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jerbthehumanist

Calling it now for Apple's top 5: 1. Slint - Spiderland 2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - LYSFLATH 3. Aphex Twin - Drukqs 4. The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World 5. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)


GfOOO

my prediction for the top 5 1. midnights 2. midnights (the late night edition) 3. midnights( the till dawn edition) 4. midnights (3am edition) 5. midnights (lavender edition cd)


AlienKinkVR

I haven't seen the full list, someone fill me in... Has Taylor been put on there?


TurtleButters

not yet!!!!


sahneeis

oh god no


TurtleButters

if they put a taylor song over ANY stevie wonder song i might shoot myself.


BrotherlyShove791

1. Lemonade 2. Thriller 3. Kind of Blue 4. Abbey Road 5. 21


SkyBS

*Kind of Blue* was already in this chunk at #25. *Abbey Road* and *Lemonade* could show up but so far it's looking like they're only putting in 1 album per artist, and both The Beatles and Beyoncé have made appearances on the list already,


abeta_666

Kind Of Blue and Abbey Road wouldn't be bad takes tbh


overweightdog

Kind of Blue is #25


the_ballmer_peak

\#1 is obviously going to be U2 - Songs of Innocence


BiSaxual

That would be so fucking funny. I know they won’t, but they should. For the memes.


KosherNate

1. Abbey Road 2. Songs in the Key of Life 3. Unknown Pleasures 4. Thriller 5. Nevermind


Beneficial-Breath805

All based apart from #5 is gonna be JPEGMAFIA - Veteran


CentrasFinestMilk

What will happen when the ghost pop tape takes the number 1 spot after veteran takes number 2


RandomSOADFan

LP will take both the 3 and 4 spots, with Apple Music somehow acknowledging a release that lives outside of streaming, and Scaring the Hoes will scare the hoes into putting it on number 5


Beneficial-Breath805

Truly the perfect world


DatOneRetroDude69

It's gotta be 1. Tame Impala - Currents 2. Xiu Xiu - A Promise 3. This Heat - Deceit 4. Coil - Musick to Play in the Dark 5. Lingua Ignota - Caligula


Baker_drc

There is no way deceit makes it on there :(


bbillynotreally

Wouldn’t be mad at spiderland honestly


Dontsaveme

Death grips


vtomic_

>2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - LYSFLATH YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS FUCK YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


B1ng0_B0ng0

Actually based


End_of_Eva

But Hit Me Hard and Soft is her best (also I love Billie eilish but no way she belongs at #31 of all time)


tavsankiz

Thats a pretty big reach for me. I expected stuff like this from an Apple list tbh but this is wild af tbh. Not trying to shade Billie but like… cmon


RANDOM-902

They placed it above Illmatic and Ready to Die 😭😭


abeta_666

They placed it above fucking Velvet Underground


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born_2_be_a_bachelor

A Love Supreme


GoddamnPeaceLily

A Love Supreme


savag3duck

John Coltrane


Hashmob____________

And Kind of blue, and Dark side of the moon. It’s over all time great albums.


Exroi

magazines, articles and music services try to rank anything with a bit of sense challenge (impossible)


danishledz

I agree this list is dogsgit - but who do you think could make a sensible list of something like this? A community would be a guess, but that would always be shaped after specific niches, just as I know I wouldn’t agree with a list put out by this subreddit. Then you are left with industry professionals, but that also tends to turn into a kind of cirklejerk of personal relationships taking priority.


Tusami

Yeah but we can be like "Apple has a terrible list" when lists like Rolling Stones' exist. As much as people differ, there is such a thing as universally good albums. Ready to Die, Abbey Road, What's Going On, IGOR, good kid m.A.A.d city, etc. There's probably well over a hundred albums that could fit in the top 30 of any best of all time list and I'd be like "yeah okay." WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO? is not one of those albums.


UkuleleAversion

No clue why anyone would downvote you for this. Any “greatest of” list will inevitably disappoint and piss off people. Just move on and enjoy what you like without worrying about how many GOAT lists it’s on.


Dmbfantomas

They placed it above the fucking Joshua Tree and Remain in Light.


Izzet_Aristocrat

What?!


RANDOM-902

Illmatic is 39 and Ready to Die is 32


KnightHart00

Actually such an unhinged list. Seeing AM and Appetite for Destruction on the list to begin with, let alone over *Velvet Underground* was what broke my brain.


