Favourite live albums: one per decade per list |
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suitkees
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A bit of both: yes, I like it very much. These (well prepared) improvisations make their more experimental approach come forward and I have always enjoyed this album, not in the least because of the excellent musicians. On the other hand, the 90s were also a period when I started to turn my back to prog a bit; I was not very convinced by the turns it took (heavy prog/prog metal) or by the sheer unimaginative music that was coming out under the prog umbrella, so I started to explore much more jazz (rock) and contemporary music at that time. Added to that, what I said above: I'm not that much of a live album listener, I don't care much about live albums of bands that I haven't seen live myself, mostly. I like this "looser" kind of King Crimson: it is more experimental and at the same time more spontaneous. There's a good flow to it, to my ears, a bit like those four albums of The ProjeKcts that came out in one box set; I really love all of these albums. And, of course, I don't have to explain to you that that 2.77 is an average... My rating is not in there (I don't rate), but otherwise it would be at 3.50, at least.
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I love how much love Anna Von Hausswolff is getting on this thread!
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Lewian
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That's a surprising choice given it's currently rated at 2.77 (you have to work hard to find any lower rated KC album). I don't think it's bad but best live album of the decade is quite something! Do you love it that much, or couldn't you just think of many 90s live albums? I like to see it as a choice here even though it isn't mine. Probably will revisit.
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1960s: SANTANA – Live at the Fillmore '68 (rel. 1997) 1970s: ELP – Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends... 1980s: TANGERINE DREAM – Poland: The Warsaw Concert 1990s: RUSH – Different Stages 2000s: DJAM KARET – Live at NEARfest 2001 2010s: GOBLIN – Austinato 2020s: ? – ?
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60's: Village Vanguard and Wheels Of Fire (Cream) (ya-ya's out is good too) 70's: too many to list 80's: Alchemy 90's: Tokyo Tapes 00's: Electric Masada - At The Mountains Of Madness 10's; Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind |
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An attemp to list something (I'm not very much of a live album listener...): 1960s: Pink Floyd - Ummagumma live disc 1970s: Yes - Yessongs 1980s: Laurie Anderson - United States Live 1990s: King Crimson - THRaKaTTaK 2000s: Yes - Symphonic Live 2010s: King Crimson - Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind 2020s: Anna von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival Edited by suitkees - August 21 2023 at 11:14 |
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1960s: Miles Davis - Miles in Tokyo
1970s: Yes - Yessongs UFO - Strangers in the Night (tie) 1980s: Rush - Exit Stage Left Supertramp - Paris (tie) 1990s: John Wetton - Akustika: Live in Amerika 2000s: FM - NEARfest 2006
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^ Yeah, Cisnienie was a great discovery for me. I do prefer Cardiacs live when they had William D. Drake (what a treasure he is!) and Sarah Smith. With Swans, I have heard three live albums, Omniscience (1992), it's best known Swans Are Dead (1998) and Deliquescence (2017). I think Deliquescence is worth hearing even for its version of "The Knot" alone, imo. Well it it is almost 46 minutes long.
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^ I know you love the Cisnienie album, too! Cardiacs Live is pretty much as good as All That Glitters, I agree with you there. I must admit I haven't yet delved into the Swans live albums; I see myself as a big live album lover but I realise that from the 2000s I often tend to watch live videos and occasionally buy concert films, but not so many live albums anymore.
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Thanks all.
^^ I also have Brass Album listed, and while All that Glitters is my favourite Cardiacs live album, I'm listing another because I really like Swans' Omniscience, and I wanted Portishead in before for the 90s. I considered that Kraan too. I prepared most of this yesterday. I could not decide on one for the 2000s ({I'm not a huge live album listener) and I found the Laura album and liked it. 1970s: Tangerine Dream - Ricochet (1975) 1980s: Cardiacs - Cardiacs Live (1988) 1990s: Swans - Omniscience (1992) 2000s: Laura - (Re)capitulate (2007) 2010s: Susanne Sundfør - Music for People in Trouble: Live from the Barbican (2019) 2020s: Ciśnienie / Lód 9 - Brass Album (2020) |
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Second list. 1970s Association P.C. - Erna Morena 1980s Heinz-Rudolf Kunze - Die Staedte sehen aus wie schlafende Hunde 1990s Dissidenten - Live in Europe 2000s Hattler - Live Cuts 2010s Foals - Live at Royal Albert Hall |
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1960s Pink Floyd - Ummagumma Live album 1970s Kraan - Live (so many great live albums; I thought I pick one that others don't think of) 1980s Japan - Oil on Canvas 1990s Cardiacs - All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest 2000s Shudder to Think - Live From Home 2010s Sonar - Live at Bazillus 2020s Cisnienie - Brass Album
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Riverside - Reality Dream (2008) is great!
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I don't think I have a very large collection of live releases, so I'm kind of winging it here. Even so, it's kind of hard just picking one per decade as there are many great ones, especially from the 1970s.
1960s: Pink Floyd - Ummagumma live disc 1970s: Genesis - Seconds Out 1980s: Peter Gabriel - Plays Live 1990s: Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine 2000s: King Crimson - EleKtriK 2010s: Van der Graaf Generator - Merlin Atmos 2020s: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets - Live at the Roundhouse I'm going to Mars to look at the potatoes and take pictures of my nose.
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60's - Pink Floyd - Ummagumma live disc
70's - Hawkwind - Space Ritual (King Crimson - Great Deceiver Boxset) 80's - Magma - Retrospektiw I-II 90's - Cardiacs - All That Glitters Is A Maresnest 00's - Electric Masada - At The Mountains Of Madness 10's - Nik Bartsch Ronin - Live 20's -Anna von Hausswolff - Live at Montreaux Jazz Festival
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I like these as well. Also UFO - 1978 - Strangers In The Night Saga - In Transit (1982) Iron Maiden - Live After Death (1985) Marillion - Live At Lorelei (CAS tour) - they have a lot of live albums. |
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This one is superb (from 2009) ... or this below (from 2010) - specially the DVDs !!! |
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I don't have many favourites when it comes to live albums. However, I really enjoy these: Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (1st disc) Allman Brothers Band - At the Filmore Deep Purple - Made in Japan Bobby McFerrin - The Voice Eric Clapton - Unplugged After the 90's: No idea. I hardly ever listen to them.
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1950s: The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall 1960s: John Coltrane & Archie Shepp - New Thing At Newport 1970s: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends... 1980s: Genesis - Three Sides Live 1990s: Frank Zappa - Make A Jazz Noise Here 2000s: Mats/Morgan Band - Live 2010s: King Crimson - Live in Toronto 2020s: Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Hue
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1960's - The Nice - Five Bridges Suite ( a bit of a cheat as it was released in 1970 but the perfomance was recorded at Fairfield Hall in 1969. I've got nothing else to offer from this decade)
1970's - ELP - Welcome Back My Friends.. (OMG this band were just too good and this is their peak) 1980's - Rush - Exit Stage Left (basically acted for me as a compilation for a long time) 1990's - Rush - Different Stages (then this came along!) 2000's - Par Lindh Project - Live In Iceland 2010's - Steven Wilson - You Get All You Deserve 2020's - Big Big Train - Live At The Empire
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