Live Album reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 150 Reddit reviews across 8 subreddits and 9 posts to rank the best Live Album brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Music, r/fantanoforever, r/phish, r/gratefuldead, r/BABYMETAL. Top-rated brands include Grateful Dead (4.9/5), Phish (5.0/5), Babymetal (5.0/5).
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Reviews150
Subreddits8
Posts9
Brands76
Products99
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#1
Grateful Dead
4.9
(29)
"Live/Dead"
"Europe 72 and Live/Dead give you a really good sense of what they’re about"
"One From the Vault and PNW 73/74 solidifies that"
"My first was Europe 72"
"Then Live Dead"
"Cornell"
"Sunshine Daydream"
"Either Euro 72 or the first Live Dead album period"
"Dead Set. It’s the one that really hooked me"
"Europe 72"
#2
Phish
5.0
(27)
"A Live One got me into the band back in the 90’s… I’d start there."
"NYE 95 and Slip Stitch and Pass."
"A Live One is a great overview of what they can do live. It's a great starting point."
"If you dig it, I would recommend just going through the Live Phish series. (The ones with "Vol#"). Those are some amazing shows."
"Baker’s Dozen Collection… you like long jams? Checkout Chalk Dust and Simple"
"Then jump into the pool, A Live One as everyone here has suggested."
"After that, you want jams? Bakers Dozen, Jam donut night (7/25/17)."
"You can’t go wrong with A Live One but then go to NYE 1995 at MSG, just an epic show."
"Update: I decided to give A Live One a listen and it hooked me pretty much instantly."
"The live phish series is a great place to start."
#3
Babymetal
5.0
(5)
"Budokan Red Night is my personal favourite live album too, best of all it's easily available on Amazon Music ,or spotify if you want to check it out"
"I listen to 'LEGEND - METAL GALAXY' in the car pretty often. It's nicely engineered, with a great mix of songs."
"I personally love and have the red night and metal galaxy day 1 and 2."
"Budokan Red Night is my favorite."
"Legend metal galxy day 1 and day 2. I prefer day 2 but mostly because of the setlist, both are really good."
#4
Neil Young
5.0
(4)
"Rust Never Sleeps, arguably one of the best live recorded albums ever by Canadian legend Neil Young."
"Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971"
"Neil Young - Live Rust"
"Rust Never Sleeps and also Live Rust by Neil Young."
#5
Portishead
5.0
(3)
"Also second for Portishead Roseland NYC mentioned further up. Goosebumps levels."
"Portishead’s *Roseland NYC* is completely phenomenal."
"Portishead - Roseland NYC"
#6
The Band
5.0
(3)
"The Band, The Last Waltz. That is my final live record answer."
"I’d start with “The Last Waltz”, and work backwards from there."
"The Band - The Last Waltz"
#7
Thin Lizzy
5.0
(2)
"Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous"
"Live and Dangerous (Thin Lizzy)"
#8
Rush
5.0
(2)
"R30! I loved that tour!"
"R30"
#9
Aerosmith
5.0
(2)
"70’s Aerosmith gets lost in the mix because of their super commercial 90’s and beyond stuff but you can practically hear the rock and roll excess on this album. Love it"
"My all time favorite live album is Aerosmith's "Live Bootleg". No studio touch ups in sight - it's the epitome of late 70s balls to the wall, raucous hard rock. Warts and all"
#10
AC/DC
5.0
(2)
"If you want blood, you got it – AC/DC. This is when they sounded raw, basically a bar band unbelievable"
"Acdc's "If you want blood, you've got it" is in my opinion not only acdcs best live album AND best album, but also one of the best live albums ever."
#11
Daft Punk
5.0
(2)
"Daft Punk - Alive 2007"
"Alive 2007 by Daft Punk"
#12
Peter Frampton
5.0
(2)
"Frampton Comes Alive"
#13
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
5.0
(2)
"Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Nine Tonight."
"Bob Seger & the silver bullet bands live album 9 TONIGHT is amazing. You can feel the energy he’s giving off onstage and it has the best version of night moves"
#14
Joe Bonamassa
5.0
(2)
"Joe Bonamassa - Live from the Beacon Theater"
"Joe Bonamassa - An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House"
#15
Nirvana
4.5
(2)
"Nirvana - Unplugged"
"The only one I like is MTV Unplugged Nirvana."
#16
John Mayer
5.0
(1)
"He needs a live album for every studio album because he truly comes alive on stage. Great stuff."
#17
moe.
5.0
(1)
"Moe = Warts and All vol 3"
#18
U2
5.0
(1)
"U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky"
#19
The White Stripes
5.0
(1)
"The White Stripes Under Blackpool Lights is crazy good. The energy and the playing are top notch."
#20
Tori Amos
5.0
(1)
"Tori Amos - To Venus and Back"
#21
Phil Lesh and Friends
5.0
(1)
"Get comfortable with the guitar and vocal styling by enjoying Phil Lesh and Friends from The Warfield in 1999."
#22
Stormy Weather
5.0
(1)
"Stormy Weather - The Concert for Walden Woods - killer performances by Shawn Colvin, Bjork, Gwen Stefani, Joni Mitchell and many others"
#23
Triumph
5.0
(1)
"Triumph - Stages"
#24
Ozzy Osbourne
5.0
(1)
"Ozzy Osbourne - Speak of the Devil
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
Alice Cooper - The Alice Cooper Show
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
Great live albums from back in the day."
#25
Hawkwind
5.0
(1)
"Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Super mesmerising early 70s performance. Lemmy's vocals and bass are a major part of the sound."
