Ultimate Albums

Ultimate albums is a VH1 series on influential albums that aired in 2002. 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.

In the US the alternate title “VH1’s Ultimate Albums” was used for the series.

Episodes:

• Ep1: Def Leppard - Pyromania (aired Mar. 10, 2002)
• Ep2: Green Day - Dookie (aired Mar. 17, 2002)
• Ep3: Bob Marley - Legend (aired Mar. 31, 2002)
• Ep4: Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (aired Apr. 28, 2002)
• Ep5: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (aired May 16, 2002)
• Ep6: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (aired Jun. 2, 2002)
• Ep7: Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (aired Jun. 16, 2002)
• Ep8: Run DMC - Raising Hell (aired Jun. 23, 2002)
• Ep9: No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (was announced but never aired)
• Ep10: TLC - CrazySexyCool (was announced but never aired)
• Ep11: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (was announced but never aired)
• Ep12: Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (was announced but never aired)
• Ep13: KISS - Alive (aired Apr. 26, 2003)
• Ep14: AC/DC - Back in Black (aired Jun. 4, 2003)
• Ep15: Metallica - Metallica (The Black Album) (aired Jul. 5, 2003)
• Ep16: Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (aired Jul. 17, 2003)
• Ep17: Mariah Carey - Butterfly (aired Jul. 28, 2003)
• Ep18: Nelly - Country Grammar (aired Jul. 29, 2003)
• Ep19: Carlos Santana - Supernatural (aired Aug. 3, 2003)

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.