Classic Albums
Date de parution : 1 juin 1997
 | Saison 1 - épisode 1 | Paul Simon: Graceland This premiere episode spotlights Paul's 1986 Grammy-winning 'comeback' album. Introduced by Ringo Starr, each song is examined from the studio... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 2 | Grateful Dead: American Beauty This 1970 release was an important step in the rise of the Grateful Dead to legend status. Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, along with some... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 3 | Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie's 1976 double album is looked at here. Stevie had already released the smash album, Innervisions, but as Berry Gordy explains, he took the... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 4 | The Band: The Band Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Garth Hudson discuss the making of their classic 1969 release. Each member explains how they achieved... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 5 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland Jimi is recalled here with archival footage, and current interviews with Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, and engineer Eddie Kramer, explain the... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 6 | Fleetwood Mac: Rumours The band's Grammy-winning 1977 album is given the Classic Albums treatment. We hear from all the band members, and technicians who worked on the... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 1 | U2: The Joshua Tree 'Joshua Tree' elevated U2 to superstar status internationally, and confirmed their position as one of rock's most influential and powerful forces.... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 2 | Phil Collins: Face Value Phil's first solo album, which launched his career outside of Genesis, is examined here. Engineer Hugh Padgham peels the layers of sound back, and... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 3 | Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell In 1977, Marvin Lee Aday, aka Meat Loaf, shocked the music world by releasing this 30 million-selling blockbuster. Previously little-known as an... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 4 | Bob Marley & The Wailers: Catch A Fire Producer Chris Blackwell is the main focus of this episode, as he recounts bringing in some top American session men to the studio, in an attempt to... |
| Saison 2 - épisode 5 | Steely Dan: Aja Donald Fagen and Walter Becker delve into the master tapes to discuss the year-long effort that went into this, their biggest album. Well known as... | |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 1 | Iron Maiden: Number of the Beast Iron Maiden has been both criticized and praised for their unforgiving presentation of hard rock. This album took them to worldwide stardom, and... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 2 | Elton John: Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road Elton John, along with some of his past and present band members discuss the creation of his opus, 'Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road'. Producer Gus... |
| Saison 3 - épisode 3 | Metallica: Metallica (Black Album) Metallica's 12 million selling breakthrough album is examined in depth. Taped at One on One Studios, where it was recorded, Producer Bob Rock, along... | |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 4 | Judas Priest: British Steel The metal classic 'British Steel' is examined here. The band, minus drummer Dave Holland, explain the songwriting process and lyrical ideas,... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 5 | Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley The debut album of the King is examined here. It was the first million-selling rock album, and the first million-selling popular music album for RCA.... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 6 | Lou Reed: Transformer Co-produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, this 1972 landmark album took Lou Reed from cult idol to glam superstar status. Here Reed examines each... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 1 | Def Leppard: Hysteria Def Leppard labored for more than a year to record this, their follow-up to 'Pyromania'. Producer Mutt Lange and the group describe track by track... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 2 | The Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks The Sex Pistols only released one album before breaking up, but it set off the punk movement, and turned the British music industry on its head.... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 3 | Deep Purple: Machine Head The 1972 early metal classic is examined here. After a brief recount of Deep Purple's history prior, all five members of the group from that time... |
 | Saison 5 - épisode 1 | Simply Red: Stars Simply Red, the loosely based group of musicians led by Mick Hucknall, take us into the studio to examine the making of this album. While not as... |
