favourite LIVE albums

pig on the wing

mine:

smashing pumpkins - earphoria

jeff magnum - live at jittery joe's

modest mouse - baron von bullshit rides again
(all with some of the best artwork i've ever seen, i dare say)
...and that's all i can think of.

Mushy

Earphoria by the Pumpkins
Alice in Chains Live one. Damn that River...yup, its a classic
Pearl Jam - Dublin 2006

I actually love live albums anyway. Specially ones of gigs that I was at. Which pretty much just adds Pixies in Dublin to that.

Beans_On

has to be LIVE AT LEEDS - The Who.

-Lithium-

I'm going to be totally predictable and mention Nirvana's Unplugged in New York. Class.

Also really enjoying Pearl Jam in Dublin, 2006, Mushy. Great gig

But my favourite has to be Dire Straits - On the Night. Fantastic stuff.

Doctor J

Beans_On wrote:

has to be LIVE AT LEEDS - The Who.

It has to be

Goodshape

Maybe it's not Alternative / Indie, but :

Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour.

and also :

Nirvana - Unplugged in New York.
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong

MorriganGael

Sinead O' Connor - Live: Year of The Horse/Value of Ignorance:

feylya

Irish Tour is spectacular! And even more not Alt/Indie, Metallica - S&M

John

Yeah, love that S&M album too. It's about the only Metallica I listen to anymore.

For me, I love the Velvet Underground triple live collection recorded by Robert Quine. Such radically different versions of VU songs. Yes the sound quality is a bit muffly but it's brilliant.

Current 93's Cats Drunk on Copper is another not pristine sounding but wonderfully passionate album. Especially the intro with John Balance's looped vocals as he reads out a poem. Dark but beautiful stuff.

The live disc that came with Nick Cave's best of is ****ing excellent. Especially the version of "Where the Wild Roses Grow" where Kylie's vocals are done by Blixa Bargeld

Kylie:


Blixa:


And finally, Swans' Public Castration is a Good Idea is not only the heaviest live album ever, it is also the heaviest album ever. Brutal, brutal, brutal and I love it.

Xavi6

Jeff Buckley - Live at Sin E.

Lunar Junkie

I'd say Talking Heads - The Name of this Band is... If we extend it to include live DVDs, then probably Bjork Live at the Royal Opera House..

Miguel_Sanchez

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense.

Colonel Kurtz

John wrote:

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For me, I love the Velvet Underground triple live collection recorded by Robert Quine. Such radically different versions of VU songs. Yes the sound quality is a bit muffly but it's brilliant.

Is that the one which starts off with a real laid-back version of Waiting for the Man ? Pity about the sound quality on that album, but still great anyway.....terrific version of Heroin too

Boo-yah

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Eels - Electro-Shock Blues Show, Oh What A beautiful Morning and Live At Town Hall
Jeff Mangum - Live At Jittery Joes

JC 2K3

Rush - All the World's a Stage

The final track, What You're Doing, a largely unknown and average song on their debut album, is transformed into an immense masterpiece of classic rock. The drumming is incredible.

Not an album, but Sonic Youth's 1991 video tour Diary, "1991:The Year that Punk Broke" is an incredible insight into the early 90s alt rock/grunge period - and you get to see Sonic Youth on O'Connell's St. as well as performances by them and Nirvana in Dublin and Cork!

Also, not strictly albums, but Meat Puppets have an unofficial(legal) repository of live shows here. The Fillmore, San Francisco 1994 would be my favourite live show of all time by any band.

Killaqueen!!!

These may not be the genre suited to this forum but my favourite live albums of all time are.....

Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
Live Killers - Queen
Live Magic - Queen
Live at Wembley 86 - Queen
Live at the Bowl - Queen
S&M - Metallica
Live at Leeds - The Who
Under a Blood Red Sky - U2
At San Quentin - Johnny Cash
At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Hell Freezes Over - The Eagles
Live in New York City - Bruce Springsteen
How the West Was Won - Led Zeppelin

Mr Marenghi

Wilco - Kicking Television

Eels - Live at Town Hall

John

Colonel Kurtz wrote:

Is that the one which starts off with a real laid-back version of Waiting for the Man ? Pity about the sound quality on that album, but still great anyway.....terrific version of Heroin too

That's the one. Some great versions of every song really.

iFight

Sunny Day Real Estate Live
That live Jeff Buckley one, cant think of the name
Thin Lizzy- Live and Dangerous
Patrick Park live one

Ryaller

duckmusic

Not sure if it counts but the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Slane Castle DVD is amazing

nlgbbbblth

Cheap Trick - At Budokan
Mark Kozelek - Little Drummer Boy
AC/DC - If You Want Blood
Ramones - It's Alive
Joni Mitchell - Miles Of Aisles
Chicago - At Carnegie Hall
Prince - One Night Alone
Bob Dylan - Live 1966
Elton John - Here And There
Queen - Live Killers
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
Talking Heads - And The Name Of The Band Is...
Genesis - Live 1973
Genesis - Seconds
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Weld
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live Rust
The Fall - A Part Of America, Therein 1981
The Fall - Fall In A Hole
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 4
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 8
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 10
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 14
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 20
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 29
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 36
Grateful Dead - Nightfall Of Diamonds
Grateful Dead - Europe '72
Grateful Dead - Reckoning
Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
Grateful Dead - Live At Fillmore West 1969 (10 disc version)
Grateful Dead - Steppin' Out With The Grateful Dead: Europe '72
Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack
Grateful Dead - The Closing Of Winterland

loyatemu

"The name of this band is Talking Heads" - the expanded edition is amazing
the 2 Johnny Cash prison records are incredible - quite unlike anything done by anyone else.
"Get yer ya-yas out" by the Stones is pretty cool also.

DerekD Goldfish

Television-The Blow Up

pig on the wing

duckmusic wrote:

Not sure if it counts but the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Slane Castle DVD is amazing

it's also a double album, so it counts.

coogy

I'm quite partial to Depeche Mode's '101'

idlesupernova

Dylan-1975 Rolling Thunder Revue Tour
Dylan-1966-'Royal Albert Hall'
Oasis-Familer To Millons
The Who-Leeds
J.Cash-San Quentin
Nirvana-Muddy Banks Of The Wiskah

dr.bollocko

nlgbbbblth wrote:

Cheap Trick - At Budokan
Mark Kozelek - Little Drummer Boy
AC/DC - If You Want Blood
Ramones - It's Alive
Joni Mitchell - Miles Of Aisles
Chicago - At Carnegie Hall
Prince - One Night Alone
Bob Dylan - Live 1966
Elton John - Here And There
Queen - Live Killers
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
Talking Heads - And The Name Of The Band Is...
Genesis - Live 1973
Genesis - Seconds
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Weld
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live Rust
The Fall - A Part Of America, Therein 1981
The Fall - Fall In A Hole
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 4
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 8
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 10
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 14
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 20
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 29
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks 36
Grateful Dead - Nightfall Of Diamonds
Grateful Dead - Europe '72
Grateful Dead - Reckoning
Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
Grateful Dead - Live At Fillmore West 1969 (10 disc version)
Grateful Dead - Steppin' Out With The Grateful Dead: Europe '72
Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack
Grateful Dead - The Closing Of Winterland

Excellent list!

Personally would have to add
the Who-Live at Leeds, for the nth time in this thread...
And Led Zepp - How the west was won.
Does Led Zeppelin's BBC sessions count as live? Its all one take live stuff, some of the best raw Zepp recorded.
Cream live Vol. 1
Frampton Comes alive MAAAN (Personally I not a big frampton fan, but still for sheer audaciousness and because I dont think it was mentioned....)

The Doors Absolutely live (Again, the box sets are better, but not all live, so have to say this one)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Rust never sleeps and Live rust

Also, I have Santana's Live at the Fillmore '68 but I feel that I have to mention it because its Santana. However, is there any other Santana live album out from this period? I dont think that the Fillmore really does them justice.

Also have to seriously question Whiskah, I think that is one of the worst live albums I have ever heard.

Zaph

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense.

Doesn't get any better than that, and a great film too. Talking Heads fans should also check out the David Byrne - Live at Union Chapel DVD. Superb stuff.

eoinf

Frampton comes alive

if its good enough for otto its good enough for me

wellingtonia

Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged, Live.

Has to be my all time favorite Live album. I've love it for years now and it never gets old.