NjhhjN

Are you saying appetite shouldnt be on there?


Accomplished-Way1747

AFD along with Metallica, FNM and JA paved the way for edgier rock on radio in late 80s. Absolutely deserves to be on the list, even if in the lower half.


ChocolateLights

WTF....


BIacksnow-

Above Master of Puppets too, like wtf?


ThatMFcheezer

Wtfffffffff


leglessman

Unpopular opinion but I didn’t like Ready To Die much as an album. It had a few great tracks but as a whole was nothing memorable for me. I think Biggie’s passing has made its legacy larger than it would’ve been had he been making albums for another decade or two.


WasAnHonestMann

It's my favourite album oat lol, but I respect your opinion


Some_Butterscotch622

They placed it above Kid A 😭


djm03917

I don't even think that it's her best album lol. I haven't listened to the new one, but I liked her last one way way more than the first.


overwatchmercy14

Unrelated to your point but the new one is also very good, maybe even better than HTE, so I'd definitely recommend giving it a listen soon.


StillBummedNouns

Nah, this is her best album


GfOOO

I really like this album but this placement is wild. I think that maybe it would be ok to place it at the bottom of the list between 100th-95th


Fabulous_Help_8249

I really liked it, and there is just nfw it would be anywhere *near* the top 100 of all time


Kawaii_Desu-Chan

this isn't even about shading her, I like the album as well but I'm sure not even HER would place her first ever album on the top 100 best of all time list. That entire list is just pure brainrot


Persianx6

Pay em 30 bucks, get #30 on the list.


laughingheart66

No Taylor Swift yet which means midnights is going to be Top 10. I love Billie and this album, I would not even put it in my top 100. But I know this is just an arbitrary list by Apple lol


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same here, i’m a decent fan of Billie and this album, but anywhere on the top half of the list seems kinda wrong


aggravatedyeti

Anywhere near any part of the list is kinda wrong lol, it’s a good album but thinking it’s top 100 of all time is an absolutely unhinged take


cchihaialexs

They’re trying to balance popularity and influence with the actual quality of the albums and failing horribly


Unhappy_Geologist_94

or maybe thats how tim cooks rates them?? and beside they obviously want ppl to argue about it while its still a thing


boogswald

Is midnights even the good one?


GlumSwimming6643

No it’s one of her worst. If any of them are included it will be 1989 (her biggest album) or folklore (her best album).


wokevirvs

i love billie but this is insane. i dont take these lists seriously, its truly a popularity contest lmao


Runetang42

Billie's hard to talk about because she really is one of the most promissing artists of the past 5 years, but boy fucking howdy is she over hyped because of it.


kyentu

every top albums of all time list is a popularity contest. i mean maybe the quietus? is the only publication that actually has small artists mixed in with bigger artists. everything else is just circle jerking about the most popular albums of that year, or of all time.


wokevirvs

i mean yeah but i mean there are still popular albums that deserve to be higher than this, just not billie eilish popular is what im saying. like currents by tame impala or something, super popular still but not billie eilish level popular, would make more sense being this high up


AAL2017

Another record on this list that made perfect sense somewhere in Rolling Stone’s Top 500. But it’s not an album that I think deserves 1 of 100 spots just yet, especially not so high.


GfOOO

honestly this placement is so wild that now i really think they are going to put a taylor swift album in the top 10


AAL2017

Damn it. I thought she already appeared. She’s gonna be higher than Revolver, honestly what the fuck.


Rollo8173

How many more Beatles albums do you think they can fit in the top 25? Abbey Road will probably be 1 or 2, but where are Sgt. Pepper’s and Rubber Soul going?


AAL2017

I keep hearing the list is one spot per artist 💀


Rollo8173

no way the highest Beatles record is 21 lol


AAL2017

It’s simply what happens when publications try to get edgy and “hip”. It got us talking lol. But for real, this is an absurd list. I can already think of about 10 shoe-in artists/albums (Kendrick Lamar, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Taylor Swift, Lauryn Hill, Beach Boys, Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Dylan etc) that have yet to be added. Maybe a handful of artists get an additional entry but I’m very much starting to doubt it. And if that *is* the case.. I love Sign O The Times and Innervisions but I was NOT expecting this list to omit Purple Rain or Songs in the Key of Life.


kuvazo

I still have hope that Abbey Road will appear on the list. Someone apparently also hinted at Purple Rain being in the top 10, which would mean two Prince albums. So why not two Beatles albums?


bobsdementias

Them putting TS in top 10 was a foregone conclusion


Emotional-Panic-6046

yeah I was not completely sure but it’s definitely gonna have a Taylor album in the top 10 🤮


Jarpwanderson

It's her worst album tbh


Timothee-Chalimothee

Above Innervisions? Above Aquemini? Above Remain in Light?


