Overrated Live Albums (poll)

[TheSurgeon]

Most of these are constantly praised as the best (or one of the best) live albums of all time. Now, I'm not saying any of them are bad. Most have at least a few really good songs. But none would make my top 10. So I ask Metal Sludge - which of these is the most overrated?

[pieceofme]

All of them. I generally do not like live albums. Very few notable exceptions.

[LAglamrocker]

All of those are garbage
CM Punk listens to all of those I’m sure- going be glorious when Seth dumps his dumbass out of Royal Rumble to win

[HueyRamone]

Live at Leeds underwhelmed me when i bought it, for how amazeballs everyone said it was.
6 whole songs, 3 of them moldy oldies.... whee!!


The Lizzy and UFO ones cant be all that, due to the fact that they are very likely full of Lizzy and UFO songs.

[pieceofme]

Live at Leeds underwhelmed me when i bought it, for how amazeballs everyone said it was.
6 whole songs, 3 of them moldy oldies.... whee!!


The Lizzy and UFO ones cant be all that, due to the fact that they are very likely full of Lizzy and UFO songs.

Strangers in the night has to be up there as one of the most disappointing albums I have purchased.


KISS Rock Bottom > UFO Rock Bottom

[Chip Z'Hoy]

Of those, how could it be anything other than Frampton?

My write-in vote is for Alive II. Shit's too fast!

[Bono Nettencourt]

Ya-Yas... the Stones were terrible live until Chuck Leavell took over.

[pieceofme]

Of those, how could it be anything other than Frampton?

My write-in vote is for Alive II. Shit's too fast!

The best bit about Alive II is side 4 and the new studio songs.

I thought you liked the alive II version of God of Thunder? The studio version is for superior imo.

[HueyRamone]

Of those, how could it be anything other than Frampton?

My write-in vote is for Alive II. Shit's too fast!

The best bit about Alive II is side 4 and the new studio songs.

I thought you liked the alive II version of God of Thunder? The studio version is for superior imo.

I like the Alive II version of GOT, except it would be nice to edit out the drum solo.

[DemonFilth2001]

Live at Leeds underwhelmed me when i bought it, for how amazeballs everyone said it was.
6 whole songs, 3 of them moldy oldies.... whee!!


The Lizzy and UFO ones cant be all that, due to the fact that they are very likely full of Lizzy and UFO songs.

I will have to agree with this. Tokyo Tapes too. It’s recorded right before they learned to write good songs.

[Chip Z'Hoy]

I thought you liked the alive II version of God of Thunder? The studio version is for superior imo.

Not me! Must be Mr. Ramone.

That song might be the most egregious example of these wayward tempos. It doesn't need to be Melvins slow but it does require a little bit of groove to it--A LITTLE BIT OF STANK.

Sped up, it's just boogie rock.

[Psychobolia.com]

The only ones I know here - Stones/Scorps/Who - are def not favourites of mine...

I voted for Scorps cuz it pales in comparison to World Wide Live which is a... ***banger***.

[GoodJudge]

I only know Live And Dangerous, which is excellent, so I'm not going to vote, but presumably there's a good reason why Frampton is a one hit wonder, and for a live song at that.

Edited to add that yes that album sold a metric fuck-ton, so he obviously had a lot of fans, but has anyone who's not a nerd heard *anything* by him, live or studio, except that one hit? Like a grandad-rock version of Zappa.

[Wiseacre]

Here's an UNDER-rated Live Album that you don't hear much about.

REO - You get What You Play For (1977)

Gary was the fucking MAN and he kills on this whole album (and so does the rest of the band).

[Hatchets Molly]

No opinion on the list since I've not listened to many, but an opinion. Live albums of the 70s bury most live albums of more recent times from a production standpoint (they feel more raw and live). Yes, live isn't that live anymore, but the tech used today over-produces everything to sound almost artificial and they are all cut/paste disjointed messes.

[Whatever Happened To…]

Always thought the Stones sounded like shit on Ya-Yas, timing totally off, clunky playing, terrible vocals, the songs really drag. Did they ever figure out how to play Jumpin' Jack Flash live? Amazing single but live, awful. Honky Tonk Women is excruciating live as well.

Live At Leeds, never understood the love for this, the tracklist is awful.

[RaceFan3]

Frampton or Leeds IMHO. The rest are all good listens.

Two more UNDERrated live albums that come to mind are Bob Seger's Live Bullet (even though that was the album that turned him into a superstar), and Nine Tonight. Play them back to back and its like a perfect Seger concert.

