{"id":621574,"date":"2026-05-03T19:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T19:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/621574\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T19:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T19:34:13","slug":"4-live-albums-from-the-20th-century-that-will-make-you-want-to-go-to-concerts-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/621574\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Live Albums From the 20th Century That Will Make You Want To Go to Concerts Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These live albums from the 20th century are still some of my favorites. If you love <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/classic-rock\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">classic rock<\/a>, you might feel the same way. Let\u2019s dive into a few decades-old live albums that will make you want to rock out at concerts again!<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Alive!\u2019 by KISS (1975)<\/p>\n<p>This live album was the one that put KISS on the map early on in their career, and I can see why. They are best remembered as a live act, and Alive! captured their essence as a live act perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Alive! was a smash hit back in 1975, peaking at No. 9 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Live At Leeds\u2019 by The Who (1970)<\/p>\n<p>Few live albums from the 20th century are as widely loved as Live At Leeds by The Who. The whole vibe of this record is very bootleg DIY, and that\u2019s part of the appeal. The Who knew how to put on one heck of a show, and it was captured beautifully on this 1970 record.<\/p>\n<p>Live At Leeds took over the charts internationally, making it to No. 3 on the UK Albums chart and No. 4 on the Billboard 200 back in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Wings Over America\u2019 by Wings (1976)<\/p>\n<p>This three-LP live album isn\u2019t underrated by any stretch, but I do wish it got more love nowadays. Wings dropped some incredible studio records, but there\u2019s something about Wings Over America that just hits so well. Perhaps that\u2019s because it includes some of the best of the band, plus some of the best of Paul McCartney (\u201cMaybe I\u2019m Amazed\u201d, for example) and even some of the best of The Beatles.<\/p>\n<p>Wings Over America topped the Billboard 200 upon its release and also made it to No. 8 on the UK Albums chart.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018MTV Unplugged In New York\u2019 by Nirvana (1994)<\/p>\n<p>The 1990s didn\u2019t yield a ton of amazing live albums, but Nirvana\u2019s Unplugged set remains one of the best from the decade\u2026 and from the 20th century as a whole. Something about this grunge band, stripped down to the basics with a carefully curated setlist, just never seems to get old.<\/p>\n<p>Nirvana\u2019s MTV Unplugged album topped numerous charts globally, including the Billboard 200 and UK Albums chart.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Watal Asanuma\/Shinko Music via Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These live albums from the 20th century are still some of my favorites. If you love classic rock,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2617,88,26294,216],"class_list":["post-621574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-classic-rock","tag-entertainment","tag-live-albums","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}