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    Top 100 live albums

    1 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.43
    366
    2 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.37
    41
    3 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.35
    31
    4 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.33
    472
    5 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.32
    41
    6 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.31
    32
    7 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.31
    54
    8 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.29
    185
    9 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.26
    91
    10 Kreator
    Live In East Berlin (1990)
    9.25
    20
    11 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.22
    51
    12 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.22
    58
    13 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.19
    57
    14 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.17
    176
    15 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.17
    23
    16 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.16
    25
    17 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    9.14
    28
    18 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.13
    54
    19 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.13
    325
    20 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.13
    70
    21 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.11
    135
    22 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9.11
    35
    23 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.09
    95
    24 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.09
    334
    25 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    9.07
    76
    26 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    9.07
    104
    27 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    9.06
    84
    28 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.06
    49
    29 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9.05
    401
    30 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.03
    40
    31 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    9.03
    132
    32 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.03
    80
    33 Devin Townsend Project
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.03
    34
    34 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    9.02
    87
    35 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2000)
    8.99
    156
    36 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    8.99
    79
    37 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.99
    276
    38 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    8.99
    270
    39 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    8.99
    160
    40 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.99
    147
    41 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.98
    115
    42 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.97
    39
    43 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    8.97
    206
    44 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City (2009)
    8.97
    29
    45 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    8.96
    70
    46 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter (Live In Quebec) (2006)
    8.95
    20
    47 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    8.95
    150
    48 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.94
    175
    49 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    8.93
    44
    50 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    8.93
    28
    51 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.93
    82
    52 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.93
    30
    53 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.93
    42
    54 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.93
    201
    55 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.92
    120
    56 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.92
    25
    57 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.92
    128
    58 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.91
    80
    59 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.90
    158
    60 Blaze
    As Live As It Gets (2003)
    8.90
    20
    61 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.90
    195
    62 Arch Enemy
    Tyrants Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan (2008)
    8.89
    105
    63 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.89
    72
    64 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.87
    68
    65 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.87
    46
    66 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.86
    63
    67 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.86
    125
    68 Testament
    Live In London (2005)
    8.84
    101
    69 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.84
    98
    70 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.84
    68
    71 W.A.S.P.
    Double Live Assassins (1998)
    8.83
    47
    72 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.83
    52
    73 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons In The Closet (2003)
    8.83
    122
    74 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.82
    76
    75 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.80
    50
    76 Rhapsody Of Fire
    Live - From Chaos To Eternity (2013)
    8.79
    29
    77 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.79
    76
    78 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.79
    28
    79 Rush
    Different Stages (1998)
    8.78
    27
    80 Arkona
    Жизн Во Славу (2006)
    8.76
    37
    81 Sodom
    One Night In Bangkok (2003)
    8.76
    45
    82 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.76
    63
    83 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.76
    164
    84 Helloween
    I Want Out Live/Keepers Live (1989)
    8.76
    46
    85 Satyricon
    Live At The Opera (2015)
    8.74
    43
    86 Pain Of Salvation
    12:5 (2004)
    8.73
    115
    87 Rainbow
    Live In Munich 1977 (2006)
    8.73
    30
    88 Destruction
    Live Without Sense (1989)
    8.71
    49
    89 Scorpions
    Tokyo Tapes (1978)
    8.71
    65
    90 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons & Majesties Live (2012)
    8.70
    27
    91 The Gathering
    Superheat (2000)
    8.70
    43
    92 Death
    Live In Eindhoven (2001)
    8.69
    101
    93 Stream Of Passion
    Live In The Real World (2006)
    8.69
    39
    94 Iron Maiden
    En Vivo! (2012)
    8.69
    61
    95 Sonata Arctica
    Live In Finland (2011)
    8.68
    37
    96 KISS
    Alive! (1975)
    8.67
    66
    97 Shaman
    RituAlive (2003)
    8.65
    37
    98 Led Zeppelin
    Celebration Day (2012)
    8.65
    46
    99 Rush
    Exit... Stage Left (1981)
    8.65
    51
    100 Devin Townsend Project
    European Tour (2011)
    8.65
    20