Greatest Albums Live

Name: Greatest Albums Live
Released: 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Miranda Sawyer

TV Show · Documentary · Music

An in-depth look at six of the greatest albums ever made, exploring their enduring legacies and the creative influences that contributed to their development, featuring live performances.

2023 · 47m

Starring Miranda Sawyer

Director Bob Smeaton, Benny Trickett

EPISODE 1

Dexys Midnight Runners

The iconic pop rock band Dexys Midnight Runners perform and discuss 'Too-Rye-Ay', their most successful and beloved 1982 album, featuring the number one hit single 'Come On Eileen'.
EPISODE 2

Stereophonics

The Welsh rockers perform and discuss 'Just Enough Education to Perform', their 2001 studio album that topped the charts and earned the band international success, at The Clapham Grand.
EPISODE 3

ABC

Accompanied by the Southbank Sinfonia at the London Palladium, pop band ABC perform a selection of songs and discuss 'The Lexicon of Love', one of the most successful debut albums.
EPISODE 4

Simple Minds

At Paisley Abbey, the rock band 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

The singer-songwriter Gregory Porter and his band perform songs from the Grammy-winning 'Liquid Spirit', which became his best-selling jazz album on release, at the Middle Eight Hotel in London.
EPISODE 6

Peter Frampton

Guitar icon Peter Frampton had huge success with his best-selling rock album 'Frampton Comes Alive!' in the 1970s, and performs hits from it at the Tucker Theatre in Tennessee.