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词条 Classic Albums
释义

  1. Format

  2. History

  3. Episodes

  4. Dutch episodes

  5. References

  6. External links

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Classic Albums is a British documentary series about pop, rock and heavy metal 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.

Format

The TV series was made by Isis Productions and distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.[1] It is shown on various broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Sky Arts, VH1 and VH1 Classic. They are also available on DVD. The show is similar in structure to VH1's short-lived 2001 series Ultimate Albums.

The music, and its production, is dissected by the musicians and/or producer playing the multitrack recordings and singling out tracks that one does not usually consciously hear when listening to the music, giving insight into the way the sound is built up. Also, the individual musicians play back pieces, which are then blended with the original recording. Almost all songs are dealt with, focusing almost entirely on the music itself, how it was composed/realised. Personal aspects of the band or members are occasionally dealt with, but mostly only if they serve this purpose. TV episodes are 50 minutes long but the DVD releases contain much additional material. All the releases in this series are done with the co-operation and full authorisation of the artists involved. The series producers are Nick de Grunwald and Martin R Smith. Various directors have been used for the series but the majority of the programmes have been directed by Bob Smeaton, Matthew Longfellow and Jeremy Marre.

History

The television series is unrelated to a radio show devised by radio producer John Pidgeon as a vehicle for Roger Scott, following the disc jockey’s move from Capital Radio to BBC Radio 1 in 1988. The first hour-long series, produced independently by Pidgeon and Scott, opened with Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms in May 1989, followed by The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet, Genesis' Invisible Touch, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, The Who's Who's Next, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, The Police’s Synchronicity, Eagles' Hotel California and U2’s The Joshua Tree. Scott died of cancer five months later, and the second series aired posthumously. Further programmes were presented by Richard Skinner.

The first episode of Classic Albums was actually a documentary called "The Making of Sgt. Pepper". This documentary focused on The Beatles' landmark album and was produced in much the same way as the Classic Albums series. Isis Productions and Nick de Grunwald helped co-produce this documentary and it helped lay the template for the Classic Albums series. It aired in 1992 both on the Disney Channel in the United States and ITV's The South Bank Show in the UK.[2]

Episodes

The albums that have been covered are:[3]

YearArtist – Album
1997
  1. Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)&91;4&93;
  2. Grateful Dead – Anthem of the Sun and American Beauty (see Anthem to Beauty) (1968/1970)
  3. Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
  4. The Band – The Band (1969)
  5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968)
  6. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)
1999
  1. U2 – The Joshua Tree (1987)
  2. Phil Collins – Face Value (1981)
  3. Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell (1977)
  4. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Catch a Fire (1973)&91;5&93;
  5. Steely Dan – Aja (1977)
  6. The Who – Who's Next (1971)
2001
  1. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast (1982) (see Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast)
  2. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
  3. Metallica – Metallica ("The Black Album") (1991)
  4. Lou Reed – Transformer (1972)
  5. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley (1956)
  6. Judas Priest – British Steel (1980)
2002
  1. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks (1977)
  2. Deep Purple – Machine Head (1972) (see Classic Albums: Deep Purple – The Making of Machine Head)
  3. Def Leppard – Hysteria (1987)
2003
  1. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
2005
  1. Simply Red – Stars (1991)
  2. Nirvana – Nevermind (see Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind) (1991)
  3. Motörhead – Ace of Spades (1980)
  4. Queen – A Night at the Opera (1975)
2006
  1. Cream – Disraeli Gears (1967)
2007
  1. Frank Zappa – Apostrophe (')/Over-Nite Sensation (1974/1973)
  2. Jay Z – Reasonable Doubt (1996)
2008
  1. The Doors – The Doors (1967)
  2. John Lennon/The Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
  3. Duran Duran – Rio (1982)
2010
  1. Black Sabbath – Paranoid (1970)
  2. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
  3. Rush – 2112 and Moving Pictures (1976/1981)
  4. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966)
2011Primal Scream – Screamadelica (1991)
2012Peter Gabriel – So (1986)
2013The Who – Tommy (1969)
2017
  1. Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
  2. Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972)
2018Amy Winehouse — Back to Black (2006)

Dutch episodes

In the Netherlands, special episodes were produced exploring landmark Dutch albums. There were two series produced for two different channels, the first ran in 1997 on the channel NCRV and the second from 2011 to 2012 on the channel VPRO.[6]

  • Focus – Moving Waves (1971)
  • Boudewijn de Groot – Voor de overlevenden[7] (1966)
  • Herman Brood – Shpritsz (1978)
  • De Dijk – Niemand in de Stad (1989)
  • Cuby + Blizzards – Groeten uit Grollo (1967)
  • Shocking Blue – At Home including "Venus" (1969)
  • Caro Emerald – Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor (2010)

These were included in the regular broadcast of the English series, but never released on DVD.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.myspace.com/classicalbums|title=Classic Albums|work=Myspace}}
2. ^{{cite av media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA4vZSEww-c|title=The Beatles – The Making of Sgt. Pepper 5/5|date=16 February 2010|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eaglerockent.com/eaglerockUSA/media_detail.php?media_id=497|title=Eagle Rock|publisher=}}
4. ^{{cite episode|title=Classic Albums: Paul Simon: Graceland|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007b6hv|series=Classic Albums|network=BBC|station=BBC Four|credits=Director & Producer: Jeremy Marre|airdate=25 November 2016}}
5. ^{{cite episode|title=Classic Albums: The Wailers: Catch a Fire|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07ycbrb|series=Classic Albums|network=BBC|station=BBC Four|credits=Producer: Jeremy Marre|airdate=8 October 2016}}
6. ^http://zoeken.beeldengeluid.nl/internet/index.aspx?contentid=6&chapterid=1164&filterid=974&searchID=3488645&columnorderid=-1&orderby=1&itemsOnPage=10&defsortcol=12&defsortby=2&pvname=personen&pis=expressies;selecties&startrow=1#pageCounter
7. ^Classic Albums on boudewijndegroot.nl

External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=classic+albums IMDb Classic Albums listing episode listing]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070217223107/http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/roger_scott_page.htm Radio Rewind's biography of Roger Scott]
  • Rock's Backpages biography of John Pidgeon

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