Before the Flood (album)

This article is about the Bob Dylan album. For the 2016 film soundtrack, see Before the Flood (soundtrack).

Before the Flood
A crowd of concert-goers holding up candles in the dark
Live album by
Bob Dylan and The Band
ReleasedJune 20, 1974 (1974-06-20)
RecordedFebruary 13–14, 1974, in Los Angeles, except track 1: January 30, 1974, in New York
GenreRock
Length92:26
LabelAsylum
Producer
Bob Dylan chronology
Planet Waves
(1974) 		Before the Flood
(1974) 		Blood on the Tracks
(1975)
The Band chronology
Planet Waves
(1974) 		Before the Flood
(1974) 		The Basement Tapes
(1975)

Before the Flood is a live album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and The Band, released on June 20, 1974, on Asylum Records in the United States and Island Records in the United Kingdom. It was Dylan's first live album, although live recordings of earlier performances would later be released. It is the 15th album by Dylan and the seventh by the Band, and documents their joint 1974 American tour. It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200,[1] reached No. 8 on the popular album chart in the UK,[2] and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[3]

  1. ^ "Before the Flood - Bob Dylan, The Band | Album". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Official Chart History". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  3. ^ "RIAA – Searchable database: Before the Flood". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 25, 2011.