Ask the Ages is the final album by American jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock, released in 1991 (though other material recorded earlier would be issued posthumously).

[1][2] In a contemporary review for the Chicago Tribune, Greg Kot said Ask the Ages was a thrilling and essential album for fans of the guitar: "Despite the volcanic power of his playing, Sharrock's majesty is in the lyricism and warmth he finds in even the most abrasive alleyways.

"[4] Rolling Stone magazine said it sounded like a "classic free-blowing jazz album from the Sixties had been recorded with the clarity and punch of today's rock".

[9] In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave it an "honorable mention" and described it as "Bill and Elvin's excellent jazz record".

[11] In The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop poll of American music critics, Ask the Ages was voted the 15th best album of 1991.