• 5 Live Albums Recorded to No Audience: Pink Floyd, Bjork and More Feel for Baltimore Orioles

    The unfortunate riots in Baltimore have led to a bizarre situation at Camden Yards in Baltimore, where the hometown Orioles have been playing the Chicago White Sox in an empty stadium due to the situation outside. It's clearly had an impact on some of the players...White Sox starter Jeff Samardzija was rocked for six runs in the first inning today, perhaps nervous because the whole world wasn't watching him. It made us baseball fans at Music Times if similar things have ever happened in the music world? Not quite, but we did find a number of "live" albums that were recorded with no actual audience in attendance. Check out a few examples, from Pink Floyd to Björk.
  • Mike Patton of Faith No More Has Actual Greatest Vocal Range

    One of the trending music stories in recent week's has been Concert Hotel's graph displaying the greatest vocal ranges in popular music. Axl Rose of the Guns 'n' Roses came out on top in the study, with Mariah Carey following closely behind. The problem is that people who pay attention to the actual science of music are also into a lot of obscure music. VVN Music hasn't gone totally off the grid with its own analysis, but it has introduced some more names for your consideration.
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