Yes, '''tis the season for compiling those ''"best of''" lists, but Rolling Stone has done something a little different with their ranking of the ''"Top 25 Live Albums.''" Their list is presented in a photo essay form with accompanying audio and RS has taken a more egalitarian approach and has not put the finalists in ranking order. Perhaps this is the magazine'''s gift to those who wish to categorize things themselves?
RS'''s list contains the usual suspects''the Who'''s Live at Leeds and the Allman Brothers''' Live at Fillmore East''but it also actually includes some albums that were recorded after 1971. Yes, the Grateful Dead and Phish are there, but so are Daft Punk'''s Alive 2007 and Radiohead'''s I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings. Now, if you must, get to work and put these in some kind of suitable order! [Rolling Stone]