Live Evil! Bands Live On Stage, your Top 10 LIVE albums...

[Charger]

#9

[Vyn]

There's very few live albums that I enjoy more than the studio versions of any given song that might be on the live album. So I'll compromise, if that's allowed, and throw out a few that I think are fantastic. First up:

Lou Reed: Rock n' Roll Animal



There aren't enough superlatives to do this live set justice. If you haven't listened to it, do so at least once before you die.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

#9 Ozzy - Speak/Talk of the Devil



I don't know if it is that good but I always enjoyed it back in the day when it was released, it had a pretty good set list. but I haven't played it for a while.


BTW. I'm restrictting myself to 1 album per band, but I'm including DVDs if it had a CD release.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

#8 - Yes - Keys to Ascension




Mainly a live album, it did have 2 new studio tracks at the end of CD 2 (neither of which I particularly remember!), but the set list is great. Typical prog tropes, just 9 songs over the 2 CDs, 6 of which are over 10 minutes (3 are around 20 minutes). But I don't mind there's some classic Yes songs here.

[Jack the Stripper]

I feel like I need two lists. Pre 2000 and post 2000. Is that ok Charger?

[Charger]

Sure. I just want to see your lists so bend the rules a bit if you need to! I'm not such a stickler...

I'm gonna be having some bonus albums that nearly made the list anyways too!

[Jack the Stripper]

Cool that helps 

[Jack the Stripper]

Before I begin I’m gonna do my shoutouts and runners up...

Rainbow - Onstage
Scorpions - World Wide Live
Judas Priest - Priest Live
AC/DC - If You Want Blood, You’ve Got it
Black Sabbath - Live Evil
Accept - Staying a Life
Slayer - Decade of Aggression
Pantera - Offical Live: 101 Proof
Another Lesson In Violence- Exodus
The Who - Live at Leeds
Kiss - Alive II
Dokken - Beast From The East
W.A.S. P. - Live In The Raw
W.A.S.P. - Double Live Assassins
Whitesnake - ...live in the Heart of the City

[Charger]

^^^
One of those is in my top 10 and 2 will get a special mention.



#8

[Vyn]

AC/DC: Live at the Atlantic Studios.

A solid piece of live material with a raw edge to it that I really enjoy. Too bad it was hung up for years before being generally released, which also may explain why I like it so much. At the time, a friend of mine had a sister that worked for a local radio station, and she gave it to me. While everyone else was spinning If You Want Blood... (another good live set), I'd whip out my Atlantic Studios disk. For a brief time it garnered me a small cache of "coolness" lol.

[Zzzptm]

Nod to Vyn: you gotta listen to that Lou Reed live album. You just *do*.

NUMBER 8 NON-DP...



Dio may not be at his prime, but this set with him sticking 100% to Dio-era material allows him to be at his best with Tony, Geezer, and Mr. Appice. Dio doing Dio is Dio doing his best work. I also think this is Black Sabbath's best live set, with zero faffing around - everyone means business on this set.

[Zzzptm]

My number 8 DP release:

Scandinavian Nights

This is DP in 1970, just starting out with officially having Ian Gillan up front. The set is raw, energetic, and more than a few tracks are lightning in a bottle. It's a full 2 albums, showing what the band had to do before they wrote "Smoke on the Water". Excellent both for historical as well as listening purposes.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

#7. Black Country Communion - Live Over Europe



I've got the BluRay, but there was also a 2CD version. They rarely did live shows but when they did they were as great as their reputations demanded. A good selection of songs from their early albums plus DP's Burn and Joe Bonamassa's The Ballad of John Henry.

[Zzzptm]

For my non-DP #7...

This one's one of my Desert Island Discs, so no surprise to see it in my top ten list. This set has such a wonderful, dreamy, hazy, wintery feel to it. Yes, it's hard rock, but it's hard rock you can really get down and chill out to.

[Zzzptm]

My number 7 Deep Purple...

An excellent set of their '74 Kilburn Gaumont State show. Fun fact: Elf opened for them... hmmm... 

Blackmore's focus is tight on this set, as he's not yet practicing secretly with a different band. Seriously, though, I enjoy this first-year Mk3 set along with their California Jam performance. This is the one I bought on album, though, so it's the one I'll put on my chart.