Live At Leeds

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 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.

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

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!

Suuuuuuuper cool, la list mas vrm put on sur thé who

It’s a little bit dull to be honest

Not really a live album fan and then add on that I'm not a big The Who fan...this is a pass for me.

Very nice. Full of good songs and I can feel the energy

Liked it meed to finish as good

Not my fav, but had some classics.

Not my best listening experience. Respect to the musicians but not alot of the songs carried alot of weight with me. Jam band?

Live albums don't generally do much for me. I'm sure the show was electric irl but it didn't sound that good through the speakers.

I had to make a playlist with the original, single-disc listing. Very, very good. The Who as a live band is pretty different than The Who in the studio. It’s adventurous, but never meandering. They digress and jam frequently, but always remain tight and cohesive. There’s a reason why this is considered by some to be the greatest live album of all time (and pairing it down to fit on a single record probably plays a part in that lol).

Although the musicianship in The Who is elite, I think the songwriting was just too weird to hit the upper echelons of popular music. If this had come out after Who's Next it would push it to the next level, but those extended jams are are just *chef's kiss*. Incredible that The Who (like Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin) have never had a number 1 single.

I have not enjoyed most live records on this list so far. This one was great. The audio production is crisp and clear, while the Who delivers catchy songwriting with riffs, solos, and hooks. I did not have high hopes for this since it was a live record. Enjoyable listen.

5/10

All-out high energy power. Apex level live Who, Keith tears the drums to bits, John thunders lyrical bass lines, and Pete and Roger maniacally shred for attention. I don't even really like "Young Man Blues" or "Shakin' All Over" but the Who out-Zep these atomic blues meltdowns. Two quibbles: they should have the original 37 minute record to stream instead of the massive sprawl of the deluxe ones (luckily I have the vinyl record) and two, "Magic Bus" is always a weak link.

With all respect to The Who, I found this uneven. There are definitely some great rock epics performed brilliantly, but other performances didn’t translate that well. And I could do without the rape culture bit and an audience that sounded entirely male. I looked it up, and Leeds had plenty of female students at that time.

Not a big fan of live albums and this was no exception. The Who are fine, but I didn’t enjoy this and it was too long (granted it was the expanded edition). 2/5

Great listen, probably better to be there. I wasn't blown away though, expected more.

I haven’t listened to much by The Who, but I take that on this that, there will be four studio albums from them plus this live album. Now for a live album, this isn’t terrible - but it’s a live album, and those just aren’t very good most of the time. Guitar playing 👍🏻 Drums 👍🏻 Vocals - so-so The onstage banter on the album 💤💤

Its a good album, The Who can really play! But I'm not the biggest fan of live albums

Live albums have some cheek being on this list.

Fine

When I was a teenager The Who were all middle-aged and washed up and although I liked Britpop I enjoyed the bands that took their cues from The Kinks or Bowie more than the mod revivalists like Weller or Ocean Colour Scene. However, I'll acknowledge they wrote some good songs in their day but each time I've generated them in this challenge I've come away disappointed and even more convinced they just aren't for me. This album is a case in point, they are undeniably a tight unit and there are good moments on here but it didn't do what a live album should and really make you wish you had been there, instead the long extended jams drag. Added to that some of the between song chat sounds very nonce-y. I'm making it sound terrible, it absolutely isn't but ultimately I think their true standing as a band should be around that of The Troggs -fun, frantic 60s pop, but not at all in the conversation when it comes to greatest live album of all time.

A solid album; besides A Quick One, While He’s Away nothing is particularly unique. Nothing is bad, but it starts to sound the same after a while

I like the who but this was poor