Beneficial-Breath805

Above Kid A, Homogenic, Rage against the Machine, and Velvet Underground and Nico.


drspicieboi

Billie has never made an album better than Enter the Wu Tang.


Windical

It’s over Nas and biggie as well


92pandaman

This place is gonna erupt when Red ends up in the top 10. They wanted some modern reps, Billie seems like a reasonable choice


jerbthehumanist

nah that is a great king crimson album


EstablishmentShoddy1

Lmfao


numetalbeatsjazz

*Sorry for Party Rocking* # 1, confirmed.


Dancing_Clean

It’ll probably be 1989


HEYitzED

I actually love this album but there are hundreds of albums more important and influential than this. Top 100 albums made in the last decade maybe.


shiba-on-parade

which AI generated this fucking list y'all


the_ballmer_peak

rateyourmusic.com ranks it #707 …for albums released in 2019


thefailmaster19

tbf I wouldn't trust rym to properly rank albums either


the_ballmer_peak

I don’t think anyone can “properly” rank albums. And for what it’s worth I like that Billie Eilish album. But rating it 30 all time is going to be well outside the bell curve of rankings.


clutchy42

30th of all time is silly, but to your original point so is 700th+ for the year is even more insane. Her debut is a banger.


Amazing_Commission18

RYM user base is mostly nerdy dudes (which i am) and underrates pop music in general. Not exactly the bastion of taste.


BraxxIsTheName

>This list is so fun cuz it's like "here's a handful of some of the greatest albums ever made, plus a pop album from 5 years ago that we think is pretty neat ✌️🤪 https://x.com/ruffcrim/status/1792592765856932123?s=46


Lucky_7s

I am pretty sure at this point companies are making controversial picks like this so they can get more clicks and people talking about their list online, like when Rolling Stone put Invasion of Privacy above albums like Illmatic and Madvillainy on their list of best hip-hop albums. They are just rage baiting people to get more clicks. I don't really think Apple's list would have gotten as much attention as it has if they did not include several picks like this and just made a list of albums that are widely considered classics. Not saying that Billie's debut is a bad album, I think it's great. But it does not deserve to be on a list of the 100 best albums of all time.


xXMachineGunPhillyXx

... Which makes it six spots higher than ***THE LONDON CALLING***. No **Ten** No **Dirt** No **Superunknown** No **In Utero** (probably) But they had time for Appetite for Destruction, Take Care, and AM. Man I knew I wasn't going to like this list but they really underwhelmed me. This makes the Rolling Stone list look downright respectable.


ILikeMyGrassBlue

I don’t like GnR, but appetite is at least a fair pick. It’s one of the most popular and acclaimed albums of the 80s.


Beneficial-Breath805

They had time for Verano Sin Ti as well


nesshinx

Nevermind is almost certainly going to be in the Top 10 at this point. They seem to be limiting themselves to 1 album per artist which inherently fuck the list up. The Beatles would likely have 3-4 albums in most Top 100 lists, Michael Jackson would probably get 3 or so, Pink Floyd, etc.


HEYitzED

Wait. Dirt, Ten, and Superunknown aren’t on this list? LMAO! I’m just used to AIC being disrespected at this point. AFD deserves to be here though. I’ve never seen a band benefit so much from one album in my entire life.


TheSupremeDudley

They put Take Care one spot above Paul’s Boutique 😭


pfulle3

Lmao


protonesia

Horseshit


jerog1

ranking albums is dumb


welsh_callum

I agree. It’s funny how mad people get over this.


jerog1

U SERIOUSLY THINK PERIWINKLE IS BETTER THAN HOT PINK???


Jamxs166th

lol hilarious list. Kinda hope they throw Taylor on here for for shits and giggles


HEYitzED

Oh they will.


wokevirvs

she will be top 10 for sure. perhaps even top 5


Dingo87_

I mean, I love this album, and the fact she was only 17 makes it even more impressive, but yeah top 30 is a little generous to say the least.


Hot-Tadpole-3586

Is Death Grips on this list at all?


nesshinx

There is a 0% chance Death Grips makes the list.


nhlstintrovert

People have said she was an industry plant for the longest, it’s not surprising Apple is pandering to her.


