''Rock Spectacle'' is the first live album by

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. 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 "

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." The album was recorded at two concerts: at the

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and at The Olympia in

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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

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, 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.

Commercial performance

By July 1998, ''Rock Spectacle'' had sold 775,000 copies in the United States and 80,000 copies in Canada. In September 1998, the album was certified Platinum in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

* Steven Page –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

(1, 4, 7),

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

(8, 10) * Ed Robertson – vocals, acoustic guitar (all except 3 and 8), electric guitar (3, 8) * Jim Creeggan –

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

(all but 4),

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

(4),

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are u ...

(1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11) * Tyler Stewart –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

, backing vocals (8, 9, 11) * Kevin Hearn – keyboards (all but 6), accordion (2, 6), electric guitar (on "Uncle Elwyn" adlib), backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 9, 11)

Production

* Engineers: Marcel Gounin, Michael Phillip Wojewoda * Assistant engineers: Bernoit Baruvin, Dan Glomski, Mycle Konopka, Timothy R. Powell * Mixing assistants: Jeff Elliot, Tom Heron * Mastering: Don C. Tyler * Digital editing: Jeff Elliot * Design: Neil Prime * Photography: Neil Prime

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Barenaked Ladies albums 1996 live albums Reprise Records live albums Albums produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda