The Best Live albums...

Gal44

Just wondering what peoples opinions are on what are the best live albums?

JerryHandbag

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

mike65

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.

MANUTD99

How The West Was Won by Led Zeppelin

Live & Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Unplugged by Nirvana

losthorizon

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

bigwormbundoran

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

Jason Fly

Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East

Bowlardo

Daft Punk

wandatowell

Jethro Tull - A Little Light Music

+1 for Rory's Irish Tour 74

Battleflag

Bruce Springsteen Live in Dublin is pretty damn awesome

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

Temaz

Bob Dylan Live 1966
Bob Dylan Live 1975

A must for any music collection.

delbertgrady

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?

Say Your Number

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

rednik

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

Hermy

Cream - Wheels of Fire for this alone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdwVVI4B3oY

verticalbones

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.