Rolling Stone Lists Top 25 Live Albums Of All Time

[booztravlr]

I read through their list and thought it looked pretty good. I own eleven of these albums but the rest I\'ve never heard before. Thoughts? Any albums you would have included/removed? Keep in mind this list consists of main stream bands, so don\'t say a live album by some band most people haven\'t heard of deserves to be on this list.

Here is the link:
http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/17411224/rock_list_the_twentyfive_best_li/1

For those who don\'t want to scroll through 25 pages, here are the albums in the order they are listed:

The Who, Live at Leeds (1970)
Kiss, Alive! (1975)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Live 1975-1985 (1986)
The Ramones, It\'s Alive (1979)
Bob Dylan & The Band, Before the Flood (1974)
Daft Punk, Alive 2007 (2007)
The Grateful Dead, Europe \'72 (1972)
Wilco, Kicking Television: Live in Chicago (2005)
Phish, A Live One (1995)
U2, Rattle and Hum (1988)
Radiohead, I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001)
Led Zeppelin, How the West Was Won (2003)
The Allman Brothers Band, Live at Fillmore East (1971)
Cheap Trick, Live at Budokan (1979)
Neil Young, Live Rust (1979)
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense (1979)
Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Plays Monterey (1986)
Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series, Volume 4: The Royal Albert Hall Concert (1988)
The Rolling Stones, Get Yer Ya-Ya\'s Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970)
James Brown, Live at the Apollo (1968)
Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison (1968)
The Band, The Last Waltz (1978)
Nirvana, Unplugged in New York (1994)
Band of Gypsys, Band of Gypsys (1970)
Jay-Z, Unplugged (2001)

[jking]

i own or have owned twelve of those and have heard all of them. only because i think daft punk is boring, i disagree with that one. i know some people swear they are the next coming of god, but to me, meh. other than that, though, its a pretty good list. i\'m also happily surprised to not see frampton comes alive! just becauise things sell doesn\'t necessarily mean they\'re any good! live at leeds is probably my favorite of those. well, after band of gypsies, of course...

as for albums not on there, i think jerry joseph\'s mouthful of copper is incredible (mixed by betty cantor!) and widespread panic\'s light fuse, get away is always a fave. of course, neither of those are mainstream enough to actually be considered for this list, but mouthful should be in everyone\'s live disc collection, imho.

[FrankZappa]

pearl jam releases every show as a live album and they don\'t even make the list. :lol: :doh:

[zuke583]

daft punk\'s alive 2007 is mindblowing...i need to see them

[davepeck]

i dunno. the lack of pink floyd\'s pulse seems pretty blasphemous.

[Jim Cobb]

stop making sense is really fucking amazing.

[leith]

That list has KISS instead of Iron Maiden\'s Live After Death?
Europe \'72 instead of Live Dead?
No John Coltrane Live at Birdland?
This list is alright but.....

[Jim Cobb]

rolling stone\'s lists are usually slapped together by retards.

[ds673488]

not that i think its overly amazing or anything, but im really confused as to why rolling stone wouldnt put "Frampton Comes Alive" on there.  i think its one of/the best selling live album of all time.

[jking]

i\'m also happily surprised to not see frampton comes alive! just becauise things sell doesn\'t necessarily mean they\'re any good!

[Mark]

No Little Feat Waiting for Columbus makes this list null and void.

[jking]

that\'s an EXCELLENT call, mark! totally forgot about that one....

[siflandollie]

What about You Can\'t Do That On Stage Anymore?!

Daft Punk may be the next coming of God, but I am surprised to see that album on there simply because it just came out.  Rolling Stone blows anyways.  The ONLY thing that gave that magazine ANY credibility was Hunter Thompson.  Nowadays it is a bunch of mainstream teat-sucking tools trying to claim some kind of "cool authority," simultaneously bashing and promoting the same music without every actually giving a fuck about anything except the $$.  Not to mention that all of their political writers desperately try to be HST, and of course come up wayyyy short.  They are always making retarted lists too.  They should do a list of "100 Gheyest Periodicals" and put themselves at the top

[Drew_Kingsley]

Pantera - 101 Proof: Official Live

My personal favorite album for the gym.

[Jim Cobb]

rolling stone\'s lists are usually slapped together by retards.