The best live albums of the 1980s. Once again it’s likely to be contentious and controversial. There are certainly albums on here that I didn't expect to see ranked so highly.

The Beatles have been gone for more than half a century, but their shadow still looms large over rock music and rock musicians - and these are their best albums ...

Earlier this year, Paste dropped its first-ever greatest albums of all time list. We thought it would be fun to, as a sequel, consider what the greatest EPs of all time are.

If we can't get to a concert, this is the next best thing. That was especially true in the 1970s and '80s when live-recorded albums seemed to come out weekly. Listed in chronological order, here ...