Albums Famously Recorded on Tour

I did a search for this in the archives, but nothing turned up on the terms expected - so I apologize in advance if this one was already done at some point.

This was inspired by listening to the Gorillaz album, The Fall, that was recorded on the band's fall U.S. tour on Damon's iPad. This got me to thinking about other albums famously recorded on tour and the only one that popped immediately into my head was R.E.M.'s New Adventures in Hi-Fi, one of my favorite albums by them. Tons of artists talk in interview about writing tunes in lonely hotel rooms while out on the road, but how many of them recorded albums that way? Surely there must be tons more.

hi-fi is the only one that i can think of that isn't an actual 'live' album

Aladdin Sane?

Oh and Zooropa.

See, I'm not sure either of those count since they were recorded pretty much at the artists' respective home bases (or, close enough) during breaks between legs of a tour.

Led Zep II

How many tracks did the Stones record at Chess in Chicago when they were on their first US tour? I don't think they all wound up on one album though.

Speaking of Stones, some Sticky Fingers tracks were done on the sly in Memphis with Jim Dickinson on "tack piano" on the tour that ended at Altamont, if I remember the Stanley Booth book correctly

wasn't countdown to ecstasy recorded on tour

ah guess it wasnt

lots of rappers record mixtapes while on tour -- like i'm pretty sure that wayne recorded a lot if not all of da drought 3 in the booth in his bus

Jackson Browne - Running on Empty i believe fits the bill; predominantly recorded in motel rooms. and it's still my fave JB rekkid

I don't know about "famously recorded", but Expo 70's "Where Does Your Mind Go?" was recorded in one night while on tour

Time Fades Away - Neil Young

Speaking of Stones, some Sticky Fingers tracks were done on the sly in Memphis with Jim Dickinson on "tack piano" on the tour that ended at Altamont, if I remember the Stanley Booth book correctly

Yeah, there's a section about this in Keef's new autobio too.

If memory serves, wasn't some of Springsteen's Nebraska recorded on tour?

The only thing I can think of is this one 7" that was supposed to be a Unicorns 7", but the rest of the band wouldn't get out of bed so Alden Ginger frustratedly recorded it himself in some studio in Melbourne.

It's really, really good though.

wasn't countdown to ecstasy recorded on tour & ah guess it wasnt

Actually according to the liner notes, Becker & Fagan say that--against their wishes--the sessions were broken up by brief weekend touring engagements in order to pay the musicians and cover expenses. So it was kinda sorta recorded in the midst of a tour.

And if Time Fades Away counts, then so do Rust Never Sleeps and Life.

In addition to the Stones at Chess, the Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds recorded there, Sun (or more correctly for the time, Phillip's) studios and also at Columbia studios in New York on there first US tour. But the tracks were spread out over a few albums and singles.

The Who Sell Out. Some of it was recorded in New York ("Relax" and "Rael," with Al Kooper on organ), some in LA ("Our Love Was," parts of "I Can See For Miles"), the rest in London.

Taylor Swift - Speak Now

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read this thread as "Almost Famous Recorded on Tour" and was ready for one last eye roll before bed.