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 37,436.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 10/27/2025 03:21 | BurndenAce | 1,115 | 76/100 | |
| 08/23/2025 04:42 | PapaShiz86 | 11,080 | 79/100 | |
| 08/22/2025 12:01 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,740 | 82/100 | |
| 09/26/2024 09:04 |  LedZep | 4,928 | 79/100 | |
| 09/18/2024 12:28 | VINYLGUY7788 | 421 | 89/100 |
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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 80.7/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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120rms 01/17/2020 19:49 | #246928
Tremendo registro en vivo de Nirvana!! A lo largo de los 77 minutos no podrás de dejar de mover los pies, incluso te contagiaran las ganas de saltar. Un track tras otro son un impulso de adrenalina y velocidad!! Existe una versión que trae el DVD y el CD, magnífico registro tanto visual como de manera auditiva !!
DeusExMackia 01/27/2018 14:23 | #206638
77 minutes of speaker-breaking pure adrenaline that makes you wonder why they even bothered with studio recordings in the first place.
Graeme2 01/20/2018 10:21 | #206034
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.
An interesting live record from Nirvana's iconic night at the Reading festival
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.
RoundTheBend 03/10/2013 07:54 | #67677
@ Magenta: That's Awesome!
@ an_outlaw: makes no sense... worst things ever to put on shuffle are live albums, imo.
I haven't heard this recording, but saw the dvd, and loved it.
As long as it says Nirvana on the cover, I'm sure I'll be satisfied with the contents.
One of the best 5 albums of 2009
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