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🫡 Apple Music 100 Best Albums


Will be fun to follow Apple Music’s “editorial statement” the next ten days. Hard to do this across genres, but I’ll try and listen to all of them.

Here’s the first ten:

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

UPDATE #1:

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

UPDATE #2:

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

UPDATE #3:

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

UPDATE #4:

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

UPDATE #5:

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

UPDATE #6:

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

UPDATE #7:

30. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?, Billie Eilish
29. The Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest
28. The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
27. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin
26. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
25. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
24. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
23. Discovery, Daft Punk
22. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
21. Revolver, The Beatles

UPDATE #8:

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

UPDATE #9:

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

Originally published by DK on May 14, 2024 at 9:14 am in Music, Untweets


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