It’s not quite the same but I like Daft Punk’s Alive 2007 as a mash up of their two albums. Nightwish’s Ghost Love Score and Green Day’s Jesus of Suburbia.
Alice in Chains MTV acoustic album
A lot of the Unplugged concerts are so much better, IMO
Oooohhh Layne had such a beautiful haunting voice. I still remember the first time I listened to Jar of flies, I just stood still taking in this new sound and the lyrics were so depressing and obscure and… man! I feel 16 again just typing this up. I brcame an instant fan and would have loved to see them live.
Ohhh, excellent example. That album is fantastic.
Portishead (Roseland NYC) and Wax Tailor (Phonovisions)
I think Rage Against the Machine should’ve just avoided the studio altogether. They were so good live. Killing in the Name is great.
Haven’t seems Muse since Black Holes, but they were also very good live.
Rush-dreamline: studio version is so weak. Live has epic energy
Cheap trick-want you to want me : there is a reason you never hear the studio version. Its terrible.
Tool’s Third Eye hits differently when live for me.
Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
I’d heard many times from people who were old enough to see them live that it was a completely unique experience, describing how the band fed off the energy of the crowd.
Didn’t fully comprehend the magnitude of that truth until I heard that live album. I’ve heard other live albums from other artists where it was performed roughly the same as the studio version with the further addition of a cheering crowd. This was a completely different animal.
How The West Was Won really showcased how malleable a work is in the hands of truly talented artists.
This album was a game changer/lifesaver for this band. Had it not been for the success of the live version of “Rock & Roll All Night”, they may have never been as much a draw as they were/are? I dunno either but “ KISS Alive” brought the goods of three previous studio albums into a masterpiece of technical significance. Live recordings with studio overdubs. It was great & we loved it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive!_(Kiss_album)
This version is just superior.
Man idk what I was doing before I started listening to Idles last year. So fucking good
Yeah! IDLES and Viagra boys are saving me the last few months.
Add Tropical Fuck Storm to the list
Iggy Pop’s live version of I Wanna Be Your Dog from the Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack. It’s noisy and raw, sounds great.
The War on Drugs - Under the Pressure - Live
The build in this tune is epic. Best live version I’ve found so far.
(Uploader says that the equalizer has been messed with, I’d love to find the original video)
Reel Big Fish’s “Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album” is a masterpiece of ska
I saw them live 7-8 years ago in Dallas, awesome show! Went to the bar run by the same concert venue afterwards, they were in there hanging out! I got to take photo with them and everything, loved it!
Love this album, and I still sometimes jokingly shout “shut up! I’m trying to be funny” at my friends if they interrupt me. The songs are amazing but the crowd interaction is just as memorable for me
Counting Crows Across a wire concert album was great! I loved everything about it even though I already loved the original songs and rhe original albums. Yes I am a hardcore fan, but that album was perfection!
There’s an album for Simon and Garfunkel live at Madison square garden. I think I only really love it more than most of their other stuff because it’s the album I grew up on and it’s got all the classics. Unfortunately I couldn’t find it on Spotify, but it’s probably out there.
It’s not an album necessarily, but there is a Portugal The Man live sort of half documentary half album that’s done acoustically. It’s awesome, I think it really highlights how eclectic they are as a group.
Similarly, not an album, but there’s a few accoustic songs done by Manchester Orchestra in one sitting that’s on YouTube and it’s just absolutely gorgeous. It’s my favorite songs of theirs and it’s just beautiful.
There’s an album for Simon and Garfunkel live at Madison square garden.
They did a benefit concert of some kind in Central Park, and it was all the TV picked up a few years later as my mom held me when I was sick as hell and we stayed up on the couch, in the dark, no picture but the sound on. It was hours, and I hated their music then as it wasn’t Tony Basil and had neither Huey nor any News. But It’s grown on me since I associate the two. I love the Disturbed cover of TSoS.
All of Linkin Park’s “Live In Texas”, basically.
Roger Waters - The Wall
