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    Posted: August 22 2023 at 10:53
Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:


1990s: King Crimson - THRaKaTTaK
 

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?

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. Wink


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I love how much love Anna Von Hausswolff is getting on this thread!

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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:


1990s: King Crimson - THRaKaTTaK
 

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
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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
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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



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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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2023 at 19:04
^ 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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Lewian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2023 at 18:36
^ 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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2023 at 18:26
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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Lewian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2023 at 17:02
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! Tongue
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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

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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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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

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

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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Anders Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2023 at 04:46
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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