how does everyone feel about live albums?

just an easy way to fulfill the last record in the contract, or are these really groundbreaking recordings of bands at their finest?

i've never been a huge fan of the "live album", but there are a few good ones that seem to leave their mark.

skinny puppy - ain't it dead yet
joy division - still
jesus lizard - show
johnny cash - at san quentin
ted nugent - double live gonzo

..and of course frampton comes alive.

Toreena

SUICIDEGIRL

Canada

NOV 14, 2002 02:12 PM

Muddy Banks

navin

Seattle, WA

September 2002

NOV 14, 2002 02:24 PM

i only like live albums if the bands don't sound exactly like their studio albums... i hate live albums that are over produced...

The Queers - Live in West Hollywood
The Smiths - "Rank"
Black Flag - Who's got the 10 1/2
Ministry - In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
NOFX - I Heard They Suck Live
NUFAN - Live In A Dive

to name a few

mcqueen

San Jose, CA

OLD SKOOL

NOV 14, 2002 02:27 PM

Iron Maiden - Live After Death

"This is what NOT to do if a bird shits on you...the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, if you will..."

Thrasher

Mesa, AZ

September 2002

NOV 14, 2002 02:34 PM

X - Live at the Whiskey a Go Go
and
Stiff Little Fingers - Live Inspiration

earplug6947

Oakland, CA

OLD SKOOL

NOV 14, 2002 02:36 PM

ha! *rank* is the one album were i always say to myself (or bore my friends who have heard me say it 500 times) "they clearly rerecorded their parts in the studio". i think i will listen to the smiths now. esp. "still ill" of *rank*.

p.s. mission of burna: the horrible truth about burma

[Edited on Nov 14, 2002 by earplug]

Joscelyne

I'm lost

July 2002

NOV 14, 2002 02:37 PM

i know everyone hates metallica, but s&m really hit me hard. i can listen to it all the time. in fact i think i'll go watch the dvd now.

Spankenstein

USA

OLD SKOOL

NOV 14, 2002 02:54 PM

Its alive by The Ramones

vespa666

Vancouver, WA

OLD SKOOL

NOV 14, 2002 03:27 PM

big black pig pile
butt hole surfers double live (sooooo fucking good)

drpetervenkman

Nashville, TN

July 2002

NOV 14, 2002 03:43 PM

decade of aggression-slayer
i fucking wore that shit out when i first got it. birthday present the year it came out.
i got this BBC album of led zeppelin that's pretty cool too

bigrock

Raleigh, NC

OLD SKOOL

NOV 14, 2002 07:02 PM

i'd have to agree that iron maiden - live after death is the best live album ever.

throatneedle

Baltimore, MD

September 2002

NOV 14, 2002 07:03 PM

Best Live album Ive heard recently...

Oasis - Familiar to Millions

Thrasher

Mesa, AZ

September 2002

NOV 14, 2002 07:14 PM

I almost forgot

The Damned - Not The Captain's Birthday Party Live at the Roundhouse

lil_tuffy

MODERATOR

San Francisco, CA

NOV 14, 2002 07:19 PM

Bob Seger - Live Bullet.

-tuff

tat2bob

Charlotte, NC

OLD SKOOL

NOV 14, 2002 07:37 PM

String Cheese Incident - OTR Nasville, TN

Dia

SUICIDEGIRL

Monaco

NOV 14, 2002 07:37 PM

Nirvana on MTV Unplugged.
Where Did You Sleep Last Night... amazing. Esp. on the video.

indigoboy

Chicago, IL

OLD SKOOL

NOV 14, 2002 07:53 PM

Tom Waits - 'Nighthawks At the Diner'
Hands down - timeless.

willie

Portland, OR

July 2002

NOV 14, 2002 08:29 PM

....amen on Live After Death... \\m// i have yet to hear another live album that i enjoyed so much. some of my others were Live Evil (dio, i know, but...) and Delicate Sound of Thunder and Priest...Live

JohnnyVonBondie

I'm lost

September 2002

NOV 14, 2002 08:41 PM

MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged
Pearl Jam - 11.6.00 Seattle

JVB

SkottieDanger

Georgia

OLD SKOOL

NOV 14, 2002 08:48 PM

kick out the jams MC5
live at leeds THE WHO
walls have ears SONIC YOUTH
unleashed in the east JUDAS PRIEST
alive! KISS
unplugged JAY Z

esrever

Vancouver, BC

November 2002

NOV 14, 2002 10:54 PM

Ben Folds Live

(Just to be different!)