Alice in Chains MTV acoustic album
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Tool's Third Eye hits differently when live for me.
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.
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.
This version is just superior.
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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.
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.
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Reel Big Fish's "Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album" is a masterpiece of ska
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P.U.L.S.E.is probably the best live album out there, with Comfortably Numb on it surpassing all of the other versions I've ever heard
Lots of stuff from I Might Be Wrong by Radiohead. Like Spinning Plates, especially.
All of Linkin Park's "Live In Texas", basically.
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Amy Winhouse’s “Valerie” Live at bbc 1
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Gary Clark Jr’s live albums over studio albums
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Allman Brothers “Statesboro Blues”
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Frampton Comes Alive obviously
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!
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.
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)
Thursday - Full Collapse live
Josh Ritter's Kathleen performance from Live at the Iveagh Gardens has far and away subsumed the studio version for me. The original track is fine, I guess, but there's some kind of alchemy in that live performance that takes it from a kinda sleepy singer/songwriter ballad to a roots rock revival jam. Or something like that. Idk, I'm certainly no music critic, but I know which version I prefer.
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)
John Farnham was incredible live, but a special shout out for his version of Help, the one with the orchestra backing (edit: Melbourne Symphony).
For me he's up there with the best male vocalists ever, Help was the last song after 3 hours or so on stage and you can tell he's loving every moment as much as the crowd are. The album version is excellent but the live one...
Smashing Pumpkins - Thru The Eyes Of Ruby, Bristol Academy 1996 is the 'proper' version of the song in my head now, the album version sounds weird lol
Test Dept when they played live in an old car factory. The drumming and vocals (later in the track) are much better in the live version
Midlife Crisis by Faith No More is much better on the live performance from a late night show.
Alive 2007 is a masterpiece, right up there with it for me is Justice - across the universe
Some other notable favorites for me.
Bridge over troubled water - Aretha franklin - live at the Filmore west
I wish I knew how it feels to be free - Nina Simone - the montreux years
Momma look a boo boo Dey - lord melody - having trouble finding the right album but live versions are considerably better
Lagrimas Negras - many artists, not sure who did it originally- Cuba Feliz live
Johnny Winter had a great live version of Mean Town Blues I forget which version though. He also had a good live cover of jumping jack flash.
Big Black’s Pig Pile absolutely slaps as a live album over the studio versions.
Alive 2007 is the best daft punk album and it's not even close
I prefered the experience of hearing songs live but man its tough for live to beat the equipment and control that comes from a studio.
Clavicle (Live acoustic in London) 05/11/2005 - Alkaline Trio
I first heard this version around 2008 and it would pop up in my head over the years. My high school best friend and I moved into our first apartment together and we both love this band. Early youtube days meant that we found a lot of live shows to listen to until we got cable. I couldn't find it for so long and thought it was lost media, only to exist in our heads, for years. I finally found the whole show 2 months ago and sent him the links. We've been listening to it on repeat ever since.
The War Is Over by Phil Ochs
chris de burgh - high on emotion live is better than the studio
Roger Waters - The Wall
Tame impala did a live video of the innerspeaker album that sounds better the studio album. Plus the video starts at dusk and slowly transitions to darkness as the album progresses so it looks tight.
Opio & the syzygy orchestra live at redrocks.
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