Best Live Albums

[VerbalPuke]

Anti Heros - 1000 Nights of Chaos: This is maybe one of the only bands that I believe to be drastically better live. After listening to this album, you realize that the Anti Heros studio albums do them no justice.

Bad Brains - Live: There are very few bands that bring the energy like Bad Brains. This album provides a blitzkrieg of hardcore punk with a blend of calming reggae.

Dead Boys - Night of the Living Dead Boys: This album is primitive rock and roll at it's finest. Stiv Bators snide comments in between songs is also an added bonus to this great show.

Screamers - In a Better World: There was never a dull show from this unique group of San Francisco. This is actually a two disc set with four different shows on it. The Screamers electronic sound carried over well onto the disc, and really proves that these guys were way ahead of their time.

The Dicks/Big Boys - Live at Raul's Split: Either band is a great option, but featuring them both on one album is even better. The Dicks start the night off with their abrasive music and cynical lyrics. They are followed by Big Boys, who lighten the mood with their funk/hardcore style.

The Doors - Absolutely Live/In Concert: Possibly my favorite piece of music from the Doors. Jim Morrison was always a captivating performer, and this show is great evidence of that.

The Mentors - Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll: The kings of trash rock show that they were truely underrated. These talented musicians let their musical abilities shine through in this album. Despite the obvious sexist lyrics, it's hard to deny that the Mentors played excellent rock. The songs provided on this album are also not available on any of their studio material.

The Offs - Live at the Mabuhay Gardens: A rare piece of ska punk history, as not very many of the Offs albums are in circulation. As for the content of the album, it is nothing short of fantastic. The Offs play an inspired set, and keep things lively throughout the show.

Edited February 9, 2005 by VerbalPuke

[public enemy]

Pink Floyd's "Pulse" was great mainly because of the setlist they played. Most modern Roger Waters shows are quite similiar, "In The Flesh" especially.

So yeah, them. And also all of Dream Theater's live stuff.

[Farmer Reil]

Dreamtheatre - Live at Budoken

Hammerfall - One Crimson Night

Rammestein - Live aus Berlin

Iced Earth...or should I say "Iced. FUCKING. EAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHH~!" - Alive in Athens

But all of that sucks compared to Blind Guardian - Blind Guardian Live.

[Darloboy]

Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio

Guns N' Roses - Live: Era 87-93

[GRIFT]

Bruce Springsteen And The E-Street Band: Live 1975-85

Bruce Springsteen And The E-Street Band: Live In New York

Pearl Jam, any of the 72 bootleg styled double discs they put out

Dave Matthews Band Listener Supported

Edited February 9, 2005 by The Grifter

[Robsturgh]

Dream theater - Live at Budoken (Bow the fuck down to this one)

Pantera - Any of them, they all fuckin rock ass.

Metallica - Live, Shit etc etc.

Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio

Muse - Hullabaloo

Iced Earth - Alive in athens.

[ROC]

Metallica - S&M was just amazingly brilliant. That is my top live album of all time.

[Steeb]

Tool - Salival.

There is no fucking other to compare. It brings out every emotion, every confusion, every thought....everything you've ever contemplated in your mind is brought out by the performance, and the sheer depth. Pushit = Pure Fucking Brilliance.

No Quarter = Good....God....

[shaneo]

Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions. Not live and in concert, but they were live, and absolutely class to go with it. Thats how a band should be.

[Liam]

Nirvana - Unplugged

Alice In Chains - Unplugged

Pearl Jam's live cd's in general.

Jeff Buckley - Live At L'Olympia

Metallica - S&M

Choosing 1, I'd go for the AIC Unplugged album. Not only is the music awesome unplugged, but the fact that Layne ws ravaged with heroin abuse symptoms, and the songs that they sing more often than not were about it, it was just a hauntingly...in some ways beautiful, but also shocking performance.

[Johnny Latino Heat]

Off the top of my head, my favourite live albums I own are:

Metallica - S&M

Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio

Rammstein - Live Aus Berlin

Pearl Jam - Live On Two Legs

[Yitzy]

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention at the Fillmore East, June 1971.

There are no breaks in the songs, it just keeps going and going, it is excellent!

Plus The Mothers remake of Happy Together is awesome.

No matter who you are, just go out and buy this CD. Now.

[Skummy]

Jeff Buckley - Live At Sin-é (Legacy Edition)

I adore this album. It's even better than his other live albums, and it's just a complete gig, with great covers, work-in-progress versions of songs that would later make their way on to "Grace" and some great between-song monologues and banter. And the environment of the Sin-é coffee shop (not the ersatz Sin-é venue that's operating in New York now) is so intimate and amazing, it's incredible.

And the accompanying DVD footage, although raw and minimal, just adds to the feeling of freshness and just pure unadulterated talent.

[Troy Maskell]

We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out

We're gonna rock this town, make 'm scream and shout

Let's rock, rock, rock man rock, rock

We're gonna rock till we pop, We're gonna roll till we drop

We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out

Slim Jim Phantom > You

[Skummy]

We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out

We're gonna rock this town, make 'm scream and shout

Let's rock, rock, rock man rock, rock

We're gonna rock till we pop, We're gonna roll till we drop

We're gonna rock this town, rock it inside out

Slim Jim Phantom > You

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Blatant steal from the Stray Cats.

Slim Jim Phantom was the drummer in the Stray Cats

And that reminds me, Dead Men Walking Live In Leeds is another fantastic live album. Mike Peters of The Alarm, Billy Duffy of The Cult, Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Slim Jim Phantom and Kirk Brandon of Spear Of Destiny, all in one band performing acoustic stadium rock versions of their greatest hits, and a couple of originals. Utterly amazing.

Edited February 12, 2005 by Skumfrog

[ACCBiggz]

Metallica Binge and Purge

Metallica S&M

[Pepsi]

Nirvana Unplugged

[cram]

the only great live album i can think of that hasn't been said is:

RHCP - Live at hyde Park

'nuff said

[Infinte Fire]

Iron Maiden - Live After Death

Iron Maiden - Live At Donington 1992

[Hobo]

Kris Kristofferson - Broken Freedom Song Live In San Fancisco

It's a bit too political sometimes but it's still good.

Steve Earle/Townes Van Zandt/Guy Clark - Together At The Bluebird Café

This is great just for the three of them being together on the album.