The Best Live Albums Of All Time, Ranked

Talking Heads, ‘Stop Making Sense’

The 1984 live album Stop Making Sense featured nine tracks from the live concert film with the same name released earlier that year. The film and the live album were recorded over three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983.

The concert film and live album were released to promote Speaking in Tongues. The live album spent over two years on the Billboard 200 chart and ranked 345th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.