Ultimate Albums

E1 Episode 1: Dookie

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• 1h
• Mar 10, 2002

Green Day

E2 Episode 2: Pyromania

• 1h
• Mar 17, 2002

When they went into the studio to make Pyromania, Def Leppard were just another meat and potatoes rock band with two flop albums and a silly name. But producer Mutt Lange had a dream of stadium-filling choruses, whomping drum tracking, and turning these Sheffield wannabes into pop-rock gods. VH1 tells the tale of how one guitar player and thousands of overdubs later, a masterpiece was born.

E3 Episode 3: Legend

• 1h
• Mar 31, 2002

Bob Marley & the Wailers

E4 Episode 4: Slippery When Wet

• 1h
• Apr 28, 2002

Bon Jovi

E5 Episode 5: Bat Out of Hell

• 1h
• May 26, 2002

Meat Loaf From Iceland to Italy, rock fans around the world almost immediately understood the power of Bat Out of Hell. But it took a while for America to get to the heart of Meat Loaf's rock musical, which ultimately put some much-needed body fluids back into rock ‘n' roll. Here were seven turbo-charged songs - nay, arias - about things that made sense to anyone who'd ever lived through prom night.

E6 Episode 6: Blood Sugar Sex Magick

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• Jun 2, 2002

Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers were the world's greatest party band - except the world didn't know it yet. All that changed with Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Inspired by sobriety, a new guitarist, and maybe a ghost or two, the veteran group's 1991 crossover success redefined the California sound. Ultimate Albums celebrates the sexy insanity of the disc's popfunknroll.

E7 Episode 7: The Marshall Mathers LP

• 1h
• Jun 16, 2002

Eminem

E8 Episode 8: Raising Hell

• 1h
• Jun 23, 2002

Run-DMC

E9 Episode 9: Tragic Kingdom

• 1h

E10 Episode 10: CrazySexyCool

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E11 Episode 11: Led Zeppelin IV

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E12 Episode 12: Dr. Feelgood

• 1h

E13 Episode 13: KISS Alive

• 1h
• Apr 26, 2003

E14 Episode 14: Back In Black

• 1h
• Jun 4, 2003

In April 1980, AC/DC's vocalist, Bon Scott, died from heavy drinking one night and choked. After that, Brian Johnson replaced Scott. Later that year, Back in Black was recorded and was considered AC/DC's greatest album of all time and still is considered that today.

E15 Episode 15: The Black Album

• 1h
• Jul 5, 2003

This episode explores why twelve years after its release ""Metallica"" stands as one of the best selling rock albums of all-time.

E16 Episode 16: Songs in a Minor

• 1h
• Jul 17, 2003

E17 Episode 17: Butterfly

• 1h
• Jul 28, 2003

E18 Episode 18: Country Grammar

• 1h

E19 Episode 19: Supernatural

• 1h
• Aug 3, 2003