live album
noun
: an album made by recording a performance before an audience
The group has just released a live album.
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This marks the first physical release for Halsey’s first live album, which was originally released to streaming services in August 2020.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
Closing out the top 10 is BTS with the group’s first live album, recorded in 2021 during their tour fo the same name.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 27 July 2025
Musicians from Lady Gaga to Coldplay to Swedish metal group Ghost have performed tributes to the iconic rocker and reality TV pioneer Ozzy Osbourne following his death — appropriate for a man who named his 1987 live album Tribute.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 July 2025
Taking us back to the Montreux Jazz Festival, the great pianist Bill Evans used the castle on the cover of his live album recorded at the second iteration of the festival in 1968.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
Closing out the top 10 is BTS with the group’s first live album, recorded in 2021 during their tour fo the same name.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 27 July 2025
Musicians from Lady Gaga to Coldplay to Swedish metal group Ghost have performed tributes to the iconic rocker and reality TV pioneer Ozzy Osbourne following his death — appropriate for a man who named his 1987 live album Tribute.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 July 2025
Taking us back to the Montreux Jazz Festival, the great pianist Bill Evans used the castle on the cover of his live album recorded at the second iteration of the festival in 1968.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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“Live album.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20album. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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