75 Live Album Recommendations!
Live Album Recommendations for an at-Home Concert Experience!
We miss live music and we bet you do too. And because we don’t know when we’re going to get to the front row next, we’ve put together a LONG list of live albums that recommend for music lovers so we can all get a little taste of that live music sound and energy.
There are 75 albums on this list with a release date range of 1962 to 2020. We’ve got pop, rock, rap, punk, folk, blues, jazz, and country music represented from Canada, the United States, Europe, the UK and more.
We’ve done our very best to give everyone a little something (or more) that we hope you’ll enjoy with these artists and albums – and if you pay close attention you’ll see that one band makes two appearances near the bottom of the list.
Give your favourite streaming service a search for the titles below (some albums aren’t available on all services) and hit play. Use them as a background soundtrack for your day, sit down and listen intently, or go fo a mix of both.
We’d also love it if you left a comment with your favourite live album(s) so we can check them out too!
75 Live Album Recommendations – Listed by Release Date
(Oldest to Newest)
| ARTIST | ALBUM TITLE | RELEASE DATE |
| Miles Davis | Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall | July 16, 1962 |
| B.B. King | Live from The Regal | January 1, 1965 |
| Johnny Cash | At Folsom Prison | May 1, 1968 |
| Elvis Presley | NBC-TV Special Live | November 22, 1968 |
| The Who | Live at Leeds | May 23, 1970 |
| Joe Cocker | Mad Dogs and Englishmen | August 1, 1970 |
| John Prine | John Prine Live | December 31, 1970 |
| The Allman Brothers Band | At Fillmore East | July 1, 1971 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Live in Europe | October 16, 1973 |
| Joni Mitchell | Miles Of Aisles (Live) | November 1, 1974 |
| Kiss | Kiss Alive! | September 10, 1975 |
| Peter Frampton | Frampton Comes Alive! | January 6, 1976 |
| Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Live Bullet | April 12, 1976 |
| The Beatles | The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl | May 4, 1977 |
| Rolling Stones | Love You Live | September 23, 1977 |
| The Band | The Last Waltz | June 1, 1978 |
| Willie Nelson | Willie and Family Live | November 1, 1978 |
| Cheap Trick | Cheap Trick at Budokan | February 1, 1979 |
| Ramones | It’s Alive | April 1, 1979 |
| Queen | Live Killers | June 22, 1979 |
| Eagles | Live | November 7, 1980 |
| Fleetwood Mac | Live | December 8, 1980 |
| Rush | Exit… Stage Left | October 29, 1981 |
| U2 | Under A Blood Red Sky (live at Red Rocks) | November 21, 1983 |
| Bryan Adams | Live! Live! Live! | January 1, 1988 |
| The Doors | In Concert | May 21, 1991 |
| James Taylor | Live | August 10, 1993 |
| Elvis Costello | Live at the El Mocambo | October 12, 1993 |
| NIrvana | MTV Unplugged in New York | November 1, 1994 |
| Dwight Yoakam | Dwight Live | May 23, 1995 |
| NOFX | I Heard They Suck Live!! | August 22, 1995 |
| Barenaked Ladies | Rock Spectacle | November 19, 1996 |
| The Tragically Hip | Live Between Us | May 24, 1997 |
| Garth Brooks | Double Live | November 17, 1998 |
| Sloan | 4 Nights at the Palais Royale | April 20, 1999 |
| Sheryl Crow | Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park | December 7, 1999 |
| Elton John | One Night Only: Live Greatest Hits | November 13, 2000 |
| Pearl Jam | 11/6/00 – Seattle, Washington | March 27, 2001 |
| Paul Brandt | Small Town and Big Dreams | November 6, 2001 |
| Jay Z | Unplugged | December 18, 2001 |
| Ben Folds | Live | October 8, 2002 |
| Bob Marley and the Wailers | Live at the Roxy | June 24, 2003 |
| Dixie Chicks | Top of the World Tour: Live | November 25, 2003 |
| Rage Against the Machine | Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium | November 25, 2003 |
| Robbie Williams | Live at Knebworth | April 1, 2004 |
| Foo Fighters | Skin and Bones | November 7, 2006 |
| Korn | MTV Unplugged | March 5, 2007 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Live At Massey Hall 1971 | March 13, 2007 |
| Daft Punk | Alive 2007 | November 19, 2007 |
| Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson | VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson | June 9, 2008 |
| John Mayer | Where the Light Is: Live in Los Angeles | July 1, 2008 |
| The Clash | Live at Shea Stadium | October 7, 2008 |
| Terri Clark | Terri Clark Live: Road Rage | July 8, 2009 |
| The Killers | Live From The Royal Albert Hall | November 9, 2009 |
| The Cranberries | Bualadh Bos – The Cranberries Live | November 19, 2009 |
| Tom Petty | The Live Anthology | November 23, 2009 |
| Zac Brown Band | Pass the Jar: Zac Brown Band and Friends Live from the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta | May 4, 2010 |
| Taylor Swift | Speak Now World Tour – Live | November 21, 2011 |
| Adele | Live at The Royal Albert Hall | November 29, 2011 |
| Gordon Lightfoot | All Live | April 12, 2012 |
| Colin James | Twenty Five Live | March 8, 2013 |
| INXS | Live at Wembley Stadium 1991 | February 7, 2014 |
| George Strait | The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium | September 16, 2014 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | Live At The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL October 23, 1995 | February 2, 2015 |
| Blue Rodeo | Live At Massey Hall | October 16, 2015 |
| Alexisonfire | Live at Copps | February 12, 2016 |
| Tim Hicks | Tim Hicks Live | May 19, 2017 |
| Cage The Elephant | Unpeeled | July 28, 2017 |
| Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Live At Red Rocks | November 10, 2017 |
| Tyler Childers | Live on Red Barn Radio I & II | June 29, 2018 |
| The Glorious Sons | Little Prison City (Live at Rogers K-Rock Centre) | July 25, 2018 |
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Live from The Ryman | October 19, 2018 |
| The Glorious Sons | An Unplugged Evening with (Live at Longboat Hall) | March 1, 2019 |
| Eric Church | 61 Days In Church (Volumes 1-5) | May 24, 2019 |
| Midland | Live From The Palomino | February 28, 2020 |
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