Live At The Paramount
by Nirvana
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Nirvana bestography
Live At The Paramount is ranked 12th best out of 17 albums by Nirvana on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nirvana is Nevermind which is ranked number 13 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 35,969.
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Live At The Paramount track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Live At The Paramount rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 301-400 | 54/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | best ever live albums | 86/100 | - |
| 2024 |  Brad1770 | Favourite Live Albums | 28/48 | - |
| 2023 |  RoundTheBend | Top 42 Music Albums of 2019 | 2/42 | 5 |
| 2020 |  Spyglass | Ranking Nirvana | 8/9 | - |
| 2019 |  elo269megv | Top 8 Music Albums of 2019 | 8/8 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 15 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/01/2026 01:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,565 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2024 19:16 | cazorla19 | 931 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2024 21:45 | LosWochos | 47,610 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 84.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.8.
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LedZep 09/10/2019 16:32 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
baystateoftheart 09/06/2019 23:53 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionLive At The Paramount comments
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Brad1770 10/05/2019 10:00 | #243413
This cracking live performance is from the Paramount Theatre in Seattle recorded on October 31st 1991
Context of concert: 'Nevermind' came out September 24, 1991 some mere 5 weeks prior and TBH was just starting to break world wide and we wouldn't loose Kurt for another 2.5 years (April 5, 1994 )
There are a slew of Nirvana concerts out there but for mine this ones the best capturing the band at the peak of their powers before drugs and stardom took their tole. They power through a blistering 19 song set that features heavily from 'Nevermind' with the highlight coming right the end with a 6 minute "Endless , Namesless" concluding with Kurt destroying his guitar and Krist playing Baseball with the wreckage
Tip 1: Listen to the album then watch the concert on YouTube ( search Nirvana Live at the Paramount Vevo and your good to go)
Tip 2: Track 10 is SLIVER .. S-L-I-V-E-R and not "Silver" , yes I'm looking at you BEA user Graham2 AND who ever signed off on the BEA track listing for this album , in fact Cobain wanted to create confusion as evidenced by this quote from the Cobain biography:
" Despite the straightforward lyrics, the song was given an intentionally confusing title, with Cobain explaining, "I had a feeling if I called it 'Sliver,' most people would call it 'Silver'
Cobain 1 , BEA 0
Graeme2 04/27/2019 22:45 | #235585
Silver is fucking amazing.
elo269megv 04/16/2019 12:05 | #235069
This is better than Live at Reading... This should be held up in the same vain as their MTV Unplugged album. Great mixing too, the instruments and vocals are well balanced.
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