks. The first is a banter about an elderly woman Ed Robertson ran into in Chicago. The story is later referenced in "If I Had $1000000". The second is improvised banter about Robertson's Uncle Elwyn.
This disc is an enhanced CD, which means it will display special multimedia features when played on a computer. It includes a program called "BNLTV", a faux collection of various-themed TV programming.
^Mason, Stewart. Rock Spectacle at AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
^Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
^Cheng, Kipp (December 13, 1996). "Spinning Pretty". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
^Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Barenaked Ladies". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 44-45. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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