Classic Albums is an ongoing documentary series featuring albums that are considered to be the best or most ground-making that have been made by a particular band or artist, or which mark a unique break-through or moment in the history of rock or pop music. Many of these have been broadcast on BBC, ITV and Sky and several episodes were made specifically for VH1 – most of the Classic Albums series are still available on DVD or Blu-ray.
The following is a complete listing of the series so far, with links to the shows you can watch online right now:
The Band – The Band (1969)
Black Sabbath – Paranoid (1970)
Phil Collins – Face ValueCream – Disraeli Gears (1967)
Deep Purple – Machine Head (1972)
Def Leppard – Hysteria (1987)
The Doors – The Doors (1967)
Duran Duran – Rio (1982)
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)
Peter Gabriel – So (1986)
Grateful Dead – Anthem of the Sun and American Beauty (1968/1970)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968)
Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast (1982)
Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt (1996)
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Judas Priest – British Steel (1980)
John Lennon/The Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell (1977)
Metallica – Metallica (‘The Black Album’) (1991)
Motörhead – Ace of Spades (1980)
Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Damn The Torpedoes (1979)
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley (1956)
Primal Scream – Screamadelica (1991)
Queen – Making of A Night At The Opera (1975)
Lou Reed – Transformer (1972)
Rush – 2112 and Moving Pictures (1976/1981)
Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks (1977)
Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)
Simply Red – Stars (1991)
Steely Dan – Aja (1977)
U2 – The Joshua Tree (1987)
The Wailers – Catch a Fire (1973)
The Who – Who’s Next (1971)
Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Frank Zappa – Apostrophe (‘) / Over-Nite Sensation (1974/1973)
