live album
Recorded during performance
A live album is a recording of a musical performance in front of an audience, as opposed to a studio album.
Live albums capture the energy of concerts—crowd noise, stage banter, extended solos, and spontaneous variations: Their live album outsold everything they recorded in the studio.
Some artists release live albums to document tours; others use them to reimagine familiar material.
Live musical performance
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- applauseCollective hand-clapping approval
- stageRaised performance platform
- encoreAudience-demanded extra performance
setlist · tour · gig · venue · crowd · festival · showcase · headliner
Tone-amplifying wooden surface
- mixingCombining into one mass
- masteringAttaining full command
- microphonesAudio input devices
- acousticsStudy of sound transmission
tracklist · bootleg · multitrack · overdub · capture · fidelity · ambient · stereo
In original state
- unfilteredNot passed through screen
- intimateClosely personal or private
- honestFree from deception
- mistakesUnintended wrong actions
imperfections · blemishes · real · unedited · warts-and-all · stripped · genuine · unvarnished
concert
Live musical performance
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- applauseCollective hand-clapping approval
- stageRaised performance platform
encore · setlist · tour · gig · venue · crowd · festival · showcase · headliner · banter
soundboard
Tone-amplifying wooden surface
- mixingCombining into one mass
- masteringAttaining full command
- microphonesAudio input devices
acoustics · tracklist · bootleg · multitrack · overdub · capture · fidelity · ambient · stereo · monitor
raw
In original state
- unfilteredNot passed through screen
- intimateClosely personal or private
- honestFree from deception
mistakes · imperfections · blemishes · real · unedited · warts-and-all · stripped · genuine · unvarnished · organic
- music industrysingles, record label, record labels, labels, major label
- album typesEP, compilation
- AlbumsThriller, Rumours, Pet Sounds, OK Computer, Abbey Road
- audio mediavinyl, LP, CD, cassette, 8-track
- CDscompact disc, CD player, CD case, CD burner, CD drive
- recordsbirth records, world record, record, Guinness, documents
live albumstudio album
Professionally recorded music collection
studio recording · demo recording · home recording · rehearsal tape
live, lively, alive, album, lives, liveliness, livelihood, outlive, livable