Top 5 Greatest Live Albums

[spacekowboy]

This list is definitive. Dissenting opinions will be met with scorn and ridicule.

5. One More From The Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd
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4. Pink Floyd - Pulse (they really didnt miss Roger Waters that much)
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3. The Last Waltz - The Band
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2. Johnny Cash - Live from Folsom Prison
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1.The Allman Brother's Band - At The Fillmore East
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[With_David_Bowie]

This list is definitive. Dissenting opinions will be met with scorn and ridicule.

5. One More From The Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd
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4. Pink Floyd - Pulse (they really didnt miss Roger Qaters that much)
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3. The Last Waltz - The Band
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2. Johnny Cash - Live from Folsom Prison
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1.The Allman Brother's Band - At The Fillmore East
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You will be met with scorn and ridicule. Pulse number one, and without Roger Waters.

 

[spacekowboy]

Honorable mentions to :
The Who - Live at Leeds
Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan
Pink Floyd - at Pompei

 

[spacekowboy]

You will be met with scorn and ridicule. Pulse number one, and without Roger Waters.

No way is that show more epic than the Allman Bros at the Fillmore.
I love them both, but no. Just, no.

 

[With_David_Bowie]

No way is that show more epic than the Allman Bros at the Fillmore.
I love them both, but no. Just, no.

When you explain who Roger Qaters is I may listen to you.

 

[HampshireBoy]

Any list like this that doesnt include the following is automatically null and void

Motorhead everything louder than everyone else
Ac/dc if you want blood or live at atlantic studios

 

[spacekowboy]

When you explain who Roger Qaters is I may listen to you.

Fucking hell. I didn't catch that.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Kick out the Jams, Motherfuckers

I could never narrow it down to just 5. Some that are noticeably absent

BB King in Live in Cook County Jail

1969 Heck, most of their live albums.

Live, Hardcore Worldwide

Live! At the Village Vanguard

I’m just going to stop there knowing I didn’too this Justice.

 

[Aglaopheme]

Already I am wanting to include some sultry, stripped down a cappella or acoustic live albums.

 

[JohnnySavage]

No Peter Frampton

 

[Adre]

Logic confirms SK’s number one choice. When the best band in history makes a live album, it is the best live album.

 

[spacekowboy]

Logic confirms SK’s number one choice. When the best band in history makes a live album, it is the best live album.

BOOM!!

 

[ryan8558]

No Peter Frampton

If you want Frampton, think you'll have to settle for this one.

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[cowslinger64]

Logic confirms SK’s number one choice. When the best band in history makes a live album, it is the best live album.

BOOM!!

Absolutely... best collection of musicians EVAH.. I was privileged enough to see them 15 times..

 

[rae121452]

big brother and the holding company live at winterland 68

b b king live at the regal

 

[Amy_K]

Ozzy Osbourne - Tribute

 

[patient1]

I was partial to Bob Seger's "Live Bullet" and side one of ZZ Top's "Fandango!"

That said, I don't want to criticize your list.

 

[InternationalFunboy]

I like everyone's choices! Here are some...

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (link)
Bob Marley - His last show (link)
DEVO - Hardcore DEVO LIVE (link)
Rollins Band - Turned On (link)
Daft Punk - Alive, 2007 (link)

And I guess take your pick of Grateful Dead.

 

[sircumvent]

Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus

 

[Luk]

Bob Marley - His last show (link)

I'll see you a Pittsburgh and raise you a Santa Barbara.

 

[Wrong Element]

Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus

There was the whole phenomenon in the '70s of acts that really broke through due to a successful live album (Seger, Cheap Trick, Frampton).

Little Feat would possibly be in that category too, if Lowell George hadn't died so soon afterwards (and if he hadn't been such a pain in the ass even on the rare occasions he was sober). Unfortunately, I rarely run into anyone, especially anyone younger than me, who knows the first thing about them.

 

[MIFirecracker]

Bruce Springsteen — “Live in New York City”

 

[InternationalFunboy]

I'll see you a Pittsburgh and raise you a Santa Barbara.

I'll give this a roll today, thanks!

 

[Luk]

I'll give this a roll today, thanks!

I'm partial because I love me some Bob and the SB is probably the best sounding outdoor venue I've been to besides Red Rocks and even that is debatable.

Lemme know!

 

[PlayfulAsAPussycat]

This list is definitive. Dissenting opinions will be met with scorn and ridicule.

I might argue that Queen’s set at Live Aid deserves one of those slots, but technically, it’s not a live album in itself, as the entire concert was probably about 16 hours long. Still among the best live performances ever recorded, and even better on video than audio formats alone.

There’s no arguing with Johnny Cash at Folsom.