Greatest Albums Live
Across six different locations, six artists perform the album they believe 'made them' and discuss their respective writing influences, creative processes and career legacies.
- 2023-2023
- 1 season
- Documentary, Music
Across six different locations, six artists perform the album they believe 'made them' and discuss their respective writing influences, creative processes and career legacies.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Dexys Midnight Runners
The iconic pop rock band perform and discuss Too-Rye-Ay, their most successful and beloved 1982 album, featuring the smash hit single Come On Eileen.
Episode 2
Stereophonics
The Welsh rockers perform and discuss Just Enough Education to Perform, their 2001 album which earned them huge international success, at The Clapham Grand.
Episode 3
ABC
Accompanied by the Southbank Sinfonia at the London Palladium, pop band ABC perform and discuss The Lexicon of Love, one of the 1980s' most successful debut albums.
Episode 4
Simple Minds
At the stunning Paisley Abbey, Scottish rockers Simple Minds perform their breakthrough 1982 album, New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84), including the hit Promised You a Miracle.
Episode 5
Gregory Porter
Singer-songwriter Gregory Porter and his band perform the Grammy-winning Liquid Spirit - his biggest selling album to date - at London's Middle Eight Hotel.
Episode 6
Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton enjoyed huge success in the '70s touring Frampton Comes Alive!. Here, the guitar icon performs the classic album at Tennessee's Tucker Theatre.