Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	93/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	B+
Billboard
Entertainment Weekly	A
MSN Music	A
Pitchfork Media	9.5/10
PopMatters	10/10
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Slant Magazine
Spin	9/10

Live at Reading is a live CD/DVD by American grunge band Nirvana released on November 2, 2009, chronicling its 1992 performance at the Reading Festival in Reading, England. Bootlegged for years following the performance, the new issues present the performance for the first time mastered and color corrected.

The performance of the band's 1992 hit single "Lithium" was previously released on the home video Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! in 1994. The performance of "tourette's" was previously released on the live compilation From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah in 1996.

Live at Reading marks the first time on a Nirvana release that Chet Powers receives songwriting credit for the use of his lyrics from the song "Get Together" as the intro for "Territorial Pissings". It features Cobain wheeled out on stage by music journalist Everett True.

According to Metacritic, Live at Reading holds a score of 93 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim," and is ranked eleventh on the site's list of best-reviewed albums, along with it being the No. 1 best reviewed alternative album. Krist Novoselic states that it's a great way to look back at his Nirvana memories.

The CD version of Live at Reading debuted at number 37 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S.; the DVD version debuted at Number 1 in the top 40 on the magazine's Top Music Video Chart, remaining in the top 40 for 25 weeks. Nielson SoundScan reported that, as of 2016 the Live at Reading album has sold 148,000 copies in the United States alone.

All tracks written by Kurt Cobain, except where noted.

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