[Love_Industry]

Always thought the Stones sounded like shit on Ya-Yas, timing totally off, clunky playing, terrible vocals, the songs really drag.

Agree with this. This was apparently the last tour they did without backing musicians and when you hear it you understand why. Even if almost all lead vocals are re-recorded in the studio and so is the guitar on a few tracks. This is probably Stones heresy but I prefer Flashpoint from the Steel Wheels tour. It sounds like the band did on that tour, backing musicians and all.

An underrated live album is Accept's Staying A Life. The second live album from their 1985 Japan tour (after the dreadful Kaizoku-Ban) released five years after it was recorded and when the band had split up so it kind of disappeared.

[DangerZone]

Live at Leeds underwhelmed me when i bought it, for how amazeballs everyone said it was.
6 whole songs, 3 of them moldy oldies.... whee!!


The Lizzy and UFO ones cant be all that, due to the fact that they are very likely full of Lizzy and UFO songs.

Strangers in the night has to be up there as one of the most disappointing albums I have purchased.


KISS Rock Bottom > UFO Rock Bottom

agree about UFO.
Got a copy cause I kept hearing how awesome it was…
No thanks

[Anthrax442]

The only ones I know here - Stones/Scorps/Who - are def not favourites of mine...

I voted for Scorps cuz it pales in comparison to World Wide Live which is a... ***banger***.

I've said for years that World Wide Live and Live Bites is the perfect live double album from them. Tokyo Tapes is...fine.

[DemonFilth2001]

The only ones I know here - Stones/Scorps/Who - are def not favourites of mine...

I voted for Scorps cuz it pales in comparison to World Wide Live which is a... ***banger***.

I've said for years that World Wide Live and Live Bites is the perfect live double album from them. Tokyo Tapes is...fine.

Tokyo sounds good. Good performance too. They just hadn’t written anything listenable at that point.

[bigmakoshark]

Ya-Yas... the Stones were terrible live until Chuck Leavell took over.

Absolute and utter
nonsense. Deaf people are so funny!

[bigmakoshark]

Always thought the Stones sounded like shit on Ya-Yas, timing totally off, clunky playing, terrible vocals, the songs really drag. Did they ever figure out how to play Jumpin' Jack Flash live? Amazing single but live, awful. Honky Tonk Women is excruciating live as well.

Live At Leeds, never understood the love for this, the tracklist is awful.

Absolute hilarity. Ya Yas is fantastic.

[bigmakoshark]

Always thought the Stones sounded like shit on Ya-Yas, timing totally off, clunky playing, terrible vocals, the songs really drag.

Agree with this. This was apparently the last tour they did without backing musicians and when you hear it you understand why. Even if almost all lead vocals are re-recorded in the studio and so is the guitar on a few tracks. This is probably Stones heresy but I prefer Flashpoint from the Steel Wheels tour. It sounds like the band did on that tour, backing musicians and all.

An underrated live album is Accept's Staying A Life. The second live album from their 1985 Japan tour (after the dreadful Kaizoku-Ban) released five years after it was recorded and when the band had split up so it kind of disappeared.

Wrong. Other than a few dubs of Richards background vocals, it's all Jagger live. But you are correct about a few guitar overdubs. Still, a great album.

[Van Ailin']

Live At Leeds bored me. The Who songs that I really like (and better playing) came later.

[DangerZone]

Always thought the Stones sounded like shit on Ya-Yas, timing totally off, clunky playing, terrible vocals, the songs really drag. Did they ever figure out how to play Jumpin' Jack Flash live? Amazing single but live, awful. Honky Tonk Women is excruciating live as well.

Live At Leeds, never understood the love for this, the tracklist is awful.

Absolute hilarity. Ya Yas is fantastic.

I can see you like ya yas

[Black Stuff]

Frampton for the win. Outside of the few hits, the rest of the album is pretty boring.

[sirthx2]

I thought you liked the alive II version of God of Thunder? The studio version is for superior imo.

Not me! Must be Mr. Ramone.

That song might be the most egregious example of these wayward tempos. It doesn't need to be Melvins slow but it does require a little bit of groove to it--A LITTLE BIT OF STANK.

Sped up, it's just boogie rock.

I went the other direction not being a KISS fan and getting Alive II for christmas, so I only knew those tempos. Hearing the studio versions later I didn't click with the slower tempos and production at all. So many more dirty/layered guitars on Alive II as well. DRC prime example. I've come around a bit on the studio versions but still greatly prefer Alive II.