Live Albums

[onthewall2983]

(No concert DVD's or Blu-rays, unless they have CD's or vinyl/streaming counterparts)

Favorites? Mine is a rather classic rock-heavy list, with a few left-field choices. David Gilmour's Live in Gdansk is perhaps my all-time favorite, not counting live bootlegs (which could be a whole other thread). Steven Wilson's Get All You Deserve I like a lot too, for the choice in material and the way his band really immediately gelled.

[MrLobster]

Live! - Bob Marley and the Wailers (the deluxe edition)
live 93 - The Orb
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up (Live) / Live Necronomicon - Ministry (it's the same concert, one with post-production and one without)

[theimage13]

Can we count an unofficial soundboard CD from a show that did have a live DVD? If so...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W84xZK9Gy0U

Other favorites include Ben Folds: Live


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqVZdbb_EHg&list=OLAK5uy_nXojOuRcwwFvr_4N_ aFvVlm29K-aEnW2g

And despite some controversy, I will always be fond of Live Noise by Moxy Fruvous. The improvised songs and banter alone are gold.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAy2yBEwbV8&list=PLKs75ZHZ1BLFrMPBoh8jNiT7 1nD523QH3&index=4&t=0s

[neorev]

The Prodigy - World's On Fire
The Chemical Brothers - Don't Think
Underworld - Everything Everything
Leftfield - Tourism
Orbital - Live At Eventim Hammersmith Apollo 2.12.17
The Mad Capsule Markets - 020120
Justice - Access All Arenas
Pitchshifter - Bootlegged & Distorted
Nirvana - Live And Loud
The Smashing Pumpkins - Live Inside The Dark Globe

[MrLobster]

And despite some controversy, I will always be fond of Live Noise by Moxy Fruvous. The improvised songs and banter alone are gold.

Nothing controversial... he's an [alleged] abusive piece of a shit and I'm hoping that any Moxy Früvous reissues/remasters don't give him any royalties.

But since we're going Canadian...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY_-_CcjNiY

[kaydraven]

Nirvana - Live and Loud
Nirvana - Unplugged
Ministry - In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
Cage the Elephant - Live At the Vic
Depeche Mode - 101
Marilyn Manson - The Last Tour On Earth

[GulDukat]

Guns N' Roses- The Ritz (never officially released, heavily bootleged)
Nine Inch Nails- And All that Could Have Been
KISS- Alive
Frank Sinatra- Live at the Sands
Dean Martin- Live at the Sands
Paul McCartney/Wings- Wings Over America
Nirvana- Unplugged
Nirvana- Live at Reading
Lou Reed- American Poet
Deep Purple- Made in Japan
Sammy Hagar & The Circle- At Your Service (great mix of Zeppelin, VH and Sammy solo)
Led Zeppelin- How the West Was Won
Elvis Presley- Live 1969
Chris Cornell- Songbook
Soundgarden- From the Artists Den
Jimi Hendrix- Band of Gypsies
Jimi Hendrix- Live at Monterey
Doors- Live in New York

[Soma]

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

https://youtu.be/jShMQw2H2cM

The Who - Live At Leeds

https://youtu.be/zwM14LorzWo

[botley]

Daddy:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bf/1c/9c/bf1c9ce2a7cd0136aebd04a66d88a52a.jpg

(alt text: USA by King Crimson)

[theimage13]

Pitchshifter - Bootlegged & Distorted

Wait what? Deviant was one of my favorite albums of that era. How did I not realize they'd done a live album??

[neorev]

Wait what? Deviant was one of my favorite albums of that era. How did I not realize they'd done a live album??

You should go on their Bandcamp, dude. They've been posting their own archive of soundboard recordings from 94, 98, 2000, unreleased tracks, demos, as well as the whole album Deviant in demo form...

http://www.pitchshifteruk.bandcamp.com

[innerturmoil]

The Cure - Show

[CAMEO172]

The Cure - Show
A Pity A forest isn"t on the Cds but only on the Laserdisc. I can't remember how many time I only listen to "Tape".

