How to Use live album in a Sentence

live album

noun
  • The audience’s shrieks can be heard in the live album and film of the concert.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 July 2023
  • Dave’s Picks, Vol. 49 is a live album by the Grateful Dead.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 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
  • But before that comes next month’s And the Wind (Live and Loose!), a euphoric live album.
    Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2023
  • For those that weren’t at that gig, a new live album from the Moonpies dropped today.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
  • It was never meant to be a live album but it was meant to feel live but sound like a studio record.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Both Lobero sets were going to be recorded for a live album.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2023
  • The Grammy-winning band turned its shows into a live album that pays tribute to their North Texas roots.
    Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • With a new album on the way, the release of a live album today, and an arena tour kicking off this summer — there’s a lot to chat about.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Check out 5 Seconds of Summer’s full list of tour dates and get a look at the live album’s starry cover art below.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2023
  • In all, Souther released eight solo albums and one live album.
    Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Zach Bryan once release a surprise live album on Christmas Day.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 21 June 2024
  • Rhino has announced a live album from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The ensuing live album, which included cameos from younger stars like k.d.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 21 July 2023
  • Also available is a live album chronicling the group’s complete three-night run at Chicago’s Salt Shed in June.
    Jonathan Cohen, Spin, 12 Sep. 2023
  • This live album is a holy grail for CSNY fans since it was recorded during their peak as a live band and was captured in pristine sound quality.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The performance resulted in a live album, a book and a documentary film.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • This latest tour includes several new songs and selections from the 2021 live album.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 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
  • The live album was recorded alongside a 12-piece string orchestra and a 12-member gospel choir during a special one-night-only concert last year.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2023
  • According to the liner notes, the full performance was recorded for a planned live album but shelved and then either lost or erased, with only these five songs remaining.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2024
  • The group is readying its seventh release (a live album) and maintaining a busy appearance schedule, which includes a pair of shows at Scullers Jazz Club on Saturday.
    Noah Schaffer, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Louis Tomlinson surprised his legion of followers this spring by dropping his first live album.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Diamanda Galás has announced a live album that captures performances from 2017.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The live album, in typical Replacements fashion, contains 28 songs.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The indie star finds the narratives within Bob Dylan’s surreal, poetic lyrics on a new live album, which replicates the setlist of the famous concert where he was called a ‘Judas’ for abandoning his folk-music roots.
    Mark Richardson, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • The quintet’s 2023 live album, backed by the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra, is a reminder of how adventurous rap colombiano has become.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Vampire Weekend is releasing a new live album featuring songs recorded at a 2019 show in Indianapolis.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 8 June 2023
  • Duane Allman’s sudden death just six months after the live album’s release left the band’s future briefly in doubt, but the surviving members unanimously decided to carry on as a five-piece, with Betts initially taking on de facto leadership.
    Variety, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024

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