10 Hard Rock Live Albums You Need To Hear

10. Live on Two Legs - Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam have become one of the more interesting live acts in recent memory. With each passing show, the band changes their setlist so that every single performance is unique, with many of their trademark classics thrown in for good measure. Even with all the bootlegs the band has of their live shows, their proper album Live on Two Legs is a great testament to the band's body of work.

Recorded in the late '90s, this album finds the band at a bit of a crossroads in their career, where they were beginning to transition from the grunge titans to more experimental rock music. The style is definitely varied amongst the track listing, but each performance provides an intense energy that few other '90s bands could reach.

On one hand there are songs like "Better Man," whose sound contributes beautifully to a live setting, while punk thrashers like "Do The Evolution" or "Go" give a taste of the more visceral sound that the band had cultivated back in the early '90s.

Arriving a few years before the band's disastrous performances at Roskilde, Live on Two Legs captures Pearl Jam before any of the harsh truths of reality creeped in. The members of Pearl Jam always look at themselves as an ever-evolving entity, but this is a good snapshot of that young and restless band out for blood.