Best official live album?

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

See? That's exactly why I *DO* love Live '80! It's a raw snapshot of a moment in time... even if it does show boogers in Stevie's nose, or John McVie's armpit stains . Everything FM ever did in the studio was polished up to a blinding sheen. Give me some grit. I don't need 400 backing musicians to 'fatten' up the sound... I wanna hear FLEETWOOD MAC! Not Fleetwood Mac plus Carlos, Brett, Steve, Taku, Neale, Sharon, Mindy, Lenny, the 126 piece USC Trojan Marching Band, etc etc etc.

Exactly! I agree with everything you've just said.
I think The Dance holds a lot of nostalgia for people because it's the album that introduced a lot of younger fans to the band, but artistically and as a representation of the band live, the 1980 is more effective imo. I always think of The Dance as a TV special, but the Live album is a chronicle of the band on tour in their prime.