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Rock of Ages [Deluxe Edition]

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  • Artist: The Band
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2001
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 724353018122
  • Item Number: 35301812
  • Release date: 05/08/2001
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Don't Do It
  • 3. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
  • 4. Caledonia Mission
  • 5. Get Up Jake
  • 6. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
  • 7. Stage Fright
  • 8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  • 9. Across the Great Divide
  • 10. This Wheel's on Fire
  • 11. Rag Mama Rag
  • 12. The Weight
  • 13. The Shape I'm In
  • 14. Unfaithful Servant
  • 15. Life Is a Carnival
  • 16. The Genetic Method
  • 17. Chest Fever
  • 18. (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes
  • 1. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 2. I Shall Be Released [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 3. Up on Cripple Creek [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 4. The Rumor [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 5. Rockin' Chair [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 6. Time to Kill [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 7. Down in the Flood [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 8. When I Paint My Masterpiece [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 9. Don't Ya Tell Henry [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 10. Like a Rolling Stone [Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
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Rock of Ages [Deluxe Edition] by The Band on CD


Released on the heels of the stilted, static Cahoots, the double-album Rock of Ages occupies a curious yet important place in Band history. Recorded at a spectacular New Years Eve 1971 gig, the show and album were intended to be a farewell of sorts before the Band took an extended break in 1972, but it turned out to be a last hurrah in many different ways, closing the chapter on the first stage of their career, when they were among the biggest and most important rock & roll bands. That sense of importance had started to creep into their music, turning their studio albums after The Band into self-conscious affairs, and even the wildly acclaimed first two albums seemed to float out of time, existing in a sphere of their own and never having the kick of a rock & roll band. Rock of Ages has that kick in spades, and it captures that road warrior side of the band that was yet unheard on record. Since this band -- or more accurately its leader, Robbie Robertson -- was acutely aware of image and myth, this record didn't merely capture an everyday gig, it captured a spectacular, in retrospect almost a dry run for the legendary Last Waltz. New Orleans R&B legend Allen Toussaint was hired to write horn charts and conduct them, helping to open up the familiar tunes, which in turn helped turn this music into a warm, loose, big-hearted party. And that's what's so splendid about Rock of Ages: sure, the tightness of the Band as a performing unit is on display, but there's also a wild, rowdy heart pumping away in the backbeat of this music, something that the otherwise superb studio albums do not have. Simply put, this is a joy to hear, which may have been especially true after the dour, messy Cahoots, but even stripped of that context Rock of Ages has a spirit quite unlike any other Band album. Indeed, it could be argued that it captured the spirit of the Band at the time in a way none of their other albums do. [In 2001, Rock of Ages was reissued as an expanded double-disc set that added ten bonus tracks, including an encore performed with Bob Dylan.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
  • Artist: The Band
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2001
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 724353018122
  • Item Number: 35301812
  • Release date: 05/08/2001
  • Label: Capitol
  • Genre: Pop/Rock
  • Style: Rock & Roll, Country-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Album Rock
  • Album Time: 124:53

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Rock of Ages The Band CD