Author: Team Uber

Live albums were, in the glory days of rock music, an important document of a band or artist in their raw, unpolished glory where they could stretch themselves and have fun with their recorded material. Classic live albums such as ‘Live After Death’, ‘Live At Leeds’, ‘Made In Japan’, ‘Alive!’, and ‘Live And Dangerous’ were more than bloated ways to suck another buck from the wallets of the fans – they became beloved records that stood head-to-shoulders with the revered studio albums by those bands. There was atmosphere aplenty, extended versions of popular songs, further interplay between the musicians than on the albums, and electricity that can only come from the live experience. Over the years, the amount of live albums that blew minds like the classics did have gotten fewer and fewer, and that old cash-grab vibe became more of a reality. But, every once in a while, an absolute banger pops up out of nowhere, such as ‘Under Great White Northern Lights’ by The White Stripes or Metallica’s ‘S&M’, records that truly captured the lightning in the bottle.