Ultimate Albums


Ultimate Albums is a VH1 series on influential albums that aired in 2002. In the US the alternate title VH1’s Ultimate Albums was used for the series. The channel only produced one season of the series, which aired between March 10, 2002 and August 3, 2003. Of the 19 episodes announced for the first season only 15 episodes eventually aired. No explanation was offered for the cancellations.

Episodes

  1. Def Leppard - Pyromania
  2. Green Day - Dookie
  3. Bob Marley - Legend
  4. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
  5. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
  6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
  7. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
  8. Run DMC - Raising Hell
  9. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
  10. TLC - CrazySexyCool
  11. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
  12. Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood
  13. KISS - Alive
  14. AC/DC - Back in Black
  15. Metallica - Metallica
  16. Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
  17. Mariah Carey - Butterfly
  18. Nelly - Country Grammar
  19. Carlos Santana - Supernatural

    Albums covered

The series covers what it terms "ultimate" albums. Perhaps not to conflict with the existing series Classic Albums, this rather non-specific term was used for the title of the series. Judging from the 19 albums announced for the first series, an ultimate album seems to be a bestseller. Of the 58 albums covered between the 56 episodes of Classic Albums and Ultimate Albums, there are only two albums that are covered in both series: Metallica's Black Album and Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell.