Live At Leeds

It’s good. And if more of their music sounded like it I’d be a who fan.

This album is a great representation of The Who in their early days. The energy, the blues standards, the performance is all captured here. This album turned me on to their early catalog beyond the hits and I never looked back.

Не особо понравилось. Наиболее понравилось: My generation. Оценка: 6/10.

Brilliant live album, worth smashing a coffee table for.

I’m not a fan of live albums. This was ok though because they sounded very similar to their albums. I had to skip around because I only wanted the original 37 minute album and not the deluxe versions. I did add in one song from the deluxe version though because I like A Quick One While He’s Away. They made My Generation 13 minutes long which is way too long. I knew a few songs on the album.

Уверен, что даже студийный альбом не вызвал бы никаких положительных эмоций

This live recording is an amazing feat. Recording and mix, especially for the time. The drums are really insane. Those are great for the players in the band but it's not my style of rock. Can you believe that Bob O'Reilly is not even on this? SMH

6/10 - They're talented. But this is just another dad rock album to me. And a live one at that which usually I enjoy less. I think i'd like each individual song, but it all gets washed together for me on this listen Heard before? --------–- ❌ Saved a new Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? -------–-- ❌ Will Listen Again? ---––– ❌

Nooo hyvin se Pete soittaa mutta vähä tylsiä on biisit

La música en directo siempre gana más. Sin encantarme los Who de antes de Who's Next, este disco es divertidisimo, incluso con su versión de casi 20 minutos del My Generation.

There is a raw energy that can come with a live album and we seem to have that here. The Who may be one of those bands that works better live than on a polished album, at least when at their prime back in the day. I'm going to go higher than I thought I would for this band, mainly because there's bound to be more Who albums to come and I expect I'll be less generous for the studio ones.

Amazing sound. I imagine it would be a 5 if I listened to the extended edition but sticking to the program.

In just a few years The Who went from being a scrappy, amphetamine fuelled mod band to producing a insanely ambitious prog rock opera and back to playing a grotty student union bar in Leeds one night in the middle of February 1970. After the Tommy tour, Pete Townshend couldn’t face reviewing the recordings of the performances to pick out tracks for a live album so he ordered the tapes to be burned, later calling it the worst decision he’d ever made. Instead the decision was made to record this gig in Leeds, picking out six tracks for the initial release and later including almost the entire performance. It’s fun to listen to the banter with the crowd where he name checks the artists who they are covering and reminiscing about the Who of just three years previously. There is a good mix of songs on this including ones from Tommy, classic R&B numbers and old favourites. The highlight for me is the 15 minute medley that starts with My Generation mixed with “See Me, Feel Me” from Tommy and other pieces, before closing out with Magic Bus. The sound is excellent for a live album and it really captures the feel of what must have been an amazing night for those students in Leeds.

It was drilled into me at an impressionable age, by numerous music journalists, that this was The Greatest Live Album Of All Time. It is absolutely fine, but definitely not the best or greatest or whatever. It rocks well in places, but The Who are........ overrated. Apart from their singles and the Who's Next album.

Was very close to giving this 1 star. Pretty ok live music from everyone's least favorite popular 60's band. Did anyone really need to hear Tommy live before dying? Do not get the hype for the Who at all, could not make it through the whole album

Their transition to a their early 70s version always amazes me.

Rock.

This is an awesome live performance. I am always really surprised at how much sonic variety The Who bring given their pretty standard band arrangement. This is the absolute peak of their cohesiveness as a band. I am floored by how locked in the instruments are with each other. Pete, John, and Keith all have standout moments all over the record. I personally don't like Roger Daltry that much as a vocalist, but he gives a great performance here. Only didn't rate higher, because I'm not a huge fan of The Who's whole discography. I think 'all-out blues/rock assault' is their best mode, and that's not all of this album, but I think there's plenty of it for a fan like me.

Hyvää läpsyttelyä ja toisella kierroksella tääkin meinas lähtee ihan eri tavalla, mut sit maltoin jättää siihen 😅

Ihan mukavasti rullasi levy eteenpäin, mut ei nyt silleen isommin puhutellut, vaikka hyvvää ja taitavaa rokkia. Jotenkin mulla on vähän anti-livelevy-bias.

3/5. In the grand scheme of all live albums, this one is just fine. Though I will admit part of that is the fact that The Who is a pretty major musical blind spot for me so I am not the most familiar or attached to the material being performed here. But as it is, the performances are good as is the recording quality and if you are a big Who fan this will most likely be right up your alley, but for me it just was what it was.

This sounds insanely well-produced for a 70s live recording! I'm very interested in checking out their studio albums! I'll give this a mid 4

“Give me Dan Bejar’s Voice, and John Entwistle’s Stage Presence”

I went into this still not fully convinced by live albums (a Thin Lizzy one came up earlier in the week that I was a bit indifferent to), but I had a smile on my face throughout. If it sounds this good through headphones, what must it have been like to be there? I love being reminded just how good a band really are. This is The Who at their absolute best!

4/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-who/live-at-leeds/ I was ready to write this off as one more boomer rock live album this list us already overfull with. And don’t get me wrong, it is absolutely a boomer rock live album, and this list absolutely has too many of those. But if you should listen to one of them, let it be this one. I know little of The Who besides their hits; didn’t care too much for Tommy in full, but this is just pure class. Young Man Blues ventures a bit too much into the jam session rock that most of these albums (in my opinion) suffer from, but that is the only main offender. There’s some fun stage banter that makes the live element also fun for a Who-newbie.

Awesome live album, the banter of the band, the quality of recording, I think I’ve heard these versions in movies, Rushmore comes to mind

A good band and it's good to hear their live talents but this really isn't a must-listen. The Who deserved maybe three albums on this list: Who's Next or The Who Sell Out, Tommy and Quadrophenia. This is just a rambling memento of Dimery's youth that is somewhat enjoyable but which I didn't need to include against the other nearly-1100 albums currently in The List. As an elder Millennial, I say with confidence: The Who are better than kids younger than me realize but they're not nearly as essential as Boomers remember.

One of the greatest live rock albums recorded by a legendary band nearing the peak of their powers.

An excellent live album that has helped me 'get' The Who. I particularly liked the covers of Sometime Blues and Shaking All Over.

I like it, but as with old rock, it's old. Hard for me to comprehend what it was at the time when I'm used to all the more modern stuff.

I love this album and I have ever since I was a teenager. Listen to the Deluxe Edition, so you can hear the full concert. And if you really want to be accurate, listen to Disc Two of the Deluxe Edition in between tracks 9 and 10 of Disc One, since that's where Tommy fell in the actual concert.

i did not like it

Apple Music doesn't have the original release, so I reconstructed the six-track album from the 1995 remaster for this challenge. I've never been much of a live album guy, but it's hard not to appreciate just how good The Who sound here. The band is absolutely explosive, with Keith Moon's relentless drumming, Pete Townshend's crisp guitar work, and John Entwistle's bass all sounding fantastic. The setlist isn't necessarily my favorite selection of The Who songs, but the performances more than make up for it. I'm a sucker for a good medley, so My Generation was easily the highlight for me. An excellent live album that captures a great band firing on all cylinders.

Excellent live album. I’m always hesitant but this was quality and felt more like an experience than a listen.

Just rock init

8/10 Bueno, pero no vibra tantísimo

1970. First live album. Since its release, it has been ranked by several music critics as one of, if not the greatest, live album and rock recording of all time.

5/5 best live album oat

This was a riot. I now much better understand why The Who are an influential hard rock band - this is much more raw, edgy and intense sound than their studio albums with some nice covers too

MY GENEEEEERATION! The Who are so much fun, especially Keith Moon's drumming. But evaluating live albums, I try to focus on two things 1) crowd interactions and 2) audience response. There was some minor crowd interactions but I could barely hear the crowd in between tracks. The gold standard live album for me is the Johnny Cash Prison Duo, but Oasis at Knebworth is good too...

Pure and sweet.

(5/7) these guys sure put on a good show

Clean and straightforward hard rock.

I was ready to shit on Robert Dimery for putting a random Who album on this list, but I forgot how much I love The Who.

Pretty awesome performance recording!

Didn't realize how good the Who was live until I finally listened to this start to finish. Actually hard to identify the LVP. The jams, solos and teasers were very entertaining.

A good time. Some of the frontman’s banter between songs is quite funny too. The tracks are just solid, including some covers. I won’t probably listen again but I liked it.

A raw reminder of the power and energy of The Who.

Brilliant - love the interplay of Townsend and Entwistle on Magic Bus.

Not a big fan of all the live albums I don’t think they’re essential listening. Had some fun parts though

I was a slight fan of The Who, but I fear this list is slowly pushing me away from that. Love the drumming, unsurprisingly. But this album honestly just felt fine. It wasn't awful, but I don't feel like I gained a deeper love for a band that I already had at least a slightly positive opinion about.

There is a reason that this is considered one of the greatest live albums of all time.

Did not listen to

Absolute barnstormer of an album. Put one of the greatest live acts of the era on a live record and you get one of the greatest live recordings. The energy here is better noticable than on their regular Albums. The trade off is the audio quality, even on an original record it doesn't sound great. Still, it's just nice to have a selection of greatest hits from them played live in succession. The ''see me, feel me'' parts of Tommy will be great regardless of where they are played.

