Classic Albums
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Classic Albums is 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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Episodes
The albums that have been covered are:
- The Band - The Band (1969)
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)
- Phil Collins - Face Value (1981)
- Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)
- Deep Purple - Machine Head (see Classic Albums: Deep Purple - The Making of Machine Head) (1972)
- Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987)
- The Doors - The Doors (1967)
- The Doors - L.A. Woman (1971)
- Duran Duran - Rio (1982)
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
- Peter Gabriel - So (1986)
- Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun and American Beauty (see Anthem to Beauty) (1968/1970)
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (1968)
- Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (see Classic Albums: 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") (see Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica) (1991)
- Motörhead - Ace of Spades (1980)
- Nirvana - Nevermind (see Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind) (1991)
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon, (see Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon) (1973)
- Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (1956)
- Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
- Queen - 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)
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Dutch episodes
In the Netherlands special episodes were made about Dutch albums
- Boudewijn de Groot - Voor de overlevenden
- Herman Brood - Shpritsz (1978)
- De Dijk - Niemand In de Stad
- Cuby + Blizzards - Groeten uit Grollo
- Shocking Blue - At Home including "Venus"
- Caro Emerald - Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor
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