If albums are on their way out, then live albums are REALLY a dying breed. But some of the best albums ARE live albums. There's just something about them that you can't reproduce in the studio.
www.Uproxx.com came up with a list of the 50 best live albums of all time. And before you start tearing it apart, you should know they stuck to ONE album per artist. Here's some-
1. "The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The 'Royal Albert Hall' Concert" . . . Bob Dylan (1998)
2. "Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963" . . . Sam Cooke (1985)
3. "Live at Leeds" . . . The Who (1970)
4. "Sunshine Daydream [Veneta, OR, 8/27/72>" . . . The Grateful Dead (2013)
5. "The Köln Concert" . . . Keith Jarrett (1975)
6. "MTV Unplugged in New York" . . . Nirvana (1994)
7. "Stop Making Sense" . . . The Talking Heads (1984)
8. "The Last Waltz" . . . The Band (1978)
9. "At Fillmore East" . . . The Allman Brothers (1971)
10. "Live" . . . Donny Hathaway (1972)
"At Folsom Prison" by Johnny Cash came in at #11.
The list also included more contemporary acts like Pearl Jam, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Wilco, the Roots, and My Morning Jacket.
Plus classics from Led Zeppelin, James Brown, the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, and Miles Davis.
