
Classic Albums
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.
Classic Albums
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.
Classic Albums
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.

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Episode 1: Q65: Revolution
In this episode a portrait of the band Q65. Central to the realization of the first album 'Revolutio...
Episode 2: Boudewijn de Groot - Voor de overlevenden
Episode 3: Cuby & the Blizzards - Groeten uit Grollo
Episode 4: The Outsiders - Outsiders
Episode 5: Focus - Focus II (Moving Waves)
Episode 6: Kayak - Royal Bed Bouncer

Episode 7: Shocking Blue: At Home
Shocking Blue was founded in the late sixties by Robbie van Leeuwen, a group in which he wanted to p...

Episode 8: Herman Brood: Shpritsz
Shpritsz was the break through for "Hollands hottest cha cha band" Herman Brood & His Wild Romance....

Episode 9: De Dijk: Niemand in de stad
"Niemand in de stad", De Dijk's 1989 album was the breakthrough for the Amsterdam 'soul band', inclu...

Episode 10: Betty Serveert: Palomine
Bettie Serveert - Palomine: This year marks the twenty years since Palomine appeared. Guitar Band Be...

Episode 11: Caro Emerald: Deleted scenes
It is a fairy tale, the success story of Caro Emerald and the debut album, Deleted scenes from the c...

Episode 1: Paul Simon: Graceland
This premiere episode spotlights Paul's 1986 Grammy-winning 'comeback' album. Introduced by Ringo St...

Episode 2: Grateful Dead: American Beauty
This 1970 release was an important step in the rise of the Grateful Dead to legend status. Mickey Ha...

Episode 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, Innervisi...

Episode 4: The Band: The Band
Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Garth Hudson discuss the making of their classic 1969...

Episode 5: The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland
Jimi is recalled here with archival footage, and current interviews with Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchel...

Episode 6: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
The band's Grammy-winning 1977 album is given the Classic Albums treatment. We hear from all the ban...

Episode 1: U2: The Joshua Tree
'Joshua Tree' elevated U2 to superstar status internationally, and confirmed their position as one o...

Episode 2: Phil Collins: Face Value
Phil's first solo album, which launched his career outside of Genesis, is examined here. Engineer Hu...

Episode 3: Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell
In 1977, Marvin Lee Aday, aka Meat Loaf, shocked the music world by releasing this 30 million-sellin...

Episode 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 Amer...

Episode 5: Steely Dan: Aja
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker delve into the master tapes to discuss the year-long effort that went...

Episode 1: Iron Maiden: Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden has been both criticized and praised for their unforgiving presentation of hard rock. Th...

Episode 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, '...

Episode 3: Metallica: Metallica (Black Album)
Metallica's 12 million selling breakthrough album is examined in depth. Taped at One on One Studios,...

Episode 4: Lou Reed: Transformer
Co-produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, this 1972 landmark album took Lou Reed from cult idol to...

Episode 5: Judas Priest: British Steel
The metal classic 'British Steel' is examined here. The band, minus drummer Dave Holland, explain th...

Episode 6: Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley
The debut album of the King is examined here. It was the first million-selling rock album, and the f...

Episode 1: Def Leppard: Hysteria
Def Leppard labored for more than a year to record this, their follow-up to 'Pyromania'. Producer Mu...

Episode 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 tu...

Episode 3: Deep Purple: Machine Head
The 1972 early metal classic is examined here. After a brief recount of Deep Purple's history prior,...

Episode 4: Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Engineers Chris Thomas and Alan Parsons peel layers off the master tapes from this 1973 masterpiece....

Episode 1: Simply Red: Stars
Simply Red, the loosely based group of musicians led by Mick Hucknall, take us into the studio to ex...

Episode 2: Nirvana: Nevermind
In 1991 Nirvana’s Nevermind, with the songs of Kurt Cobain, changed the music business without compr...

Episode 3: Motorhead: Ace Of Spades
This album, while not a huge seller in the US, was definitely a landmark in the annals of crushingly...

Episode 1: Queen: A Night at the Opera
The musicianship that went into one of rock's premier achievements is examined. Surviving members Br...

Episode 2: Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Listen as all four band members tell the story behind one of the greatest albums ever made. Pink Flo...

Episode 3: The Who: Who's Next
Interviews with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend, along with the late John Entwhistle, who reminisce...

Episode 4: Cream: Disraeli Gears
Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and Eric Clapton are interviewed in the studio for a track by track analys...

Episode 1: Frank Zappa: Apostrophe (')/Over-Nite Sensation
Tells the story of the recording of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention's "Over-Nite Sensation"...

Episode 2: Jay Z: Reasonable Doubt
Behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Jay-Z's 1996 debut album Reasonable Doubt.

Episode 1: The Doors: The Doors
The Making of the Doors' Debut Album traces the history of the revolutionary 1967 album in a 90-minu...

Episode 2: John Jennon: Plastic Ono Band
Examines in detail the creation of John Lennon's first solo album and the effect it had on music, an...

Episode 3: Duran Duran: Rio
Tells the story behind the writing, recording and subsequent success of Rio through interviews, musi...

Episode 1: Black Sabbath: Paranoid
With Paranoid celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the Classic Albums/Black Sabbath episode i...

Episode 2: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes
The latest addition to Eagle s critically acclaimed and highly successful Classic Albums series is T...

Episode 3: Rush: 2112 & Moving Pictures
2112 was the album that saw Rush break through to major chart success, going to No.1 in their native...

Episode 4: The Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet

Episode 5: The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
A look at the creation of the Beach Boys' classic album "Pet Sounds", including conversations with B...

Episode 1: Primal Scream: Screamadelica
Primal Scream's seminal album Screamadelica was released in 1991, and synthesized the band's rock 'n...

Episode 2: Peter Gabriel: So
So stands as one of the greatest records of the 1980s, helping define its time to become a true clas...

Episode 3: The Who: Tommy
1968 was a time of soul-searching for the Who - with three badly performing singles behind them, the...

Episode 4: Carly Simon: No Secrets
Carly Simon reveals the challenges behind No Secrets - the classic album that made her a global star...

Episode 5: Don McLean: American Pie
Series focusing on the albums that have influenced the course of music. This edition looks at Don Mc...

Episode 6: Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
The true story of how Amy Winehouse’s best known and most celebrated body of work came into being. F...

Episode 7: The Crickets: The Chirping Crickets
The story of the first album by The Crickets, crowned by four of their best-loved songs: That’ll Be...

Episode 8: Tears for Fears: Songs from the Big Chair
Documentary that explores Songs from the Big Chair, Tears for Fears second, seminal album, which saw...
Episode 9: The Who Sell Out
Episode 10: Soul II Soul: Club Classics Vol. 1
Episode 11: Suede: Coming Up
Episode 12: Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces Of A Man

Episode 13: The Doors: Morrison Hotel
A look at the American rockers' fifth studio album. It saw them return to their blues-rock style and...

Episode 14: Freak Out!
The Mothers of Invention's 1966 cult classic debut "Freak Out!" is analyzed, with insights from Fran...
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