Apple Music Top 10 Albums of All Time

[specialk]

 

• 1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), Lauryn Hill
• 2. Thriller (1982), Michael Jackson
• 3. Abbey Road (1969), The Beatles
• 4. Purple Rain (1984), Prince & The Revolution
• 5. Blonde (2016), Frank Ocean
• 6. Songs in the Key of Life (1976), Stevie Wonder
• 7. good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012), Kendrick Lamar
• 8. Back to Black (2006), Amy Winehouse
• 9. Nevermind (1991), Nirvana
• 10. Lemonade (2016), Beyoncé

I'm an old fart, but I agree with 3 of them. Discuss… 

[kizanski]

15 minutes ago, specialk said:

I'm an old fart, but I agree with 3 of them. Discuss… 

It speaks to who's buying on that platform, not the quality of what they're buying.
This is the only way that Lauryn Hill's work tops any of the giants listed below hers.

[shankyboy]

#2, #3, #4 & #6 for sure. On the fence with #9. Although I can't stand to listen to this one anymore, it was a game-changer at the time. I was a DJ when it came out and I had to eventually stop playing Smells Like Teen Spirit because the whole club would erupt into a riot every time I played it. 

[kizanski]

Just now, shankyboy said:

...I had to eventually stop playing Smells Like Teen Spirit because the whole club would erupt into a riot every time I played it. 

So there was this wildly popular piece of music that got the crowd into a frenzy, so you stopped playing it?

[hamerhead]

56 minutes ago, specialk said:

I'm an old fart, but I agree with 3 of them. Discuss… 

I must be older - I only found 2. And they were much farther down the list than they should have been.

[bry4321]

This is almost as bad as any Rolling Stone or Rock Hall of Fame-related list.

1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), Lauryn Hill
2. Thriller (1982), Michael Jackson
3. Abbey Road (1969), The Beatles
4. Purple Rain (1984), Prince & The Revolution
5. Blonde (2016), Frank Ocean
6. Songs in the Key of Life (1976), Stevie Wonder
7. good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012), Kendrick Lamar
8. Back to Black (2006), Amy Winehouse
9. Nevermind (1991), Nirvana
10. Lemonade (2016), Beyoncé
 

[The Shark]

I'm proud to say I own none of them.  Proud.

[kizanski]

Not owning Abbey Road and Purple Rain is nothing to be proud of.
In fact you should delete that post.

 

[Dave Scepter]

2 hours ago, specialk said:

 

• 1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), Lauryn Hill
• 2. Thriller (1982), Michael Jackson
• 3. Abbey Road (1969), The Beatles
• 4. Purple Rain (1984), Prince & The Revolution
• 5. Blonde (2016), Frank Ocean
• 6. Songs in the Key of Life (1976), Stevie Wonder
• 7. good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012), Kendrick Lamar
• 8. Back to Black (2006), Amy Winehouse
• 9. Nevermind (1991), Nirvana
• 10. Lemonade (2016), Beyoncé

I'm an old fart, but I agree with 3 of them. Discuss… 

This is what I see 😪

[kizanski]

6 minutes ago, Dave Scepter said:

This is what I see 😪

You're better off.

[specialk]

 

Here's the full list.

100. Robyn - Body Talk
99. Eagles - Hotel California
98. Travis Scott - Astroworld
97. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
96. Lorde - Pure Heroine
95. Usher - Confessions
94. Burial - Untrue
93. Solange - A Seat at the Table
92. Tyler the Creator - Flower Boy
91. George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

90. AC/DC - Back in Black
89. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
88. Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You
87. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
86. Mary J Blige - My Life
85. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
84. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
83. Patti Smith - Horses
82. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin’
81. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush

80. Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
79. Lana Del Rey - Norman F*****g Rockwell
78. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
77. Madonna - Like a Prayer
76. Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti
75. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
74. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
73. Steely Dan - Aja
72. SZA - SOS
71. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

70. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
69. Metallica - Master of Puppets
68. The Strokes - Is This it
67. Portishead - Dummy
66. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
65. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
64. Erykah Badu - Baduizm
63. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
62. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me
61. Sade - Love Deluxe

60. The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
59. Arctic Monkeys - AM
58. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
57. D'Angelo - Voodoo
56. The Cure - Disintegration
55. Rihanna - ANTI
54. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
53. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
52. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
51. Prince - Sign O' the Times

50. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
49. U2 - The Joshua Tree
48. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
47. Drake - Take Care
46. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus
45. Bjork - Homogenic
44. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
43. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
42. Janet Jackson - Control
41. OutKast - Aquemini

40. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
39. Nas - Illmatic
38. Carole King - Tapestry
37. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
36. Beyonce - Beyonce
35. The Clash - London Calling
34. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
33. Radiohead - Kid A
32. The Notorious B.I.G - Ready to Die
31. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

30. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
29. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
28. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
27. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
26. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
25. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
24. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
23. Daft Punk - Discovery
22. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
21. The Beatles - Revolver

20. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
19. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
18. Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version)
17. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
16. Joni Mitchell - Blue
15. Adele - 21
14. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
13. JAY-Z - The Blueprint
12. Radiohead - OK Computer
11. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

10. Beyonce - Lemonade
9. Nirvana - Nevermind
8. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
7. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
6. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
5. Frank Ocean - Blonde
4. Prince - Purple Rain
3. The Beatles - Abbey Road
2. Michael Jackson - Thriller
1. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

 

 

 

[Hbom]

It looks like most of the lists that I've seen over the years. And is just about as accurate.

My guess is that if any 10 of us (or anyone) made up a list of our top 100 albums/songs/guitars/cars ect. They would all be different.

But they would all be about the same too. 50-75% of the same albums, in different order, and a few the other nine peeps didn't like or had forgotten about.

 

 

[shankyboy]

6 hours ago, kizanski said:

So there was this wildly popular piece of music that got the crowd into a frenzy, so you stopped playing it?

I'm talking about a real riot so bad that the cops had to be called in to clear the place out and haul everyone off. 

[scottcald]

7 hours ago, specialk said:

 

• 1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), Lauryn Hill
• 2. Thriller (1982), Michael Jackson
• 3. Abbey Road (1969), The Beatles
• 4. Purple Rain (1984), Prince & The Revolution
• 5. Blonde (2016), Frank Ocean
• 6. Songs in the Key of Life (1976), Stevie Wonder
• 7. good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012), Kendrick Lamar
• 8. Back to Black (2006), Amy Winehouse
• 9. Nevermind (1991), Nirvana
• 10. Lemonade (2016), Beyoncé

I'm an old fart, but I agree with 3 of them. Discuss… 

I'm wondering if Lauryn Hill does or will have something to promote soon?  They should've broken out by genre.  

[kizanski]

46 minutes ago, shankyboy said:

I'm talking about a real riot so bad that the cops had to be called in to clear the place out and haul everyone off. 

Yeah, I knew what you meant.

I would play that every night.

[shankyboy]

12 minutes ago, kizanski said:

Yeah, I knew what you meant.

I would play that every night.

I used to tease everyone by playing the opening riff and then quickly fade into another song. 

[kizanski]

1 hour ago, shankyboy said:

I used to tease everyone by playing the opening riff and then quickly fade into another song. 

Hang the DJ...

Hang the DJ...

Hang the DJ...

[LucSulla]

9 hours ago, kizanski said:

It speaks to who's buying on that platform, not the quality of what they're buying.
This is the only way that Lauryn Hill's work tops any of the giants listed below hers.

Except it doesn't, apparently:
 

Quote

Apple Music’s 100 Best Albums is a modern 21st-century ranking of the greatest records ever made, crafted by Apple Music’s team of experts alongside a select group of artists, songwriters, producers, and industry professionals. The list is an editorial statement, fully independent of any streaming numbers on Apple Music — a love letter to the records that have shaped the world music lovers live and listen in.

So basically, it's was just a clickbait campaign like all of this shit is. 
 

[cynic]

I appreciate three things about this list.  

1. It includes more genres than similar "best of" lists and crosses multiple generations

2. Those genres don't include country or western

3. There's no Dead

[kizanski]

58 minutes ago, LucSulla said:

So basically, it's was just a clickbait campaign like all of this shit is. 

Even the "legitimate" lists are ultimately clickbait, so...

[LucSulla]

8 hours ago, kizanski said:

Even the "legitimate" lists are ultimately clickbait, so...

Oh, I was definitely including them with that comment.

[a.bandini]

Apple Music's "Team of Experts" huh? OK, but who cares what they think?  

I bet they put a ton of thought into this, whoever they might be.  

[jwhitcomb3]

My musical preferences rarely line up with anybody's list, but I agree Songs in the Key of Life and Abbey Road are great albums. 

[santellavision]

Dumbest list ever. 

[Submariner85]

On 5/22/2024 at 10:36 AM, The Shark said:

I'm proud to say I own none of them.  Proud.

I only have a copy of Abbey Road