Top Five Live Albums Of All Time

[steve_1979]

I like James Blunt too. His first album was a classic.

Most people I know liked it too until they jumped on the bizarre "is uncool" bandwagon.

They are the lame sheeplike ones, not you.

He seemed quite a nice chap in that Top Gear interview a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Sospri]

I don't really go a lot on live albums, you always get some pillock in the audience who makes sure he is on the recording.

However, I do like-

Eva Cassidy - Live at blues alley.........

 

[Blackdawn]

ar someone got there first with the Hendrix!

-Band of Gypses - Jimi Hendrix

-Live Rust and Weld - Neil Young

-Under a Blood red sky - U2

-John Peel Session - PJ Harvey

-Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

 

[hammill]

I make Seconds Out the current favourite with 6 nominations.

 

[the record spot]

Seconds Out? Great album. One of my earliest live albums and still listen to it a few times a year. Cinema Show is just killer; completely out the park.

 

[TrevC]

Technical nitpicking comments really not getting tiresome at all. If it bugs you so much, go elsehwere. Seems like the smart move no?

I see your humour bypass operation was 100% successful.

 

[the record spot]

Every time. Anyway, that's my line... oke:

 

[manicm]

Top Five Live Albums of all time? Well Rattle And Hum ain't one of them - what a stinker!

I'm not really that into live albums, but I'll give you two:

1. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same

2. Don McLean - Solo

 

[Freddy58]

Technical nitpicking comments really not getting tiresome at all. If it bugs you so much, go elsehwere. Seems like the smart move no?

You think I was nitpicking?

 

[geordie777]

Lou Reed - Rock And Roll Animal

Rainbow - On Stage

Deep Purple - Made In Japan

Deep Purple - Made In Europe

Velvet Underground - The Quine Tapes

 

[steve_1979]

I make Seconds Out the current favourite with 6 nominations.

I've never heard that one. I'll give it a try over the weekend.

 

[hammill]

I make Seconds Out the current favourite with 6 nominations.

I've never heard that one. I'll give it a try over the weekend.

Hope you enjoy it

 

[p_m_brown]

Big fan of live albums. Here are my faves...

Jeff Buckley - Mistery White Boy Tour

The Who - Live at Leads

Erykha Badu - Live

The Cure - Disintegration Live

The White Stripes - First Peel Session

Oh and just for good measure I have a few really good Third Man Record Club (the vault) live vinyls - Jack White, Wonder Jackson, Dead Weather, Raconteurs, Greenhornes etc so a top ten from me!

 

[Freddy58]

Come on 'Live At Leeds', you can do it! (top slot)

 

[Macspur]

Personally, I can't stand live albums, all that applause and cheering just gets in the way of the music.

Mac

www.macsmusic.blogbubble.net

 

[Cofnchtr]

Hi,

In no particular order:

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky

Queen - Live Magic

Simon & Garfunkel - Concert in Central Park

Robbie Williams - Live at Knebworth

Not to everyone's tastes but they're the ones I rate...

Cheers,

Cofnchtr.

 

[manicm]

I'll add

King Crimson B'Boom - Live In Argentina

Bruce Springsteen 1975-1985

 

[the record spot]

Springsteen - good call. Great album.

I'll add the Grateful Dead and their Winterland 1973 set. Picked up the 9 disc set off Amazon last year. Great album, albeit it takes a while to get through it!

 

[Sospri]

Personally, I can't stand live albums, all that applause and cheering just gets in the way of the music.

Mac

www.macsmusic.blogbubble.net

+1

 

[toyota man]

Some times its as much to do with the atmosphere and the being there as it does the music when you are singing your head off to the songs you love and no one else can here you over the band just as well realy my singing voice is real bad

 

[Charlie Jefferson]

James Blunt - Chasing Time The Bedlam Sessions

Surely there's a law against this kind of thing. :O

I agree. And Elbow too. I remain impervious to their Greater Mancunian charms. I'm from Bury too, but that hasn't endeared me to them at all. I really like Guy Garvey's 6 Music show though. As long as he refrains from spinning his own stuff. Which he usually does. And he's a big fan of the greatest band of all-time*, My Morning Jacket.

MMJ's live album Okonosos is sublime. They've also released a stack of live download albums. The Live At Red Rocks 2011 quadruple set knocks U2's bombastic nonsense into a cocked hat.

* okay! I'll settle for "of the last decade or so", then.

 

[matt49]

Bruce Springsteen 1975-1985

Springsteen - good call. Great album.

It is great, but then any live Springsteeen album is bound to be great.

I refer the learned gentlemen to my earlier selection:

Bruce Springsteen – Hammersmith Odeon London ‘75

The Boss himself said this was one of the bestest gigs they played. The sound is superb. The version of ''Rosalita" is epic. Light the blue touchpaper and stand well back.

Matt

 

[DIB]

Nils Lofgren - Acoustic Live

Rory Gallagher - Live in Europe

Richard Thompson - Dream Attic

Eva Cassidy - Live At Blues Alley

Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - Live From Madison Square Garden

.. these are the one's that spring immediately to mind.

.

 

[DIB]

I agree. And Elbow too. I remain impervious to their Greater Mancunian charms. I'm from Bury too, but that hasn't endeared me to them at all. I really like Guy Garvey's 6 Music show though. As long as he refrains from spinning his own stuff. Which he usually does. And he's a big fan of the greatest band of all-time*, My Morning Jacket.

Now I like Elbow, and not just because I'm a Manc

I'm off to see them next month at the Arena in Manchester, along with Mrs DIB (who rather unexpectedly bought the two tickets for my Xmas pressie last year)

I'm sure I will enjoy the concert, but I've warned her that in all likelihood she will hate it. She only knows One Day Like This (who doesn't?) and I think she might struggle with most of everything else. Anyways, it's revenge for her dragging me to a Lighthouse Family concert years ago. Ha ha!

.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

it's revenge for her dragging me to a Lighthouse Family concert years ago.

She's getting off lightly IMO. Lighthouse Family? No! No! No! No! No!..............NO!!!!!!