live album

noun

: an album made by recording a performance before an audience
The group has just released a live album.

Examples of live album in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Paying homage to Talking Heads' 1984 live album, the record will feature artists including Cyrus, Lorde, Paramore, Girl in Red, The National, Teezo Touchdown, Kevin Abstract and more. Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024 Despite the live-music stoppage during the pandemic, the band continued to make music and recorded Live from the Desert — a live album without an audience — at several spots around Terlingua, Texas, and released it in 2021. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024 Also spotlighted: the future legend’s early career traveling the chitlin circuit and game-changing 1963 live album with the Famous Flames, Live at the Apollo (which Brown financed himself). Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024 It was then revealed by Satriani that ZZ was filming a documentary about the G3 tour, and a live album was in the works featuring the evening’s performances. Quentin Singer, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 Over the last dozen or so years, The Dead South have released three studio albums, a live album and three EPs. Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 9 Feb. 2024 The musicians will return to the road April 24 in San Diego and release a live album, FU##IN’ UP, on vinyl for Record Store Day on April 20 and other formats on April 26. Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 Feb. 2024 Out March 22, the live album presents Coltrane’s first Carnegie Hall performance as a leader, joined by an all-star band comprising Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee, Ed Blackwell, Clifford Jarvis, Kumar Kramer, and Tulsi Reynolds. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2024 And how did the idea to make Kick Out of the Jams a live album, to make a live album your debut, come about? Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2024

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“Live album.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20album. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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