 | Saison 5 - épisode 2 | Nirvana: Nevermind The Seattle grunge/alternative rock trio's breakthrough album is examined here. With this recording, Nirvana changed the direction of rock music in... |
 | Saison 5 - épisode 3 | Motorhead: Ace Of Spades This album, while not a huge seller in the US, was definitely a landmark in the annals of crushingly loud hard rock. Bassist/singer Lemmy and... |
 | Saison 6 - épisode 1 | Queen: A Night At The Opera The musicianship that went into one of rock's premier achievements is examined. Surviving members Brian May and Roger Taylor talk about Freddie... |
| Saison 6 - épisode 2 | Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon Engineers Chris Thomas and Alan Parsons peel layers off the master tapes from this 1973 masterpiece. The songs are dissected methodically, and Roger... | |
 | Saison 6 - épisode 3 | The Who: Who's Next Interviews with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, along with the late John Entwhistle, who reminisce about the failed attempt to present a rock... |
 | Saison 6 - épisode 4 | Cream: Disraeli Gears Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and Eric Clapton are interviewed in the studio for a track by track analysis of their 1967 classic. Each of them play... |
 | Saison 6 - épisode 5 | Betty Serveert: Palomine Bettie Serveert - Palomine: This year marks the twenty years since Palomine appeared. Guitar Band Bettie Serveert (named after tennis player Betty... |
 | Saison 6 - épisode 6 | Shocking Blue: At Home Shocking Blue was founded in the late sixties by Robbie van Leeuwen, a group in which he wanted to put the scaffolding could break through... |
 | Saison 6 - épisode 7 | Caro Emerald: Deleted scenes It is a fairy tale, the success story of Caro Emerald and the debut album, Deleted scenes from the cutting room floor. At a time when many people no... |
 | Saison 6 - épisode 8 | Q65: Revolution VertalingVan: Nederlands Naar: Engels EngelsNederlandsFransTaal herkennen NederlandsEngelsFrans In this episode a portrait of the band Q65. Central... |
 | Saison 7 - épisode 1 | Frank Zappa: Over-Nite Sensation/Apostrophe More accurately, "Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Over-Nite Sensation/Apostrophe", as this rockumentary covers both releases. The rationale... |
 | Saison 7 - épisode 2 | Jay Z: Reasonable Doubt A behind the scenes look at the recording of Jay Z's album 'Reasonable Doubt' |
 | Saison 8 - épisode 1 | The Doors: The Doors The Making of the Doors' Debut Album traces the history of the revolutionary 1967 album in a 90-minute package that features live footage and... |
 | Saison 8 - épisode 2 | John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band Classic Albums: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band examines in detail the creation of this album and the effect it had on music, and the people who... |
 | Saison 8 - épisode 3 | Duran Duran: Rio Tells the story behind the writing, recording and subsequent success of Rio through interviews, musical demonstrations, and archive footage.... |
 | Saison 9 - épisode 1 | The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds This edition of the series celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of Brian Wilson's masterpiece, the Beach Boys' album Pet Sounds. Wilson... |
 | Saison 9 - épisode 2 | The Wailers: Catch a Fire This edition looks at the making of the 1973 Wailers album, Catch a Fire, the album that brought international recognition to Bob Marley. Already... |
 | Saison 9 - épisode 3 | Carly Simon: No Secrets Carly Simon is one of the most influential singer-songwriters of her generation. The classic album that made her a global star was No Secrets, which... |
 | Saison 9 - épisode 4 | Don McLean: American Pie The story of Don McLean's second album American Pie. Crowned by its titular overture and the song Vincent, McLean's equally moving tribute to Van... |
| Saison 10 - épisode 1 | Motorhead - Ace Of Spades - Bonus Material | |
| Saison 10 - épisode 2 | Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast - Bonus Material | |
| Saison 10 - épisode 3 | Nirvana - Nevermind - Bonus Material | |
| Saison 10 - épisode 4 | Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon - Bonus Material | |
| Saison 10 - épisode 5 | Black Sabbath- Paranoid | |
| Saison 10 - épisode 6 | Rush: 2112 & Moving Pictures - Bonus Material | |
| Saison 10 - épisode 7 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Bonus Material | |
| Saison 10 - épisode 8 | Primal Scream:Screamadelica | |
| Saison 10 - épisode 9 | Peter Gabriel: So So stands as one of the greatest records of the 1980s, helping define its time to become a true classic album. The film features interviews with... | |
 | Saison 11 - épisode 1 | Amy Winehouse: Back to Black Series looking at the creation of some classic rock albums looks at Amy Winehouse's second album Back To Black from 2006 and how it transformed the... |
