🗂️Keep in Mind These Are the 100 Best Albums of All Time, According to Apple Music

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Editorial music curation is one of Apple Music's strong suits, as evidenced by the service's excellent playlists. Apple is taking that to the next level now, with the release of a list of it 100 best albums of all time. You can find a link to the list in the Apple Music app, but rather annoyingly, the list itself can only be viewed on a webpage, much like the Apple Music Replay collection.

If you ask a hundred people to make a list of their favorite albums, you'll get 100 different lists. The same is true for Apple Music's list of 100 best albums. There are plenty of great albums in this list, but you could spend the rest of your life arguing about the order. For example, I think albums such as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Miles Davis' Kind of Blue should be in the top 10, but you may think they're fairly placed in the twenties. Another problem with this list is that it appears to be focused on English albums. If you're a fan of music from other languages or non-English speaking regions, you're not going to find much representation in Apple Music's list. Apple hasn't detailed the exact methodology for this list, but it has offered this explanation: "Assembled with the help of artists and experts, it’s a modern love letter to the records that have shaped the world we live and listen in today."

What one can't dispute is that the list includes some top-notch albums. If you enjoy music, you'll definitely find lots of great albums in Apple Music's list.


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A better way to listen to albums on Apple Music​

The Apple Music app is good enough for most people, but it's not well-suited for people who dislike playlists and prefer listening to albums exclusively. Since Apple's list is all about music albums, you might want to consider using a third-party Apple Music app instead of the official one. Albums (free, $19/year for premium features) is a great app that lets you keep the focus off playlists and on the album order songs were released in.

While the free tier should be good enough for most, the premium tier includes Last.fm integration, better stats, and improved customization.

Apple Music's 100 best albums of all time​

With that out of the way, here are Apple Music's 100 best albums of all time, starting from Apple's favorite and working down. Each album links to Apple Music's website, where you can sign in and listen as long as you have an active Apple Music subscription.

1. 
   The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
   
   
2. 
   Thriller - Michael Jackson
   
   
3. 
   Abbey Road - The Beatles
   
   
4. 
   Purple Rain - Prince & Revolution
   
   
5. 
   Blonde - Frank Ocean
   
   
6. 
   Song in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
   
   
7. 
   good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Version) - Kendrick Lamar
   
   
8. 
   Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
   
   
9. 
   Nevermind - Nirvana
   
   
10. 
    Lemonade - Beyoncé
    
    
11. 
    Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
    
    
12. 
    OK Computer - Radiohead
    
    
13. 
    The Blueprint - JAY-Z
    
    
14. 
    Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
    
    
15. 
    21 - Adele
    
    
16. 
    Blue - Joni Mitchell
    
    
17. 
    What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
    
    
18. 
    1989 (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift
    
    
19. 
    The Chronic - Dr. Dre
    
    
20. 
    Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
    
    
21. 
    Revolver - The Beatles
    
    
22. 
    Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
    
    
23. 
    Discovery - Daft Punk
    
    
24. 
    The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
    
    
25. 
    Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
    
    
26. 
    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
    
    
27. 
    Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
    
    
28. 
    The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
    
    
29. 
    The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
    
    
30. 
    WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish
    
    
31. 
    Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
    
    
32. 
    Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G.
    
    
33. 
    Kid A - Radiohead
    
    
34. 
    It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
    
    
35. 
    London Calling - The Clash
    
    
36. 
    BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé
    
    
37. 
    Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
    
    
38. 
    Tapestry - Carole King
    
    
39. 
    Illmatic - Nas
    
    
40. 
    I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
    
    
41. 
    Aquemini - Outkast
    
    
42. 
    Control - Janet Jackson
    
    
43. 
    Remain in Light - Talking Heads
    
    
44. 
    Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
    
    
45. 
    Homogenic - Björk
    
    
46. 
    Exodus - Bob Marley and the Wailers
    
    
47. 
    Take Care - Drake
    
    
48. 
    Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
    
    
49. 
    The Joshua Tree - U2
    
    
50. 
    Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
    
    
51. 
    Sign O' the Times - Prince
    
    
52. 
    Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
    
    
53. 
    Exile on Main St. - The Rolling Stones
    
    
54. 
    A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
    
    
55. 
    ANTI - Rihanna
    
    
56. 
    Disintegration - The Cure
    
    
57. 
    Voodoo - D'Angelo
    
    
58. 
    (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
    
    
59. 
    AM - Arctic Monkeys
    
    
60. 
    The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
    
    
61. 
    Love Deluxe - Sade
    
    
62. 
    All Eyez on Me - 2Pac
    
    
63. 
    Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    
    
64. 
    Baduizm - Erykah Badu
    
    
65. 
    3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
    
    
66. 
    The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
    
    
67. 
    Dummy - Portishead
    
    
68. 
    Is This It - The Strokes
    
    
69. 
    Master of Puppets - Metallica
    
    
70. 
    Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
    
    
71. 
    Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
    
    
72. 
    SOS - SZA
    
    
73. 
    Aja - Steely Dan
    
    
74. 
    The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
    
    
75. 
    Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott
    
    
76. 
    Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny
    
    
77. 
    Like a Prayer - Madonna
    
    
78. 
    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
    
    
79. 
    Norman Fg Rockwell - Lana Del Rey
    
    
80. 
    The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
    
    
81. 
    After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
    
    
82. 
    Get Rich or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent
    
    
83. 
    Horses - Patti Smith
    
    
84. 
    Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
    
    
85. 
    Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
    
    
86. 
    My Life - Mary J. Blige
    
    
87. 
    Blue Lines - Massive Attack
    
    
88. 
    I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone
    
    
89. 
    The Fame Monster (Deluxe Edition) - Lady Gaga
    
    
90. 
    Back in Black - AC/DC
    
    
91. 
    Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - George Michael
    
    
92. 
    Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator
    
    
93. 
    A Seat at the Table - Solange
    
    
94. 
    Untrue - Burial
    
    
95. 
    Confessions - Usher
    
    
96. 
    Pure Heroine - Lorde
    
    
97. 
    Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
    
    
98. 
    ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott
    
    
99. 
    Hotel California - Eagles
    
    
100. 
     Body Talk - Robin
     

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