My selection :

Siouxsie and the banshees : Nocturne
Bauhaus : Press the eject and give me the tape
Sigur Ros : Inni
David Bowie : a Reality Tour
The Cure : Paris
Tori Amos : Live at Montreux
Archive : Live at Zenith

[SchwarzerAbt]

I'd like to add A Is for Accident by the Dresden Dolls. It was my introduction to the band and I still prefer some of the songs over the studio versions.

[bobbie solo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4p6GXA1b3w&ab_channel=Metalfy

pumped in/massaged crowd noise aside, this things rips. And the two bonus cuts are tasty.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pZ3rxcq180&ab_channel=UnitedByRock

Peak of their powers stuff right here. And if you want the video version:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XECqZcIO1fU&ab_channel=GusTheAnt

[Substance242]

Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion LIVE (with the same order of songs as studio album released the same year, because why not, we're world #1 thing now, watch out)

[ChipRock]

Hell yes love a good live album. The Cure's Show was my first proper introduction to them, and love it a great deal to this day. Will second Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, but personally I prefer the slightly earlier stuff - disc two of The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads rocks hard. Also, yes In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up from Ministry is a classic. Enjoy the new untampered mix a great deal too. Can I also add:
LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye,
Revolting Cocks: Live! You Goddamned Son Of A Bitch,
Kylie Minogue: Live In New York,
Coil: Live Two
In addition - I have a rip of Live At The Fonda Theatre by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - from the video stream they had on the website for a while. Still gutted we didn't get a full release of Distant Sky - maybe one day?

[r_z]

A few favorites...:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/LCD_Soundsystem_-_Electric_Lady_Sessions_cover_art.png/220px-LCD_Soundsystem_-_Electric_Lady_Sessions_cover_art.pnghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6d/Dire_Straits_-_Alchemy_Dire_Straits_Live.jpg/220px-Dire_Straits_-_Alchemy_Dire_Straits_Live.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d2/Japan_-_Oil_On_Canvas.jpg/220px-Japan_-_Oil_On_Canvas.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/Stage_album_cover.jpg/220px-Stage_album_cover.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Stop_Making_Sense_-_Talking_Heads.jpg/220px-Stop_Making_Sense_-_Talking_Heads.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d6/LCD_Soundsystem_-_The_Long_Goodbye_cover_art.jpg/220px-LCD_Soundsystem_-_The_Long_Goodbye_cover_art.jpg
http://www.elbarian.de/gift.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/LCD_Soundsystem_-_London_Sessions.png/220px-LCD_Soundsystem_-_London_Sessions.pnghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Live_Nassau_Coliseum_%2776.jpg/220px-Live_Nassau_Coliseum_%2776.jpg

[Erneuert]

A Pity A forest isn"t on the Cds but only on the Laserdisc. I can't remember how many time I only listen to "Tape".

My selection :

Siouxsie and the banshees : Nocturne
Bauhaus : Press the eject and give me the tape
Sigur Ros : Inni
David Bowie : a Reality Tour
The Cure : Paris
Tori Amos : Live at Montreux
Archive : Live at Zenith

lol, if you type The Cure Tape to Google it gives you lyrics to The Top.

[SM Rollinger]

Ummmm.....
https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/4056-All-Time-Best-Live-Albums

[PhoenixML]

Archive : Live at Zenith

OMG someone else loves Archive!! I agree, I listened to this live album a lot. I love Craig Walker, and I'm surprised how good the songs are even without him.


On topic, I am not the biggest fan of live albums. I prefer the videos. But there are exceptions, and those are the one I really enjoyed:
Archive - Live at Zenith
NIN - And All That Could Have Been Live
A Perfect Circle - Stone and Echo
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong

[CAMEO172]

OMG someone else loves Archive!!

I probably saw Archive a very much more time live than NIN : something like 15 times in 9 years.

i'm not sure i'm missing Craig Walker. I saw him in a very small new group (we were less the 100 at the event) and it wasn't so great.

Dave Penney is so perfect (even if the BirdPen band)

[brotha52]

https://youtu.be/UdJBnEh9HrU

https://youtu.be/E3wIAf6ai_0

[richardp]

My two favorite live albums that I listen to constantly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4pIUPfvQtA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uVdEWUEC10