Ultimate Albums - Season 1

1. Dookie

Aired: 3/10/2002

Green Day

2. Pyromania

Aired: 3/17/2002

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.

3. Legend

Aired: 3/31/2002

Bob Marley & the Wailers

4. Slippery When Wet

Aired: 4/28/2002

Bon Jovi

5. Bat Out of Hell

Aired: 5/26/2002

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.

6. Blood Sugar Sex Magick

Aired: 6/2/2002

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.

7. The Marshall Mathers LP

Aired: 6/16/2002

Eminem

8. Raising Hell

Aired: 6/23/2002

Run-DMC

9. Tragic Kingdom

10. CrazySexyCool

11. Led Zeppelin IV

12. Dr. Feelgood

13. KISS Alive

Aired: 4/26/2003

14. Back In Black

Aired: 6/4/2003

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.

15. The Black Album

Aired: 7/5/2003

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

16. Songs in a Minor

Aired: 7/17/2003

17. Butterfly

Aired: 7/28/2003

18. Country Grammar

19. Supernatural

Aired: 8/3/2003