Live At Reading
by Nirvana
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Live At Reading is ranked 6th 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 35,958.
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Live At Reading track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Live At Reading rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 48 Music Albums of 2009 | 38/48 | 1 |
| 2026 |  DeusExMackia | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 27/100 | 73 |
| 2026 |  swed | Top 66 Music Albums of the 2000s | 52/66 | 5 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 3/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 23 Music Albums of 2009 | 14/23 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Nirvana | 6/6 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 74 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 280 | |||
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Live At Reading ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 13:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,176 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 06:18 | DrTchock97 | 749 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/27/2025 03:21 | BurndenAce | 1,339 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.6/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.1.
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Live At Reading forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5450): By DeusExMackia
benpaco 03/04/2015 05:57 in Chart talkLive At Reading comments
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Not a huge fan of live albums bet hey as I was there thought I'd better pick this one up. I guess this has gone down as one of those legendary performances which is nice. In reality I was wet through from our tent being flooded the night before, cold, hungry and ready to go home.
I was there - and it was one of the best concerts I have ever been to. This album is great and really does the vibe and atmosphere justice!
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/20/2018 10:21 | #206034 | TOP COMMENT
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Fantastic live album. I had this taped live off bbc radio 1 at the time that I used to play a bit. A must have for fans. BUT. Why put fake crowd noise on after each track? Why do people do this to live records? It adds no atmosphere. Is it to make sure we know there are lots there? It is just plain annoying. Also is it not a bit of an insult to old kurt? Can't imagine he would be impressed with a move like that. It kind of goes against everything he was about. Whoever is responsible, you are a wanker. I hope the band weren't involved.
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/27/2018 14:23 | #206638 | TOP COMMENT
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77 minutes of speaker-breaking pure adrenaline that makes you wonder why they even bothered with studio recordings in the first place.
One of the best 5 albums of 2009
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