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| Rock Spectacle | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| 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 | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [4] |
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. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. 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.