Live at Leeds

The Who’s best

I really don't see the point of all these live albums on the list.

One of the greatest live albums of all time.

I highly recommend you listen to the deluxe version with the full concert in its original order for the best experience.

So… doesn’t a live album kinda go against the whole “no greatest hits albums” rule?
Just asking because my listener pick may be a greatest hits album if I think I can get away with it. Filing this album away in my mind as evidence.
These guys sure can play the guitar! Also has some very famous hits. Not my preferred musical genre, but very good example of classic rock.

So I listened to the expanded edition because it was the only version on Spotify. Pretty good I thought, then I checked which songs were on the original album out of interest. Only 6 songs! 35 mins! Half are covers! Basically if they just selected the tracklist better this would be a solid 4/5. Also Keith moon is an absolute beast on the drums.

Guys, I don’t know what it is about these live albums. This one had everything going for it yet somehow I felt less musically educated by the end. I think it had to be something about the form itself. It’s almost a kind of pornography to me, a genre that promises intimacy but in the end just reminds you of an experience you aren’t actually having. I don’t want to hear other people root for an encore fifty years ago. The one love album I’ve gotten that I could relate with to was the Dylan “Royal Albert Hall” one, but that’s because I processed it as the historian I once aspired to be. For the rest I just feel like answering “no opinion.” It all gets me a little down, looking forward to what’s next.

The who? What? Where? Found this disappointingly boring. Never listened to much who and won't be in the future

Objectively good music just not my thing

Meh

It's fine rock but I'm generally not a fan of live albums.

unfortunately the who will always be just a little bit boring to me 💔💔 but i do love substitute of course

The best live albums should make you feel the energy of a live show and not just sound the same as the studio versions. Live at Leeds does that excellently. It’s way more energetic and aggressive than the Who normally sound

It's a really good recording of The Who play pure rock.

It's better in the original in-and-out 6 song track list than the longer versions, IMO.

ao vivo de ROCK!!!!!

mto bem gravado. mas não sei se PRECISAVA de um ao vivo deles aqui. nao eh ruim não, mas me parece meio redundante pq já tem outros 4 deles na lista.
no mais, acho que eh bacana deixar a memória viva do keith moon sentando a porrada na bateria. tbm nao me incomodou tanto quanto o deep purple in japan, esse aqui eh mais bagunçado aí foi tranquilo de ouvir!!

Seems that the only editions of this album available on streaming are incredibly long and include many, many extra tracks compared to the original 1970 track listing that was only 6 songs in 38 minutes.

I decided to start by editing down the 1995 edition (1 hour 23 minutes) to only the original 6 songs and it was absolutely amazing! I genuinely forgot how good the Who were and this album has me excited to dive into their work for the first time in at least a decade! I might give one of the longer editions of Live at Leeds a spin later, but I'm going to have to go re-learn My Generation on the bass first. We used to jam that song all the time and I forgot how fun it was to play!

I actually saw Roger and Pete perform as the Who in 2006 when they were touring for the Endless Wire. It was one of the first concerts I'd ever been to and I wasn't even that big a fan of the Who at the time, but it was probably one of the best shows I've ever attended. They somehow had so much energy and drive for a band that peaked decades earlier. I would have loved to see their original lineup with Entwistle and Keith Moon.

Non capisco l'odio verso gli album live. Alcuni dei migliori album di sempre sono live album e questo è uno di quelli

Probably one of the best live albums of all time, and while I generally side-eye live albums on the list, if there were ever a live album to include, its this.

Just some really fantastic performances, especially on Young Man Blues, but every song is great.

I am judging it based on the original track list which shockingly is only 6 songs long. I never understood why live albums were always cut down from the full performance back in the day.

But yeah, fantastic live album, great performances all around.

Not an offensive listen (I sought out the original 37 min version on YouTube for my sake and the sake of the Who's score), but truly not an important record to listen to before I die. 2/5

I mean The Who is a great band but why are there so many live albums. Especially a band like this has enough great studio albums for this list so a bit disappointed by this entry. Still, this is really good, obviously.

I think Live at Leeds was the first live album I ever bought, nearly thirty years ago. It was either this or Rank by The Smiths, both superb in very different ways. For this challenge I went all in and listened to the full two hour deluxe edition.

Live at Leeds is everything a great live album should be. Raw, explosive and completely relentless. It captures The Who at their absolute peak, tight but still on the edge of chaos. You get the power of the early hits alongside standout material from Tommy, which had only recently been released at the time. The bass is thunderous, the vocals are fierce, and the guitar and drums feel like they could tear the venue apart. You can almost feel the sweat and noise coming off the stage. It must have been unbelievable to witness in person.

Favourite track: I could easily choose one of the big hits, but this album introduced me to Heaven and Hell and Tattoo, both absolute gems.
Least favourite track: None. Everything here earns its place.
Album artwork: A classic and instantly recognisable cover. Simple, understated and completely iconic