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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The pop star announced Live From Glastonbury (A BBC Recording), a full-length live album documenting her headlining appearance on the Pyramid Stage earlier this summer.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison produced a live EP with the band, with a second live album recorded at Amazon Music’s live-streaming and production studio in Williamsburg this past June.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
On the fourth volume of her Joni Mitchell Archives set last year, Mitchell explored the period from the making of Hejira up through the Shadows and Light live album cut with players like Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
The album has always been a special one for Halsey, who in 2020 celebrated its fifth anniversary with their first-ever live album, Badlands (Live From Webster Hall).
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison produced a live EP with the band, with a second live album recorded at Amazon Music’s live-streaming and production studio in Williamsburg this past June.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
On the fourth volume of her Joni Mitchell Archives set last year, Mitchell explored the period from the making of Hejira up through the Shadows and Light live album cut with players like Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
The album has always been a special one for Halsey, who in 2020 celebrated its fifth anniversary with their first-ever live album, Badlands (Live From Webster Hall).
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Live album.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20album. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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