Rock Spectacle

by Barenaked Ladies

Overview

As if to acknowledge that Barenaked Ladies' third album, 1996's Born on a Pirate Ship, was a blunder that wouldn't do much to advance the Canadian group's U.S. image, Reprise Records quickly followed it up with the live set Rock Spectacle. This was a wise move, as years of nearly nonstop touring had helped the group transform from a jokey folk-rock group into a talented pop group with both musical chops and stage presence to burn. Though the album doesn't include much of what makes Barenaked Ladies such a unique live act, singer-guitarists Steven Page and Ed Robertson are masters of improvisational humor, and a good chunk of any Barenaked Ladies show is given to often hilarious extemporaneous bits -- it certainly makes the point that the group is an underrated source of pure pop delights. This album's superior live take of 1992's "Brian Wilson" became Barenaked Ladies' first U.S. radio hit, setting the stage for the across-the-board success of 1998's excellent Stunt. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	11/19/1996
Label:	Reprise
UPC:	0093624639329
Rank:	94207

Tracks

1. Brian Wilson
2. Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank
3. Break Your Heart
4. Jane
5. When I Fall
6. Hello City
7. What a Good Boy
8. The Old Apartment
9. Life, in a Nutshell
10. These Apples
11. If I Had $1,000,000

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barenaked Ladies   Primary Artist
Kevin Hearn   Keyboards,Guitar (Electric),Vocals,Accordion
Jim Creeggan   Vocals,Double Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Steven Page   Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Tyler Stewart   Drums,Vocals
Ed Robertson   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Marcel Gouin   Engineer
Barenaked Ladies   Producer
Mycle Konopka   Assistant Engineer
Michael Phillip Wojewoda   Engineer,Producer,Remix Engineer
Timothy R. Powell   Assistant Engineer
Steven Page   Composer,Lyricist
Stephen Duffy   Composer
Ben Grosse   Remix Engineer
Ben Mink   Producer
Jeff Elliot   Digital Editing,Mixing Assistant
Ed Robertson   Composer,Lyricist
Tom Heron   Mixing Assistant
Marcel Gounin   Engineer
Dan Glomski   Assistant Engineer
Bernoit Baruvin   Assistant Engineer
Scott Dibble   Assistant Producer
Don C. Tyler   Mastering
Neil Prime   Design,Photography
Everett Ravenstein   Assistant Producer