Live album

A live album is a musical recording containing recorded concert performances. Live albums have existed since the early 1960s when the album began to be seen as an artistic entity unto itself and not simply a collection of songs.

Related Topics:
Recorded concert performances - 1960s

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Most successful recording artists release at least one live album at some point during their career. Most live albums are seen as expendable parts of an artists? catalogue, often failing to sell as well as studio albums. However, a few artists are known for live albums that are considered better than their studio albums, including KISS, James Brown, Allman Brothers Band, and The Grateful Dead.

Related Topics:
KISS - James Brown - Allman Brothers Band - The Grateful Dead

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Notable live albums include:

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• The Allman Brothers Band ? At Fillmore East (1971)
• Bad Religion ? Tested (1997)
• Black Sabbath ? Past Lives (2002)
• James Brown ? Live at the Apollo (1963)
• James Brown ? Sex Machine (1970)
• Jackson Browne ? Running on Empty (1978)
• Jimi Hendrix ? Band of Gypsys (1970)
• Johnny Cash ? At Folsom Prison (1968)
• Johnny Cash ? At San Quentin (1969)
• Cheap Trick ? At Budokan (1978)
• Bob Dylan ? The Royal Albert Hall Concert (1998)
• Peter Frampton ? Frampton Comes Alive! (1976)
• The Grateful Dead ? Live/Dead (1969)
• The Grateful Dead ? Europe '72 (1972)
• Talking Heads ? Stop Making Sense (1984)
• BB King ? Live at the Regal (1964)
• KISS ? Alive! (1975)
• Bob Marley & the Wailers ? Live! (1975)
• Nirvana ? Unplugged in New York (1994)
• Diana Ross & the Supremes ? Farewell (1970)
• Phish ? A Live One (1995)
• Ramones ? It's Alive (1979)
• The Rolling Stones ? Get Yer Ya-Yas Out (1970)
• Social Distortion ? Live at the Roxy (1998)
• The Temptations ? Temptations Live! (1967)
• UFO ? Strangers in the Night (1979)
• The Who ? Live at Leeds (1970)