anyone prefer live albums over studio albums?[views:5116][posts:24]________________________________ [Mar 22,2006 11:17pm - eddie ""] ? i've always liked the live albums over studio. It just sucks when an older band does it and it becomes a greatest hits type of deal. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 22,2006 11:33pm - SeedBassist ""] Live albums can be cool when they're done right case and point: Iced Earth's "Alive in Athens" I fucking love that record |
| ______________________________ [Mar 23,2006 12:33am - cav ""] agreed |
| ______________________________ [Mar 23,2006 12:33am - cav ""] about iced earth...and maiden. |
| __________________________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 12:43am - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] I do |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 1:39am - ShadowSD ""] Depends on the production quality of the studio albums, as well as how ambitious they are (this affects, among other things, how well the live performance can compensate for multi-tracked guitars on the studio recordings). For instance, I think listening to old Ozzy songs (w/Randy Rhoads) is way better on the live Tribute album than it is on the studio albums, since the production and ambition of the live album is way further along. But in the case of old Metallica, although I love the Live Shit Box Set more than probably any other live recording, I couldn't recommend it OVER the first five studio albums since I think they are perfect production-wise and compositionally (often highlighted by multi-tracked guitar harmonies that the band couldn't duplicate live). |
| _______________________________ [Mar 23,2006 10:41am - Yeti ""] Pantera - 101 Proof is dominant. that and Type O Negative - The Origin of the Feces. even though it is technically not live, but technically live at the same time. |
| _________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 10:44am - Ryan_M ""] i usually prefer studio recordings, but there is a certain magic about live albums that makes them special to me. of course, as ShadowSD said, that all depends on the quality of the sound and the band's performance, but if done well, live albums can be as good as the best studio album. it kinda ruins it for me a little when i find out that some live albums are actually studio albums, they just let a few people in to cheer and make it sound like the band is really playing a full live set in a club or concert hall. slayer's "live undead" album is just like that. even if the songs come out good, it kinda ruins the excitement of it. |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 10:48am - wade nli ""] Frampton Comes Alive! seriosuly, though. when I was a kid, I heard a lot of Maiden's songs initially on Live After Death. It took a while to get into especially the Powerslave stuff on the studio record. I still prefer Aces High and 2 Minutes to Midnight on LAD. most of the other records, Piece Of Mind, Number of the Beast, first 2, etc. have better versions than on LAD, though. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 11:00am - Anthony nli ""] live albums can be good or they can be horrible. I haven't heard a lot of great live albums. I much, much prefer studio albums. |
| __________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 11:35am - pisscup ""] I can't even count the number of times that I've seen a band live and was disappointed because the band couldn't play the leads/vocals that they laid down in a studio. I think people confuse the amount of money a musician has to spend on studio time with actual talent. |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 12:20pm - murdersteinbag ""] Ozzy's Speak of the Devil is the greatest live album ever. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 1:00pm - Scream Cream ""] live recording on good when they are recorded well, and most of all when the band has a good show, the main reason why alot of live albums aint good is cuz they dont quality recording or the band was having an off night |
| ________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 3:15pm - retzam ""] My favorite live albums are classic rock one's. Disc 1 of Umma Gumma by Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin's BBC Sessions are probably my favorites. |
| ________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 3:15pm - retzam ""] Please ignore the apostrophe I added into the word "ones". |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 3:51pm - armageddann ""] As a general rule I prefer studio albums, I make up my mind about a band after having seeing them live but after exception I'm not fan of live recordings. *Hawkwind - Space ritual *The Who - Live at Leeds *Motörhead - No sleep til Hammersmith *Motörhead - No sleep at all *Iron Maiden - Live after death *Depeche Mode - 101 |
| _________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 4:19pm - pisscup ""] Crowbar -Live + 1 |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 4:23pm - paganmegan ""] retzam said:My favorite live albums are classic rock one's. Disc 1 of Umma Gumma by Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin's BBC Sessions are probably my favorites. I thought disc two was the live portion of umma gumma |
| __________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 4:54pm - SuperFly ""] KISS ALIVE BEST LIVE ALBUM EVER, PERIOD!!! |
| _________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 5:02pm - pisscup ""] SuperFly said:KISS ALIVE BEST LIVE ALBUM EVER, PERIOD!!! Yeah but doesn't Kiss Alive II have Rocket Ride on it??? |
| __________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 5:07pm - metalguy ""] Live Cannibalism was great! I prefer most of the live recordings over the studio work |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 5:14pm - Moran NLI ""] I prefer Slayer-Decade of Aggression over any of their studio albums. |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 5:29pm - BestialOnslaught ""] Fake live albums are best. |
| ______________________________ [Mar 23,2006 5:34pm - CNV ""] pisscup said:Crowbar -Live + 1 Yeah, this sounds better than their studio albums also good is Autopsy- Dead as Fuck |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 23,2006 5:37pm - HailTheLeaf ""] I prefer Queensryche's "Operation Livecrime" to "Operation Mindcrime"..ha |