# Rock Spectacle

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Rock Spectacle
| type       = live
| artist     = [Barenaked Ladies](/source/Barenaked_Ladies)
| cover      = Barenaked_Ladies_-_Rock_Spectacle.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 19, 1996
| recorded   = April 17, 1996<br />May 23, 1996
| venue      = [Riviera Theatre](/source/Riviera_Theatre), Chicago<br />Olympia, Montreal
| studio     =
| genre      = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)
| length     = 47:45
| label      = [Reprise](/source/Reprise_Records)
| producer   = [Michael Phillip Wojewoda](/source/Michael_Phillip_Wojewoda)
| prev_title = [Born on a Pirate Ship](/source/Born_on_a_Pirate_Ship)
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = [Stunt](/source/Stunt_(album))
| next_year  = 1998
}}
{{Album ratings 
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) 
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r243959/review|first=Stewart|last=Mason|accessdate=September 2, 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music) |publisher=[Omnibus Press](/source/Omnibus_Press) |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |last=Larkin |first=Colin |authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer) |isbn=0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
| rev3Score = A <ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295430,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425115719/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295430,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 25, 2009|title=Spinning Pretty|last=Cheng|first=Kipp|magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)|date=1996-12-13|accessdate=2012-04-02}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Wolk |first=Douglas |authorlink=Douglas Wolk |title=[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide) |publisher=[Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster) |location=New York |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |chapter=Barenaked Ladies |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/44 44-45] }}</ref>
}}

'''''Rock Spectacle''''' is the first [live album](/source/live_album) by [Barenaked Ladies](/source/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](/source/Brian_Wilson_(song))." The album was recorded at two concerts: at the [Riviera Theatre](/source/Riviera_Theatre) in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) and at The Olympia in [Montreal](/source/Montreal) during the ''[Born on a Pirate Ship](/source/Born_on_a_Pirate_Ship) tour''.

A live version of "[Shoe Box](/source/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](/source/One_Week_(song))" 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](/source/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.

==Commercial performance==
By July 1998, ''Rock Spectacle'' had sold 775,000 copies in the United States and 80,000 copies in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicArtistsB/barenaked.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000903161551/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicArtistsB/barenaked.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 3, 2000|title=Good Morning America's going Naked|date=July 4, 1998|accessdate=April 21, 2020}}</ref> In September 1998, the album was certified Platinum in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Barenaked+ladies&ti=rock+spectacle&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=GOLD & PLATINUM|website=riaa.com|accessdate=April 21, 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| headline  =
| all_writing  = [Steven Page](/source/Steven_Page) and [Ed Robertson](/source/Ed_Robertson), except where noted
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1   = [Brian Wilson](/source/Brian_Wilson_(song))
| extra1   = Steven Page
| length1  = 4:46
| writer1  = Page

| title2   = Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank
| extra2   = Steven Page
| length2  = 3:38

| title3   = Break Your Heart
| extra3   = Steven Page
| length3  = 5:06
| writer3  = Page

| title4   = [Jane](/source/Jane_(Barenaked_Ladies_song))
| extra4   = Steven Page
| length4  = 3:58
| writer4   = {{hlist|Page|[Stephen Duffy](/source/Stephen_Duffy)}}

| title5   = When I Fall
| extra5   = Ed Robertson
| length5  = 4:23

| title6   = Hello City
| extra6   = Steven Page
| length6  = 3:13

| title7   = [What a Good Boy](/source/What_a_Good_Boy)
| extra7   = Steven Page
| length7  = 4:47

| title8   = [The Old Apartment](/source/The_Old_Apartment)
| extra8   = Steven Page
| length8  = 3:21

| title9   = Life, in a Nutshell
| extra9   = Steven Page
| length9  = 2:40

| title10  = These Apples
| extra10  = Ed Robertson
| writer10 = Robertson
| length10 = 3:59

| title11  = Grade 9"/"[If I Had $1000000](/source/If_I_Had_%241000000)
| extra11  = {{hlist|Steven Page|Ed Robertson}}
| writer11 = {{hlist|Page|Robertson|[Andy Creeggan](/source/Andy_Creeggan)|[Jim Creeggan](/source/Jim_Creeggan)|[Tyler Stewart](/source/Tyler_Stewart)}}
| length11 = 6:08

| title12  = The Sweetest Woman (banter)
| extra12  = {{hlist|Steven Page|Ed Robertson}}
| length12 = 1:09
| note12   = [hidden track](/source/hidden_track)

| title13  = Uncle Elwyn (banter)
| extra13  = {{hlist|Steven Page|Ed Robertson}}
| note13   = hidden track
| length13 = 2:37
}}

==Personnel==
;Barenaked Ladies
* [Steven Page](/source/Steven_Page) – [vocals](/source/singing), [acoustic guitar](/source/acoustic_guitar) <small> (1, 4, 7)</small>, [electric guitar](/source/electric_guitar) <small> (8, 10)</small>
* [Ed Robertson](/source/Ed_Robertson) – vocals, acoustic guitar <small> (all except 3 and 8)</small>, electric guitar <small> (3, 8)</small>
* [Jim Creeggan](/source/Jim_Creeggan) – [double bass](/source/double_bass) <small> (all but 4)</small>, [electric bass](/source/electric_bass) <small> (4)</small>, [backing vocals](/source/backing_vocals) <small> (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11)</small>
* [Tyler Stewart](/source/Tyler_Stewart) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit), backing vocals <small> (8, 9, 11)</small>
* [Kevin Hearn](/source/Kevin_Hearn) – [keyboards](/source/keyboard_instrument) <small> (all but 6)</small>, [accordion](/source/accordion) <small> (2, 6)</small>, electric guitar <small> (on "Uncle Elwyn" adlib)</small>, backing vocals <small> (4, 5, 6, 9, 11)</small>

;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==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1996–1998)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|86|artist=Barenaked Ladies|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 15, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|1|artist=Barenaked Ladies|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 15, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998|work=Billboard|accessdate=February 15, 2021}}</ref>
| 132
|}
{{col-end}}

===Singles===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1997
|align="left"|"Brian Wilson"
|align="left"|[''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100)
|align="left"|68{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
|-
|align="left"|1998
|align="left"|"Brian Wilson"
|align="left"|Adult Top 40
|align="left"|37{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
|-
|align="left"|1998
|align="left"|"Brian Wilson"
|align="left"|Modern Rock
|align="left"|23{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
|-
|align="left"|2000
|align="left"|"If I Had $1000000"
|align="left"|Adult Top 40
|align="left"|37{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Barenaked Ladies|title=Rock Spectacle|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1996|certyear=1998|accessdate=February 15, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Barenaked Ladies}}
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Category:Barenaked Ladies albums
Category:1996 live albums
Category:Reprise Records live albums
Category:Albums produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda

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