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The Best Live albums...

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  • 03-09-2011 3:16pm
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    Gal44
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    Just wondering what peoples opinions are on what are the best live albums?


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    JerryHandbag
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    Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour, Live in Europe. The works of a genius.


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    mike65
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    Loads of em - all hard rock, cos live rocking is better than studio rocking:)

    UFO - Strangers in the Night
    Deep Purple - Made in Japan
    Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
    Queen - Live Killers
    The Who - Live at Leeds
    loads more

    Great opening track for a live album

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMy_zdFh6Bw


    Of course many will shake their heads and murmur dark words about overdubs but while I'm sure its been polished up it works perfectly as Summery arena show for all the rock family.


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    MANUTD99
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    How The West Was Won by Led Zeppelin

    Live & Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

    Unplugged by Nirvana


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    losthorizon
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    4 Way Street by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jai6AykXW9k


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2tDCaBCnnI


    Also Caught Live Plus Five by the Moody Blues


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    bigwormbundoran
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    Queen - Rock Montreal, it is pretty close to perfection if you ask me


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    Jason Fly
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    Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East


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    Bowlardo
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    Daft Punk


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    wandatowell
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    Jethro Tull - A Little Light Music

    +1 for Rory's Irish Tour 74


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    Battleflag
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    Bruce Springsteen Live in Dublin is pretty damn awesome

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAyOLQbfuh8


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    Temaz
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    Bob Dylan Live 1966
    Bob Dylan Live 1975

    A must for any music collection.


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    delbertgrady
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    John Cale: Fragments of a Rainy Season
    A masterclass one man show featuring a career-spanning setlist. Not a bad place to start for anyone unfamiliar with Cale's solo output.
    Depeche Mode: 101
    Wherein four electropop kids from Essex become unlikely US arena-fillers. The audience singalong of Everything Counts is magical stuff.
    Genesis: Live Over Europe 2007
    Superb album from their all too brief reunion tour. Worth it for Daryl Stuermer's Firth of Fifth solo and the magnificent Second Home by the Sea.
    Elton John: 17-11-70
    Those who dismiss Elton as a boring balladeer need to hear this. A three man band (Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson on bass and drums, respectively) play a tight, intuitive set. Pretty much the template for Ben Folds Five.
    Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
    Art rock favourites deliver consistent set of effortlessly likeable, rhythmic pop. Tom Tom Club almost steal the show.
    The Who: Live at Leeds
    Usually at the top of all such lists (unless, like me, you prefer alphabetical order), this needs no justification.
    Wilco: Kicking Television - Live in Chicago
    Excellent recording of a band at the top of their game. The only downside is that Nels Cline's (arguably) finest solo (Impossible Germany) didn't appear until their next album, so isn't here.
    Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Weld
    Neil's best live album, an incendiary racket of blistering guitar. No wistful, acoustic stuff here.
    Warren Zevon: Learning to Flinch
    Another one man show, culled from several solo shows. Is this, in fact, the best twelve-string guitar record?

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    Say Your Number
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    AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It
    Ozzy Osbourne - Tribute
    Dio - Live at Donnington 1983 & 1987
    Saw Doctors - Live in Galway
    The Answer - 412 Days of Rock and Roll


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    rednik
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    Whitesnake : Live in the heart of the city
    Dire Straits : Alchemy
    Eagles : Hell freezes over
    David Gilmour : Live in Gdansk
    Lynyrd Skynyrd : One more for the road
    Rolling Stones : Flashpoint
    Pink Floyd : Is there anybody out there, The Wall live
    Roger Waters : In the flesh
    Thin Lizzy : Still dangerous
    Paul McCartney : Good evening New York
    Stevie Ray Vaughan : Live alive


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    Hermy
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    Cream - Wheels of Fire for this alone:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdwVVI4B3oY

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    verticalbones
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    Some real classics mentioned above ... mine may never be mentioned in another best live album list, but I find myself keep coming back to:

    Jeff Buckley - Live at Sin-é >> Would love to know what he'd be getting up to had he not died prematurely
    Prince - Small Club - Second Show that Night >> Incredible bootleg. If you haven't heard him play guitar live, the 13 minute instrumental jam that kicks off the set proves he's a guitar great. Shame he hasn't released anything solid in nearly two decades.
    Ani DiFranco - Living in Clip >> Think what you will. My introduction to one of my favourite female artists. She shines with a band behind her.
    Rodrigo y Gabriela - Live in Japan
    Primus - Tommy the Cat (Live) - Rhinoplasty >> Yeah, not a live album, but an epic track.


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