Best Live Albums of All Time

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(only one album per band, unreliable after 1999)
  1. Taj Mahal Travellers: July 15, 1972
  2. SubArachnoid Space: Almost Invisible (1997)
  3. Lydia Lunch: The Agony is the Ecstasy (1982)
  4. Phish: A Live One (Elektra, 1995)
  5. MC5: Kick Out the Jams (1969)
  6. Velvet Underground: 1969 (1974)
  7. Grateful Dead: Live/Dead (1969)
  8. Talking Heads: The Name of this Band is Talking Heads
  9. Bruce Springsteen: Live 1975-85 (1986)
  10. Bob Dylan: Before the Flood (1974)
  11. Pere Ubu: 390 Degrees of Simulated Stereo (1981)
  12. Blue Gene Tyranny & Peter Gordon: Trust in Rock (2019)
  13. Cream: Wheels of Fire (1968)
  14. Soft Machine: Six (1972)
  15. Neil Young: Arc-Weld (1991)
  16. Pink Floyd: Ummagumma (1969)
  17. Fushitsusha: Fushitsusha (1989)
  18. Boredoms: 77 Boa Drum (2008)
  19. Primus: Suck On This (1990)
  20. Keith Fullerton Whitman: Lisbon (2006)
  21. Deep Purple: Made in Japan
  22. Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (1970)
  23. Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (1976)
  24. Tom Petty: Pack Up the Plantation (1985)
  25. Allman Brothers: At Fillmore East (1971)
  26. Nick Cave: Live Seeds (1993)
  27. Throbbing Gristle: Heathen Earth (1980)
  28. Doors: Absolutely Live (1970)
  29. Janis Joplin: In Concert (1972)
  30. Husker Du: The Living End (1994)
  31. Motorhead: No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith (1981)
  32. Fall: Live at the Witch Trials (1979)
  33. Von Lmo: Red Resistor (1996)
  34. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: 4 Way Street (1971)
  35. Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Animal
  36. Who: Live at Leeds (1970)
  37. Fishmans: 98.12.28 Otokotachi no Wakare (Polydor, 1999)
  38. Replacements: The Shit Hits the Fans (1985)
  39. Little Feat: Waiting for Columbus (1978)
  40. Traffic: Welcome to the Canteen (1971)
  41. Soundgarden: Live on I-5 (2011)
  42. Fiery Furnaces: Remember (2008)
  43. Frank Zappa: Roxy & Elsewhere (1974)
  44. U2: Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
  45. Jefferson Airplane: Bless It's Pointed Little Head (1969)
  46. AC/DC: If You Want Blood, You've Got It (1978)
  47. Joni Mitchell: Miles of Aisles (1974)
  48. Yes: Yessongs (1973)
  49. James Brown: Live at the Apollo (1963)
  50. The Dead Kennedy's: Live At The Deaf Club (2004)
  51. Quicksilver: Happy Trails (1969)
  52. Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous (1978)
  53. Bad Religion: Tested (1997)
  54. R.E.M.: Live At The Olympia (2009)
  55. Metallica: Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1993)
  56. Built to Spill: Live (2000)
  57. Leonard Cohen: Live in Dublin (2014)
  58. Morphine: Bootleg Detroit (2000)
  59. Queen: Live Killers (1979)
  60. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends (1974)
  61. Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison (1968)
  62. Crass: The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (1978)
  63. Clash: From Here to Eternity (1999)
  64. Taj Mahal: Real Thing (1971)
  65. Lynyrd Skynyrd: One More From the Road (1976)
  66. Blue Oyster Cult: Some Enchanted Evening (1978)
  67. Genesis: Seconds Out (1977)
  68. Slayer: Decade of Aggression (1991)
  69. Wilco: Kicking Television (2005)
  70. Cramps: Smell Of Female (1983)
  71. Ramones: It's Alive (1979)
  72. Neurosis: Live At Roadburn (2007)
  73. Rush: Exit...Stage Left (1981)
  74. Dire Straits: Alchemy (1984)
  75. Blues Traveler: Live From The Fall
  76. Iron Maiden: Live After Death (1985)
  77. Tom Waits: Glitter And Doom (2009)
  78. Byrds: Untitled (1970)
  79. Police: Live (1995)
  80. Peter Frampton: Comes Alive
  81. Sleater-Kinney: Live In Paris (2017)
  82. Bjork: Live Box (2003)
  83. Neko Case: The Tigers Have Spoken (2004)
  84. Colosseum: Live (1971)
  85. King Crimson: The Great Deceiver (1992)
  86. Pearl Jam: Live On Two Legs (1998)
  87. LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye (2014)
  88. Todd Rundgren: Back to the Bars (1978)
  89. Black Lips: Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo (2007)
  90. Jerry Lee Lewis: Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg (1964)
  91. Tim Buckley: Dream Letter (1968)
  92. Smiths: Rank (1988)
  93. Robyn Hitchcock: Gotta Let This Hen Out (1985)
  94. Muse: HAARP (2008)
  95. Dance Hall Crashers: The Live Record (2000)
  96. Black Flag: Who's Got The 10 1/2? (1986)
  97. Social Distortion: Live At The Roxy (1998)
  98. NoMeansNo: Live and Cuddly (1991)
  99. Seeds: Raw and Alive
  100. Kiss: Alive (1975)
  101. Daft Punk: Alive 1997 (1997)
  102. Cheap Trick: At Budokan (1979)
  103. Judas Priest: Unleashed In The East (1979)
  104. White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights (2009)
  105. Band: The Waltz (1978)
  106. Van Morrison: It's Too Late to Stop Now (1974)
  107. Henry Cow: Concerts
  108. Eagles: Live (1980)
  109. Mogwai: Special Moves (2010)
  110. Decemberists: We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (2012)
  111. Dream Syndicate: Live at Raji's (1989)
  112. Dresden Dolls: A Is for Accident (2003)
  113. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Hyde Park (2004)
  114. Jethro Tull: Bursting Out (1978)
  115. Ry Cooder: Show Time (1977)
  116. Black Sabbath: Live Evil (1982)
  117. Amboy Dukes: Survival of the Fittest (1971)
  118. Hawkwind: Space Ritual
  119. John Martyn: Live at Leeds (1975)
  120. Santana: Lotus (1974)
  121. Dream Theater: Once In A Live Time (1998)
  122. Spacemen 3: Dreamweapon (1990)
  123. Portishead: Roseland Nyc Live (1998)
  124. Shit And Shine: Cunts With Roses (2007)
  125. Roxy Music: Viva (1976)
  126. Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
  127. Yellow Magic Orchestra: After Service (1984)
  128. Dr Nerve: Every Screaming Ear (1997)
  129. Tangerine Dream: Ricochet (1975)
  130. Ted Nugent: Double Live Gonzo! (1978)