Live albums often contain more direct performances of songs, with little in the way of the chords, the melody, and hopefully, the truth.

When you’re headed out on the open road, music is a must. Sometimes the right album or collection of songs can make the excursion on the highway that much better. It can be the cherry on the sundae or ...

The Allman Brothers Band recorded this album in 1971, showcasing concerts at a historic venue in New York City.

It just might be the case that the 1970s produced some of the best live albums around, and that doesn’t just concern their quality, whether music or recording is concerned, but also the quantity, as ...

In 1978, the Rolling Stones released its 14 th studio album, fusing its soulfulness with a bit more aggressive, urban sound. According the Stones’ website, the chart-topping album — which “Rolling ...

You can’t go to every concert, especially those that happened decades before you were born. But the best live albums can take you there. At a certain point, every album used to be a live album, at ...

Sawyer Boyle drove an hour-and-a-half from Connecticut to The Paramount in Huntington one recent Thursday afternoon on a band’s promise they would play his favorite song live. Fans line up for The ...

Pink Floyd‘s catalog of live recordings underscores the idea that 1973’s The Dark Side of the Moon and 1979’s The Wall are their signature releases. After all, there are multiple albums commemorating ...

Metallica's Lars Ulrich has proclaimed Deep Purple's Made in Japan as the best hard rock live album ever in a new promotional video hyping the reissue of the classic 1972 performance. Though Lars ...

It’s not much of a stretch to say that the live album is nowhere near the spectacle it used to be. Now that we watch almost any previously recorded set on YouTube, fewer artists bother releasing live ...

PUP are immortalizing their recent Megacity Madness tour with a live album, video documentary, and 196-page zine dubbed the Megacity MegaZine. The bumper crop of archival material is drawn from the ...

Get ready to discuss and debate, music lovers. If you have strong opinions about live albums and which ones are worthy of your listening time, we’ve got a new ranking for you. BBC Music Magazine ...