Ive never enjoyed a live album this much

Have it. A classic live album. A classic Who album. Great performances

Sounds like a fun time. These people don't seem to know what a medley is.

bleh

given how hard the wiki article for this album hypes it up as like "the best live album ever" i was expecting big things when i loaded this up. but like. it just seems like, fine? i dont really get it and it makes me feel like im missing something. maybe its just that i dont like rock music that much. hmmm. maybe this hits different if ur more familiar with the who's other music. but other than this, so far ive only listened to tommy, and i found that one a lot more interesting than this, despite the issues i had with it. the main thing i do like about this album tho is that 15 minute version of "my generation", especially once it leaves the original song behind and starts going somewhere entirely different. i fuck with that one, even if i dont think the delivery on the vocals stands up to the versions ive heard before. still tho... overall this was kinda disappointing given the hype around it. but at least it's not 2 hours long like the last live album we rolled.

I have had for thirty years and never really liked it. Today I decided to chuck it - too much noodeling, too raw, too uneven.

Don't like live albums

Somebody placed the mic way too close to the cymbals. Live recording maybe was rough around the edges back then. Overall the performance was fine but not great. Just a good jam band. But I did like Young Man Blues. Good energy.

Finger my butthole not so bad

How many The Who albums are on here? They're good but by jove they're not that good.

no :/ these are the exact kind of live albums I dislike lol, at least bb king's was fun

I know ive mentioned how great live albums can be, but I think this showcases how bland they can also get. Just wasn’t for me. I do have mad respect for the drummer of The Who, Kieth moon. I’ll stand on the hill that Baba O’Rilley is the only good Who song

Love the who. I never actually listened to this before, I'm glad I now have.

Live albums are terrible. This is no exception. The band sounds good. Do we really want to hear the long winded banter between songs?

Ehhhh, mid. But Substitute is a good song.

Great live rock music. Seems like everyone was freestyling whenever they felt like it.

I have this record from back in the 80s - somehow inherited it from my older brother - so listened to the album which was shorter than the Spotify version. It doesn’t make it into the listening rotation all that often so it was good to dust it off. It was good, some classic Who songs, but it can now go back into the racks for its next rotation in about a year or so from now.

I’m not a fan of live albums but this is solid rock & roll. The Who always do it right and have a number of great tunes.

I appreciated getting beyond the hits and hearing more of what makes them a band. The musicianship is what stands out on this one, for sure. Like Toledo, Ohio, it’s nice to visit once, but nothing worth swing back for again.

This is a great example of what a live album should be. Live at Leeds gives us a feel for the energy the Who had in their prime. Absolute banger of an album.

I do like the Who and know all of the songs on the album. This is much wilder than their studio versions and can sometimes be hard to follow if you have the studio versions in mind. It's not bad, but I think that I prefer other versions of the songs better.

Оригинальное издание содержит 6 треков не самого интересного и довольно посредственного концертного материала.

The Who bugs me. 3 Boolean: False

not for me but I see how people like this

No thank you

not for me

There were better bands then and since.

The lads are lading pretty hard here

live albums shouldn’t be on this list

First Listen Favorites: Amazing Journey / Sparks My Generation Tattoo Honorable Mentions: Summertime Blues Happy Jack A Quick One, While He's Away

mehr Hits als ich erinnerte

JL : 3, My Generation

The most born in the wrong generation album of all time Rating: 8/10

I think The Who are just one of those bands where I want the hits... this is alright; it's interesting to hear them live, but there seems to be quite a lot of filler, not to mention a rather long and unnecessary monologue ahead of "A Quick One, While He's Away".

8/10

2/5 and that's being slightly generous. the 15 minute jam session on my generation might be critical acclaimed but I found it mostly boring

Very underwhelming, but I'm also not a Who fan. (2)

Good album but I don’t think live albums should be part of this project.

Loved this. One of the best live album tapings I've heard. The sound is great and can hear all the quality crisp instrumentals. Never really listened to The Who before but have kept listening after I finished this one today. Good old quality rock and roll baby.

mega spoko nie

Not a fan

God, ANOTHER LIVE ALBUM?! 1/5

I thought I liked The Who. This thingy is telling me otherwise

I really don't understand the disdain for live albums here, this one is quite the opposite for me. I'll admit when I saw that today's album was a live one I wasn't initially thrilled. I'll also tell you that The Who have never really done it for me. Not that I dislike them, they just never rose to the top for me. They were just that English band that had a bunch of songs on the classic rock station and, of course, CSI, lol. However, after a couple songs into this live album I finally understand The Who and appreciate them 10 times more. What a masterful live performance. Hard driving rock, some extended jams, it was just fun throughout. When it comes to The Who I'd much prefer to listen to this rawness then any of their polished albums.

listening to this was my first time really listening to The Who, and i wish i could've gotten a studio album first because i don't really care about live albums... i don't really have much to say about this. i think i was trying to figure out the whole time whether i was liking it or not. the drumming was really good. would i listen to this again? idk. but i can recognize the talent.

One of the best live albums ive listened to!