| 1 | 1994 | MTV Unplugged in New York | Nirvana | Album + Live | 4.2 | 40 |
| 2 | 1979 | Live Rust | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Album + Live | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1970 | Live at Leeds | The Who | Album + Live | 4.35 | 32 |
| 4 | 2001 | I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings | Radiohead | Album + Live | 3.1 | 11 |
| 5 | 1968 | At Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash | Album + Live | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | 1978 | Live and Dangerous | Thin Lizzy | Album + Live | 3.5 | 16 |
| 7 | 2001 | Unplugged | Jay‐Z | Album + Live | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | 1969 | Kick Out the Jams | MC5 | Album + Live | 2.5 | 17 |
| 9 | 1979 | It’s Alive | Ramones | Album + Live | | 13 |
| 10 | 1975 | Alive! | KISS | Album + Live | 3.55 | 35 |
| 11 | 1970 | Get Yer Ya‐Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert | The Rolling Stones | Album + Live | 4.25 | 28 |
| 12 | 1976 | The Song Remains the Same | Led Zeppelin | Album + Soundtrack + Live | 4.25 | 30 |
| 13 | 1972 | Made in Japan | Deep Purple | Album + Live | 4.6 | 55 |
| 14 | 1974 | Miles of Aisles | Joni Mitchell and the L.A. Express | Album + Live | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | 1973 | Live at Carnegie Hall | Bill Withers | Album + Live | 5 | 6 |
| 16 | 1971 | Live at Fillmore West | Aretha Franklin | Album + Live | 4 | 14 |
| 17 | 2005 | Minimum‐Maximum | Kraftwerk | Album + Live | 4.5 | 14 |
| 18 | 1985 | Live After Death | Iron Maiden | Album + Live | 4.85 | 30 |
| 19 | 1976 | One More From the Road | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Album + Live | 4 | 16 |
| 20 | 1992 | Monterey International Pop Festival | Various Artists | Album + Live | | 3 |
| 21 | 1995 | p·u·l·s·e | Pink Floyd | Album + Live | 4.75 | 31 |
| 22 | 2000 | Mystery White Boy: Live ’95-’96 | Jeff Buckley | Album + Live | 2 | 9 |
| 23 | 1972 | Live at Max’s Kansas City | The Velvet Underground | Album + Live | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | 1970 | Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack + Live | 5 | 14 |
| 25 | 2010 | Rough Travel for a Rare Thing | Bill Callahan | Album + Live | | 2 |
| 26 | 2005 | If You’re Feeling Sinister: Live at the Barbican London | Belle and Sebastian | Album + Live | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | 2007 | Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo | Black Lips | Album + Live | | 1 |
| 28 | 1971 | Curtis/Live! | Curtis Mayfield | Album + Live | | 10 |
| 29 | 1974 | Before the Flood | Bob Dylan / The Band | Album + Live | 4.5 | 17 |
| 30 | 1973 | Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite | Elvis Presley | Album + Live | 3 | 11 |
| 31 | 1971 | The Concert for Bangladesh | George Harrison | Album + Live | 3.5 | 14 |
| 32 | 1983 | Under a Blood Red Sky | U2 | Album + Live | 3.55 | 34 |
| 33 | 1978 | The Last Waltz | The Band | Album + Live | 5 | 20 |
| 34 | 1964 | “Live” at the Star‐Club, Hamburg | Jerry Lee Lewis | Album + Live | 3.5 | 7 |
| 35 | 1978 | If You Want Blood You’ve Got It | AC/DC | Album + Live | 4.25 | 31 |
| 36 | 1992 | Live at Wembley ’86 | Queen | Album + Live | 4.75 | 19 |
| 37 | 1963 | Live at the Apollo, 1962 | James Brown | Album + Live | 4 | 11 |
| 38 | 1968 | Wheels of Fire | Cream | Album | 3.85 | 28 |
| 39 | 2005 | Scabdates | The Mars Volta | Album + Live | 2.5 | 7 |
| 40 | 2008 | HAARP | Muse | Album + Live | 4.4 | 12 |
| 41 | 1982 | The Concert in Central Park | Simon & Garfunkel | Album + Live | 4.5 | 20 |
| 42 | 2009 | Last Night I Saved Her From Vampires | Future of the Left | Album + Live | | 2 |
| 43 | 1976 | Metallic ’KO | Iggy and The Stooges | Album + Live | 5 | 11 |
| 44 | 1984 | Stop Making Sense | Talking Heads | Album + Soundtrack + Live | 4 | 43 |
| 45 | 1983 | Smell of Female | The Cramps | EP + Live | 5 | 8 |
| 46 | 2010 | Under Great White Northern Lights | The White Stripes | Album + Live | 4 | 10 |
| 47 | 2005 | Kicking Television: Live in Chicago | Wilco | Album + Live | | 5 |
| 48 | 1999 | S&M | Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting the San Francisco Symphony | Album + Live | 4.25 | 24 |
| 49 | 2006 | Okonokos | My Morning Jacket | Album + Live | | 4 |
| 50 | 2009 | Glitter and Doom: Live | Tom Waits | Album + Live | 3 | 7 |
