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[yacobod]

Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East

Kiss- Alive

Blind Guardian - Tokyo Tales

the best:

INDEED!

 

[jyoung188]

Don't forget.

I'm not really into live albums, but this is an incredible one, probably my favorite Metallica album. The only other live album that came to mind is Nirvana Unplugged.

 

[Appleman]

I feel like I'm the only one who loves this...

 

[Sobriquet]

 

[RDreamer]

Forgot this one:

 

[Cmagus]

Daft Punk is obvious choice, but I really love Matthew Good live at Massey Hall.

Yep awesome album I also got to see him at Massey Hall last time he was on tour and it was amazing

 

[Verdre]

Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith

They do an amazing version of the song Motorhead, but all the songs on that album are great

 

[parrotbeak]

 

[Barberetti]

Not a fan of Johnny Cash, sorry.

 

[DieNgamers]

King Crimson USA (1974/75)

Awesome performances of their greatest (imo) era! Featuring songs from their Red, Lark's and Starless albums! Fracture <3

 

[Treefingers]

Arcade Fire - Mirroir Noir is really incredible.

 

[perryfarrell]

Judy Garland's Live at the Carnegie 1961 (no homo)

 

[puck1337]

Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen

 

[Lionheart1827]

My 2 picks are:

Dream Theater: Live Scenes from New York - My favourite DT album played live, with the 25 minute Epic "A Change Of Seasons" (complete with "Simpsons Theme Song" thrown in for good measure)

Dream Theater: Score - Totally bias, but I flew out to NYC from London just for this concert

Indeed amazing on both.

I was at Score as well.

 

[FrenchToastDisciple]

He's got tons of other live albums in that achieves series, but this captures Neil at the end of the 70s at the height of his powers. Not a bad track on it, and Crazy horse are on point.

Given the time when they played this concert, the track list couldn't be any better. It's full of energy, and Grohl breathes new life into the Bleach tracks they play. Oh, and it's just a blast to listen to.

 

[Dr. Acid Avatar]

Pulse is a good live album too but this is just on another level.

 

[Dynedom]

 

[Fularu]

Pink Floyd : Pulse (and the best ever version of confortably Numb on the second disc, wtb Pulse on Blu-Ray please)

David Gilmore : Remember that night (and the amazing live version of Echoes).

Leonard Cohen : Live in London 2008

Grand Corps Malade : En concert

 

[wenis]

SOOOOOO GOOOOOOOD

 

[ShdwDrake]

/thread.

 

[Fry]

 

[Leucrota]

Only this:

 

[Insane Metal]

 

[FutureZombie]

Gave the world one of my favorite quotes: "If you don't do anything well, at least have a good time."

 

[StealthGoblin]

The only correct answer:

 

[SpartanForce]

 

[Leucrota]

FUCK YES.
Been listening to this album literally my entire life. I am so glad I have my dad who I can say only has the most sublime taste in music. THis album forever.

 

[Col WillieSharp]

I don't understand you fellas at all. Seemed like a simple question to me.

or maybe

 

[marrec]

Fun fact, in the mid-nineties, people actually liked Live... We've come a long way since then.

 

[teruterubozu]

I love live music. Most times they're more impressive than any studio album by the same artist.

90% of live albums are re-dubbed/re-performed in the studio (especially in the 70s-80s) to correct mistakes and make them sound "like the album".

 

[speculawyer]

 

[Wired All Wrong]

 

[Chuck (Old)]

 

[Leucrota]

You the man

 

[Ceebs]

Hardly the best, but I always enjoyed this one.

Almost every song on here is better than the album versions.

 

[-ImaginaryInsider]

Right before they started playing too fast.

Live at Leeds version of Tommy destroys the original.

 

[Pookmunki]

The Who - Live at Leeds
Pearl Jam MSG (also available on dvd)
Neil Young - Live Rust
Modest Mouse - Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again

My absolute favourite is a band that doesn't get mentioned by music-gaf enough:

Wilco - Kicking Television

 

[Kccitystar]

I feel like I'm the only one who loves this...

This, Alive 1997 and Alive 2007 are the holy trinity of live performances to me

 

[Cmagus]

Muse live at Wembley such an awesome show

 

[malfcn]

 

[PumpkinPie]

EDIT: Wrong image

I'm the absolute biggest Queen fan, but the Wembley show had the worst vocals that Freddie ever did, he sounded worn out.

 

[To Far Away Times]

 

[Red_Man]

Yep awesome album I also got to see him at Massey Hall last time he was on tour and it was amazing

Jealous! I've yet to see him, but hopefully next time he makes his rounds, I need to hear Weapon live before I can die happy.

 

[kswiston]

My absolute favourite is a band that doesn't get mentioned by music-gaf enough:

Wilco - Kicking Television

I came to post this. I wrote half of my MSc thesis listening to this album on loop. I prefer a lot of the live versions on this record to the originals on Yankee Foxtrot Hotel and A Ghost is Born.

Now that I have seen The Arcade Fire in concert, Wilco is probably the top on my list of bands to see in the future. Also, new album this Fall!

 

[Error]

I have to agree with this.

Also...

 

[WretchedTruman]

 

[Corwood Rep]

Off the top of my head:

Johnny Cash - Live At San Quentin
Johnny Cash - Live At Folsom Prison
Otis Redding - Live On The Sunset Strip
Otis Redding - Live In London & Paris
R.L. Burnside - Burnside On Burnside. (It's literally a 75-year-old black guy and his grandson and his neighbor making the blues sound like proto-punk.)
The Clash - From Here To Eternity
The Pogues - Live At The Brixton Academy
John Lee Hooker - Live At Cafe Au Go-Go/Soledad Prison
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Live Anthology
Captain Beefheart - I'm Going To Do What I Wanna Do
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Live At Acton Town Hall*

*I know it's technically a pro-recorded bootleg, but it's half of a Clash reunion and it's just spectacular.

 

[The Judge]

Pink Floyd - PULSE
David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk
Sigur Rós - Heima
Mogwai - Special Moves
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Justice - A Cross the Universe
Björk - Voltaïc

Any of those pro lossless Godspeed You! Black Emperor bootlegs on archive.org. I'm partial to 2003-05-14: L'Olympic, Nantes, France.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

No Iron Maiden at Rio?

BAH!

Don't forget Live after Death!

Also, AC/DC's If You Want Blood You've Got It should be mentioned.

 

[speedpop]

I have a dozen or so sitting around but I think the best ones I have are these:

The Cinematic Orchestra - Live at the Roundhouse '08

Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy: Live '95 & '96

Mono - Holy Ground: NYC Live with The Wordless Music Orchestra

Underworld - Live in Tokyo 2005

X Japan - Art of Life Live