The 100 Greatest Live Albums of All Time
by Jeff Reguilon
on October 01, 2009
There are plenty of live albums issued solely as afterthoughts or contract fulfillments, but there are plenty that are as transcendent as the best in-person concert experiences, only with zero lines at the bathroom. For this particular list we came up with the following criteria:
• Only one album per artist.• Albums were been performed live in front of an audience, but don't necessarily have to be culled from a single performance.
• No EPs or singles—this list is about albums
• We decided to limit this list to music, which means no comedy. We wanted to save those records for a separate list for laffers.
Of course, we exercise their judgment regarding quality and/or historical significance. If you disagree with our choices (and there's a good chance you will), let us know in the comments.
Here goes:
1. James Brown - Live At The Apollo, 19622. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
3. Frank Sinatra - Sinatra at the Sands
4. Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall
5. Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall
6. Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Live, 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert
7. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
8. Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won
9. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
10. Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
11. Neil Young - Live Rust
12. Otis Redding - Live in Europe
13. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
14. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York
15. Bob Marley - Live
16. The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out
17. Roy Orbison - Black and White Night
18. The Who - Live at Leeds
19. Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
20. Jimi Hendrix - Live at Monterey
21. Cheap Trick - At Budokan
22. John Coltrane & Thelonious Monk - At Carnegie Hall
23. Paco de Lucia, Rodrigo, and Orchestra De Cadaques - Concierto de Aranjuez
24. Maceo Parker - Life On Planet Groove
25. Portishead - Live: Roseland NYC
26. Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis
27. Leonard Cohen - Live in London
28. Kiss - Alive!
29. Eric Clapton - Unplugged
30. Queen - Live Killers
31. Nina Simone - Nina Simone at Town Hall
32. Gram Parsons - Live 1973
33. Jeff Buckley - Live at Sin-é
34. U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky
35. Lucinda Williams - Live at the Fillmore
36. Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
37. Dead Can Dance - Toward the Within
38. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live in New York City
39. BB King - Live at the Regal
40. Aretha Franklin - Live at Fillmore West
41. David Bowie - Stage
42. Miles Davis - Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live At The Fillmore East
43. Art Blakey - A Night At Birdland, Vol. 1
44. Ani Difranco - Living in Clip
45. Mavis Staples - Live: Hope at the Hideout
46. Muddy Waters - At Newport 1960
47. Depeche Mode - 101
48. Deep Purple - Made in Japan
49. Isaac Hayes - Live at Wattstax
50. Sam Cooke - At the Copa
51. Parliament - Live: P-funk Earth Tour
52. Grateful Dead - Europe '72
53. Laurie Anderson - United States Live
54. Alison Krauss and Union Station - Live
55. Velvet Underground - 1969
56. Pink Floyd - Pulse
57. The Roots - Come Alive
58. Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
59. Sarah Vaughn - Live At The 1971 Monterey Jazz Festival
60. George Harrison - Live in Japan
61. Peter Gabriel - Plays Live
62. Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
63. Thelonius Monk - Thelonious in Action: Live at the Five Spot Cafe
64. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College
65. Janis Joplin - Janis in Concert
66. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
67. Willie Nelson - Stars and Guitars
68. John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard
69. The Clash - From Here To Eternity Live
70. Eartha Kitt - Live from the Café Carlyle
71. Ravi Shankar - Live: Ravi Shankar at the Monteray International Pop Festival
72. Wilco - Kicking Television: Live In Chicago
73. Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken
74. Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
75. Jay-Z - Unplugged
76. The Orb - Live '93
77. The Ramones - It's Alive
78. Etta James - Rocks the House
79. Soweto Gospel Choir - Live at Nelson Mandela Theatre
80. Pearl Jam - Live on Two Legs
81. Björk - Live Box Set
82. Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum
83. Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings
84. Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal
85. Jill Scott - Live in Paris
86. Carole King - Carole King The Carnegie Hall Concert June 18, 1971
87. Alice in Chains - Live
88. John Denver - The Wildlife Concert
89. Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley
90. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live at Carnegie Hall
91. Rush - Rush in Rio
92. Police - Live!
93. Daft Punk - Alive 2007
94. James Taylor - James Taylor Live
95. Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
96. Guns N' Roses - Live Era '87-'93
97. Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett Live In Texas
98. Blue Oyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live
99. Aerosmith - Live! Bootleg
100. J. Geils Band - Live: Blow Your Face Out
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2. Al di Meola, John McLaughlin, & Paco de Lucia - Friday Night In San Francisco
3. BB King - Live at the Regal
4. Blue Oyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live
5. Bob Dylan -Bob Dylan Live 1966, "The Royal Albert Hall Concert"
6. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Live!
7. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - "Live Bullet"
8. Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - "Live 1975 - '85"
9. Cheap Trick - At Budokan
10. Cypress Hill - Live at The Fillmore
11. Dave Matthews Band - The Central Park Concert
12. Derek and the Dominoes - Live at the Filmore
13. DMB - Live at Red Rocks
14. Donny Hathaway – Live
15. Eagles – “Live”
16. Elvis Presley - "Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite"
17. Eric Clapton's "Unplugged"
18. Frank Sinatra - At The Sands
19. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. - Summit: In Concert
20. Garth Brooks – “Double Live”
21. Genesis - Seconds Out
22. Gov't Mule - The Deepest End
23. Iron Maiden - Death On the Road
24. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
25. Isaac Hayes - Live at the Sahara Tahoe
26. James Brown - Live At The Apollo
27. Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction
28. Jimi Hendrix - Live at Fillmore East
29. John Cale - Sabotage
30. Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
31. Johnny Cash - Live at San Quentin
32. Journey – Captured
33. KISS - Alive
34. Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum
35. Led Zeppelin – “Song Remains the Same”
36. Marillion - Real To Reel
37. Marillion - The Thieving Magpie
38. Metallica - Binge and Purge
39. Miles Davis - Live - Evil
40. Miles Davis - Live @ The Plugged Nickel
41. Muddy Waters - Newport
42. Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971
43. Neil Young – Live Rust
44. Nirvana - “MTV Unplugged in New York"
45. Otis Redding - Live at the Monterey Pop Festival
46. Ozzy Osbourne - The Randy Rhoads Tribute
47. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
48. Peter Gabriel - Plays Live
49. Phish - Live Phish - 11/30/94
50. Pink Floyd – “Pulse”
51. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
52. Rage Against The Machine - Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
53. Rush - Exit…Stage Left
54. Sam Cooke - Live in Harlem
55. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live Alive
56. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Live at Carnegie Hall
57. Sting - Bring On The Night
58. Supertramp - Paris
59. The Allman Brothers - Live at Fillmore East
60. The Band - Rock of Ages
61. The Band - The Last Waltz
62. The Clash - Live: From Here to Eternity
63. The Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
64. The Grateful Dead - Reckoning
65. The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert
66. The Roots - The Roots Come Alive
67. The Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
68. The Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band Is The Talking Heads
69. The Who - Live At Leeds
70. U2 – Under A Blood Red Sky
71. Van Morrison - Too Late to Stop Us Now
72. Violent Femmes - Viva Wisconsin
73. Wilco - Kicking Television
74. Woodstock
75. Yes - Yessongs
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