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1.StopIntroduction – The Band 01:22
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2.StopDon't Do It – The Band 05:00
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3.StopKing Harvest (Has Surely Come) – The Band 04:04
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4.StopCaledonia Mission – The Band 03:38
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5.StopGet Up Jake – The Band 03:33
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6.StopThe W.S. Walcott Medicine Show – The Band 03:54
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7.StopStage Fright – The Band 04:38
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8.StopThe Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band 04:34
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9.StopAcross the Great Divide – The Band 03:59
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10.StopThis Wheel's on Fire – The Band 04:07
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11.StopRag Mama Rag – The Band 04:33
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12.StopThe Weight – The Band 05:32
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13.StopThe Shape I'm In – The Band 04:14
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14.StopUnfaithful Servant – The Band 04:48
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15.StopLife Is a Carnival – The Band 04:17
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16.StopThe Genetic Method – The Band 07:48
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17.StopChest Fever – The Band 05:24
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18.Stop(I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes – The Band 04:20
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19.StopLoving You Is Sweeter Than Ever [#][*] – The Band 03:28
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20.StopI Shall Be Released [#][*] – The Band 04:03
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21.StopUp on Cripple Creek [#][*] – The Band 04:38
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22.StopThe Rumor [#][*] – The Band 05:02
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23.StopRockin' Chair [#][*] – The Band 04:06
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24.StopTime to Kill [#][*] – The Band 04:07
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25.StopDown in the Flood [#][*] – The Band, Bob Dylan 05:25
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26.StopWhen I Paint My Masterpiece [#][*] – The Band, Bob Dylan 04:17
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27.StopDon't Ya Tell Henry [#][*] – The Band, Bob Dylan 04:38
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28.StopLike a Rolling Stone [#][*] – The Band, Bob Dylan 05:24
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 RB 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
- Genre: Rock
- Category Singer/Songwriter, Album Rock, Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, Rock & Roll, Country-Rock
- Label: CAPITOL
- Release Date: May 8, 2001
- Artist: Band [1]
- Additional Artist: Bob Dylan (Performer)