Is the idea of playing a calssic album live played out?

[AxlVanHagar]

Iron Maiden did it with A Matter Of Life And Death
Slayer did it with Reign In Blood
Anthrax Among the Living
KISS: Alive!
Billy Squire: Don't Say No
Metallica: Master of Puppets
Testament are doing the first two records
Judas Priest just announced they are doing British Steel this summer and would still like to do Nostradamus at some point.
Motley Crue are doing Dr. Feelgood on Crue Fest 2 this summer

Is this idea played out at this point? Do you even like the idea? Would you prefer a different album or a 'greatest hits' type set list?

Discuss....

Depending on the album and band I kind of like the idea myself. Some bands get into a rut and year after year play the same set list with no change whatsoever. That gets stale for me.

[JukeBoxHero]

Heart did this with Dreamboat Annie, that was a cool performance. I like the idea for the mix up every once in awhile.

[Squaretriangles]

I think DT did this at one point. It must be incredibly draining for the performers.

[clashcityrocker10]

I don't think it's a problem, but did KISS really play Alive! as a "classic albums live" set? It seems to defeat the purpose.

[Lolicat]

Does some alternative rock label not do a thing where bands play classic albums through? I think the Melvin's did Houdini and a few bands have appeared more than once with different albums each time. It's interesting, obviously, but I like this context, where it's just a special one-off show, rather than a tour based on the idea. Patti Smith did all of Horses live, too, although I've yet to hear that.

[thedaniel]

I saw NOFX play all of Punk in Drublic once and it was awesome. I think more bands should do something like this.

[Soror_YZBL]

Marillion does it all the time. They did shows with "This Strange Engine" and "Brave" within the past few years.

[franticfish]

The Who played near enough the full Tommy album but did mix it up with some of their other songs.

[Rockbandfan23467]

Both Waters and Gilmour have done Dark Side of the Moon live.

[Transbrak]

Primus did it with Frizzle Fry and it's pretty great to watch.

http://www.amazon.com/Primus-Hallucino-Genetics-Live-2004/dp/B00065YI34/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1237416774&sr=1-2

[King_Nuthin]

It makes sense for concept albums/rock operas. Did Queensryche do it for Mindcrime? I know they were supporting Metallica when the album was released, but either they did it at their own gigs or retrospectively in the last few years I'm pretty sure?

I don't know if I care for doing it just because its a "classic album". Even most classic albums have tracks that don't quite work live. And if its for a new release forget it.

[Soror_YZBL]

It makes sense for concept albums/rock operas. Did Queensryche do it for Mindcrime? I know they were supporting Metallica when the album was released, but either they did it at their own gigs or retrospectively in the last few years I'm pretty sure?

I don't know if I care for doing it just because its a "classic album". Even most classic albums have tracks that don't quite work live. And if its for a new release forget it.

They did it maybe 2 or 3 years ago in its entirety.

[King_Nuthin]

They did it maybe 2 or 3 years ago in its entirety.
Right, did they release this on DVD too, any good?

Brian Wilson did Smile in its entirety I believe, so another to add to the list. Probably qualifies as a classic even though it was officially new at the time.

[xplosive]

I don't think the idea is played out at all. I really wish more bands would do it because its the only way that you get hear the more obscure tracks from your favorite band.

[JerryBrudos]

Depends it makes sense for a concept album or something along those lines or if the album has generally not been appreciated and the band wants to bring it to light. With something like British Steel I hear enough of those songs as it is and the others are good but they could do something more interesting, if they were to play Sad Wings or Sin after Sin in their entirety that'd be something different. As a general rule I'd say no but more often than not bands just end up playing their big hits which I'm not as interested in so a full album playing solves this in a way.

[kwami42]

Belle & Sebastian played If You're Feeling Sinister in its entirety in 2005, so bands are still doing it sometimes. I'd like to see it happen more often.

[kwami42]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Back_(concert_series)

[thedoorsdk]

I don't mind it when the album is actually a classic.
Like Judas Priest doing British Steel, that's cool.
Motley Crue doing Dr. Feelgood? I read an interview where one of them (I wanna say Mick Mars) said there are some songs on that record they had never even played live, which made sense to me, since about half of that record is filler. I mean is anyone excited to hear "She Goes Down?"