#26
Nightwish
5.0
(1)
"Showtime, Storytime - Nightwish. It's one of the greatest live performances of all time."
#27
The Cure
5.0
(1)
"The Cure have a bunch: “Show,” “Paris,” “Songs of a Lost World at the Troxy,” and “Entreat”"
#28
Peter Gabriel
5.0
(1)
"Peter Gabriel- Secret World Live
10/10"
#29
Genesis
5.0
(1)
"Genesis - Seconds Out"
#30
The Contortionist
5.0
(1)
"Retrospective: Live From Atlanta by The Contortionist is maybe the only live album that I prefer the songs on."
#31
Sam Cooke
5.0
(1)
"It will completely change your understanding of how incredibly talented he was."
#32
Blue Öyster Cult
5.0
(1)
"Blue Oyster Cult: “One Enchanted Evening” and “Extra Terrestrial Live”"
#33
Pantera
5.0
(1)
"Pantera - official live 101"
#34
Alice In Chains
5.0
(1)
"MTV Unplugged by Alice In Chains"
#35
Ani DiFranco
5.0
(1)
"Ani Difranco - Living in Clip"
#36
Michael Hedges
5.0
(1)
"Michael Hedges - Live on the Double Planet"
#37
Ween
5.0
(1)
"Ween's Live in Chicago is an absolute blast."
#38
Guided By Voices
5.0
(1)
"Guided By Voices - Live from Austin TX captures GBV's energy well."
#39
Robert Earl Keen
5.0
(1)
"Robert Earl Keen, Live At the Ryman. The version of “The Road Goes On Forever” is the only version."
#40
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
5.0
(1)
"Peak Bruce and the band at the beginning of their fame. Still young and hungry. Just a spectacular show all around."
#41
Matisyahu
5.0
(1)
"Matisyahu - Live at Stubb's
is some seriously majestic reggae with such a good backing band with Roots Tonic."
#42
Pearl Jam
5.0
(1)
"The version of black from that album on Spotify is fcking nuts"
#43
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
5.0
(1)
"Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds live at radio city is absolutely incredible"
#44
Elvis Presley
5.0
(1)
"Elvis: Live at Madison Square Garden. Excellent performance all around."
#45
Queen
5.0
(1)
"Queen Live Killers
The band could say whatever they wanted about it and that Wembley is better or whatever, but for me it will always be THE live Queen album."
#46
Bob Seger
5.0
(1)
"Live Bullet (Bob Seger)"
#47
The Tragically Hip
5.0
(1)
"Live between us - The Tragically Hip"
#48
Rammstein
5.0
(1)
"Rammstein- Live Aus Berlin is top tier"
#49
Built to Spill
5.0
(1)
"Built to Spill - Live. Includes an incredible 20 min cover of Neil Young’s Cortez the Killer"
#50
Donny Hathaway
5.0
(1)
"Donnie Hathaway - LIVE"
#51
Curtis Mayfield
5.0
(1)
"Curtis Mayfield Live"
#52
Van Morrison
5.0
(1)
"Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now"
#53
Rory Gallagher
5.0
(1)
"Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 1974"
#54
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5.0
(1)
"Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Fillmore 69’ or 4 way Street"
#55
Underworld
5.0
(1)
"Everything, Everything by Underworld is essentially a best-of from their 90s peak but with live energy. It’s brilliant."
#56
Between the Buried and Me
5.0
(1)
"BTBAM - colors live"
#57
Umphrey's McGee
5.0
(1)
"All of the Umphrey’s McGee “class of” albums are live and curated best of the years listed."
#58
The Rolling Stones
5.0
(1)
"Look for Brussels Affair by The Rolling Stones. It’s a bootleg that’s existed since the 70s."
#59
Nine Inch Nails
5.0
(1)
"Beside You In Time by Nine Inch Nails"
#60
Bob Marley & the Wailers
5.0
(1)
"Babylon by Bus - Bob Marley & the Wailers"
#61
Green Day
5.0
(1)
"Awesome As Fuck by Green Day"
#62
Porcupine Tree
5.0
(1)
"Anesthetize by Porcupine Tree"
#63
Aretha Franklin
5.0
(1)
"Amazing Grace
Live album by Aretha Franklin"
#64
KISS
5.0
(1)
"KISS Alive
KISS Alive II
AC/DC If You Want Blood
Iron Maiden Live After Death
WASP Live In The Raw"
#65
Slipknot
5.0
(1)
"Slipknot 9.0 Live goes so fuckin hard"
#66
Depeche Mode
5.0
(1)
"Depeche Mode - 101"
#67
The War on Drugs
5.0
(1)
"The War on Drugs have 2 amazing live albums both released fairly recently."
#68
Mountain
4.0
(1)
"Mountain - Twin Peaks"
#69
Radiohead
4.0
(1)
"The King Of Limbs From The Basement by Radiohead if that counts as live"
#70
Oasis
4.0
(1)
"Oasis - The Dream We have as Children, Live at the Royal Albert Hall"
#71
Alice Cooper
4.0
(1)
"Rock N Roll Animal was well loved at one point but has kind of fallen off the radar. Great album though."
#72
Judas Priest
4.0
(1)
"Priest Live!"
#73
Badger
4.0
(1)
"Badger - One Live Badger"
#74
My Morning Jacket
4.0
(1)
"My Morning Jacket - Okonokos"
#75
Father John Misty
4.0
(1)
"Father John Misty - off key in Hamburg"
#76
DJ Shadow
4.0
(1)
"DJ Shadow -Live! In Tune and On Time"
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