Rock of Ages [Deluxe Edition]

Disc 1
1	Introduction 1:22
2	Don't Do It 5:00
3	King Harvest (Has Surely Come) 4:04
4	Caledonia Mission 3:38
5	Get Up Jake 3:33
6	The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 3:54
7	Stage Fright 4:38
8	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 4:34
9	Across the Great Divide 3:59
10	This Wheel's on Fire 4:07
11	Rag Mama Rag 4:33
12	The Weight 5:32
13	The Shape I'm In 4:14
14	Unfaithful Servant 4:48
15	Life Is a Carnival 4:17
16	The Genetic Method 7:48
17	Chest Fever 5:24
18	(I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes 4:20
Disc 2
1	Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever previously unreleased / Bonus Track 3:28
2	I Shall Be Released previously unreleased / Bonus Track 4:03
3	Up on Cripple Creek previously unreleased / Bonus Track 4:38
4	The Rumor previously unreleased / Bonus Track 5:02
5	Rockin' Chair previously unreleased / Bonus Track 4:06
6	Time to Kill previously unreleased / Bonus Track 4:07
7	Down in the Flood / Bob Dylan previously unreleased / Bonus Track 5:25
8	When I Paint My Masterpiece / Bob Dylan previously unreleased / Bonus Track 4:17
9	Don't Ya Tell Henry / Bob Dylan previously unreleased / Bonus Track 4:38
10	Like a Rolling Stone / Bob Dylan previously unreleased / Bonus Track 5:24

Barnes & Noble

This 2001 reissue of the Band's classic live set -- recorded on New Year's Eve, 1971, at New York's Academy of Music -- is a boon to fans, as it includes a ten-song bonus disc featuring a guest appearance by Bob Dylan, who joined the Band for encores of "Down in the Flood," "When I Paint My Masterpiece," "Don't Ya Tell Henry," and "Like a Rolling Stone." The other six tracks on the disc were recorded by the Band during their four-night stand at the Academy of Music but didn't make the final cut for the original Rock of Ages track list. Notable among these is the hit "Up on Cripple Creek," "I Shall Be Released," "Rockin' Chair," and "Time to Kill."

All Music Guide

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

All Music Guide

Recorded on New Year's Eve 1971/1972, this was the Band's last gig for a year and a half. Allen Toussaint was brought in again to write horn arrangements for many of their classics. The results were inspired. Highlights are many, but of particular note are a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Baby Don't Do It" and a live recording of a track that had earlier been relegated to B-side status only, "Get Up Jake." ~ Rob Bowman, All Music Guide