Your Top 10 Live Albums

[Scotty The Rebel]

Two that I have not seen posted (although I am tired and could of missed it)
Live Anothology - Tom Petty

I too was surprised that that hadn't been mentioned.

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

1. Mad Dogs and Englishmen- Joe Cocker- A very heavily underrated live album that truly captures that energy and power that made Joe such an exciting singer in his younger days.

2. Live At Benaroya Hall With The Seattle Symphony- Brandi Carlile- The single greatest live album to come out in a very very long time.

3. Tribute- Ozzy Osbourne- This was Randy at his very best. If "Tonight" and "Diary of a Madman" had made it onto this album then there is a good chance it would have been #1 on my list. It was a close race.

4. It's Alive!- The Ramones- My favorite Ramones album and it is nothing but raw energy for an hour.

5. Made In Japan- Deep Purple- The difference between "greatest" and "favorite" is very important here because I think this is the greatest live album of all time but I have to be in the right mood for it. This is jamming and structure at it's finest and most important of all, there are no overdubs and it STILL sounds this good.

6. The Last Live- X Japan- Never have I every heard a band's entire career summed up like it is in this epic, 3 hour album. The one drawback that keeps it from being higher on my list is that there are MULTIPLE full 8 minute long sections of just the crowd cheering, especially towards the end of the album. This is more authentic to the concert I suppose but it really breaks up the listening experience.

7. 17-11-70- Elton John - Both this song and Elton's "Live in Australia" album could have made this list for me but I like to keep it to one entry per artist for my lists so I had to make a tough choice. Ultimately I prefer the minimalistic charm of "17-11-70" over the orchestrated style of the latter album.

8. Rock and Roll Animal- Lou Reed- Early 70's Lou Reed is my favorite era from his career and it was captured fabulously on this album. The other half of the concert this album was recorded at was released as "Lou Reed Live" and if they were released as a double live album then it would have been much high on my list.....but I digress.

9. Ben Folds Live- Ben Folds- There is something really magical about just Ben Folds playing piano by himself. Maybe it's that you can appreciate the ingenuity and resourcefulness of it because he plays the parts of instruments that aren't there. Maybe it's that you can hear just how good of a pianist he really is. Maybe it's just charismatic. I don't know but all I know is that it's really great.

10. The Concert in Central Park- Simon & Garfunkel- Years after their breakup, Paul and Art came together for a cause and it attracted one of the largest crowds to any concert in history. It was captured beautifully on this album.

 

[ANTHEM]

1. Rush - All the World's a Stage

2. Black Sabbath - Live Evil

3. Iron Maiden - Live after Death

4. AC/DC - If You want Blood...You've got it

5. Zebra - Live

6. Ted Nugent - Live Gonzos

7. Rush - Different Stages

8. Triumph - Stages

9. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same

10. Rush - A Show of Hands

 

[Sox]

Off the top of my head and the order may shift about a bit.

Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Rory Gallagher - Live In Europe
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
The Who - Live At Leeds
Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
Fleetwood Mac - Live In Boston Vol I (Boston Tea Party 1970)
Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won
Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out

Must say "If You Want Blood", "Bursting Out", "All The World's A Stage" and "Exit Stage Left" could easily slip in there.

 

[Sweaty]

Mine for now are...

Jethro Tull - Bursting Out
AC/DC - If You Want Blood
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
Ramones - It's Alive
Lindisfarne - Live Definitive
Dire Straits - Alchemy Live
UFO - Strangers In The Night
SAHB - Live
George Thorogood - Live
Deep Purple - Live 1970-1972

 

[Ragged Glory]

I''m not much for Live Albums, but I like (and own) these amongst a few others:


"Live Alive." - S.R.V. & Double Trouble.
"Live Hallelujah." - Sammy And The Wabos.
"Rust Never Sleeps." - Neil Young.
"A Show Of Hands." - Rush.
"Weld." - Neil Young.

 

[Aktivator]

I could mention a bunch of live 70's albums but I'm bored with that how about top 10 I've seen live (Some just a song)

Bowie Stage album - Philly 4/28/78
Dead-Dicks Picks Englishtown, NJ 9/4/77
Dead-Reckoning radio city 10/27, 10/30 & 10/31/80
Dead-Dead Set Radio City 10/27, 10/30 &10/31/80
Simon & Garfunkel - Central Park, NY 9/18/81
Woodstock II - 8/94
No Nukes- MSG 9/23/79
Nektar-NEARfest 02
Dylan & the Dead - Foxboro, MA - 7/4/87
Pearl Jam - MSG 5/20/10 (1 song on PJ Twenty Album)

 

[recgord27]

Uriah Heep - Live 1973
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Lighthouse - Live
Colusseum - Live
Dream Theater - Live Scenes from New York
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 74
Golden Earring - Live
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous / Life/Live
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
The Band - Rock of Ages

 

[JimJam]

So many greats to choose from. Listed randomly.

Live 1969 - The Velvet Underground
Live at the Fillmore East - Allman Brothers
How the West Was Won - Led Zeppelin
Live - Mott the Hoople
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Live/Dead - Grateful Dead
Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat
It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison
Live at Berkeley, May 30,1970 - Jimi Hendrix
Unplugged in New York - Nirvana


More favorites:
One More From the Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall Concert - Bob Dylan
The Name of this band is Talking Heads
Live at Max's - The Velvet Underground
It's Alive - Ramones
Live at Winterland, 1978 - Bruce Springsteen (bootleg)
At the Harlem Square Club, 1963 - Sam Cooke
Live at Max's - Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
Live at Winterland - Jimi Hendrix
Band of Gypsys - Jimi Hendrix
Skull & Roses - Grateful Dead
Europe '72 - Grateful Dead
Live at the Regal - B. B. King
Old Man's Fancy - Neil Young (bootleg)

 

[recgord27]

So many greats to choose from. Listed randomly.

Live at the Fillmore East - Allman Brothers
Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat
One More From the Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall Concert - Bob Dylan
Band of Gypsys - Jimi Hendrix
QUOTE]

Killer albums. I would have included Little Feat in my list if I'd remembered it