Rock of Ages (The Band album)

This article is about the Band album. For other albums with the same title, see Rock of Ages (disambiguation).
Rock of Ages
Live album by
the Band
ReleasedAugust 15, 1972
RecordedDecember 28–31, 1971
VenueAcademy of Music, New York City
GenreRoots rock
Length78:19
LabelCapitol SABB 11045
ProducerThe Band
The Band chronology
Cahoots
(1971) 		Rock of Ages
(1972) 		Moondog Matinee
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
DownBeat[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA[4]
MusicHound5/5[5]
Q[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Rock of Ages: The Band in Concert is a live album by the Band, released in 1972. It was compiled from recordings made during their series of shows at the Academy of Music in New York City, from December 28 through December 31, 1971. It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was certified a gold record by the RIAA.[8] An expanded release of recordings taken from the same series of shows, called Live at the Academy of Music 1971, was released in 2013.

  1. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1972-08-15). "Rock of Ages - The Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Band: Rock of Ages". DownBeat: 66. October 2001.
  4. ^ "The Band: Rock of Ages". Entertainment Weekly. May 25, 2001. p. 81.
  5. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 72. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  6. ^ "The Band: Rock of Ages". Q: 130. July 2001.
  7. ^ Brackett, Nathan, with Hoard, Christian (eds) (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Fireside. p. 42. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).