Readers’ Poll: The 10 Best Live Albums of All Time
Selections include ‘The Last Waltz,’ ‘Live Bullet’ and ‘Live at Leeds’


The Who perform onstage circa 1973.
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These days, live albums are often just a means to cash in one last time on a highly successful tour. Back in the Seventies, however, a live album was a great way to create a superstar. Acts as diverse as Cheap Trick, Kiss and Peter Frampton were all stuck at one level in their career before a monster live album forever changed their lives. Sure, sometimes they were doctored a bit in the studio, but few people cared. Songs like "I Want You To Want Me" and "Show Me the Way" popped on a concert stage in a way they never could have in a sterile recording studio. Last week, we asked our readers to vote on their favorite live albums of all time. Click through to see the results.