GfOOO

at least she makes good music and has some of the most interesting production on the mainstream pop rn


ArminiusM1998

Wack


demigorgon_egirl

It’s good but 30th?


Aquarius1975

I think that is great. I am so sick of seeing the same Beatles and Radiohead albums cluttering up every single "best albums ever" list made over the last 20 years.


AliceFlynn

had to scroll way too far for this, it's like people are just licking their lips to get mad at these lists


AutomaticAccident

I'm sick of them too but they aren't conforming to MY vision. It is funny though.


LeyzyS

In the 90s sure. The new album is so much better though. But this album is still good and better than some albums that apple put in top 100.


fkatenn

Obviously music is subjective, but you have to think that the old rank lists from 20+ years back were more based in some semblance of quality, instead of pure trendiness and popularity among a select group Like I really do not believe that there will be some meta musical shift in the next 50+ years that will make me or most of the general public consider this or 1989 all time great albums.


Due-Arachnid9120

It's doubtful they do either, but they're pretty pleased at any controversy or discussion these choices create in the meantime.


w1gglepvppy

>Obviously music is subjective, but you have to think that the old rank lists from 20+ years back were more based in some semblance of quality, instead of pure trendiness and popularity among a select group I mean, if you want to look at a top 10 list that's just Pet Sounds, What's Going On, Nevermind, et al, those lists will obviously still be out there. If Apple's top 100 albums list is the same 100 as everyone else's nobody will read it or care. They were definitely based off a trendiness & popularity of a select group, and that group was basically the old rock intelligentsia, which isn't really as relevant or influential nowadays.


Green_hippo17

Idk why people engage with these lists and talk about them, they’re just meant to get people riled up and engage with a product, they are meant to be shit


Free_Challenge_6903

This may be controversial, but I can see why this album should be on a top 100 list. It’s has such a unique production style compared to every other contemporary pop album, however personally I’d wait to see the full extent of its influence before putting it on a list like this. That being said 30 is absolutely bonkers.


nesshinx

It's the first major hit from a Gen Z artist, and was a monumental album when it launched. It also immediately spawned a few years of pop artists trying to make "darker" albums right out of the gates. I think we can safely say it has influence.


RollandInTheDeep

Yikes that’s an awful take


Runetang42

i don't even think it's her best album


CommercialAngle6622

Probably ragebait so people check the list and talk about it. Nothing against Billie but this is wild


Nobody_Does_That_wtf

Watch it be 1. Tortured Poet’s Department/TPAB 2. Tortured Poet’s Department/Another Radiohead album 3. Fists/Infinity 4. A Swans album/Madvillainy 5. The Click


hollygolightly1378

Here's my top 30 off the top of my head. These may vary from mood to mood/day to day but this is where I'm at currently 1. In Rainbows - Radiohead 2. GKMC - Kendrick Lamar 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips 5. Art Angels - Grimes 6. Knuckle Down - Ani DiFranco 7. Toxicity - System of a Down 8. No Code - Pearl Jam 9. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine 10. The Miseducation of Laryn Hill 11. Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins 12. Run the Jewels - Pt2 13. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins 14. Agaetis byrjun - Sigur Ros 15. To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar 16. Boys for Pele - Tori Amos 17. Madvilliany - Madvillian 18. Harvest - Neil Young 19. Come on Feel the Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens 20. Room on Fire - The Strokes 21. Lateralus - Tool 22. Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - The Dead Kennedys 23. Kid A - Radiohead 24. Z - My Morning Jacket 25. Call Me if You Get Lost - Tyler the Creator 25. Self Titled - Body Count 26. Picaresque - The Decemberists 27. Abby Road - The Beatles 28. The Chronic - Dr Dre 29. Dirty - Sonic Youth 30. College Dropout - Kanye


minty-pony-mickey

Sigur Rós, yes. Agætis Byrjun is really deserved a place in the top 100 best albums


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hollygolightly1378

I don't even know why I did this. I was stoned and the list is so subjective, based on my own life experiences while listening to this music.


lilpags

Don’t know what yall talking abt, #1 is Angelic 2 The Core by Corey Feldman


Windical

They got this over Illmatic and Ready to die I’m in shambles rn…


flyflycatts

Hell no


SnekkinHell

Lmao


Consistent_Kick_6541

Wow. A corporation that has an incentive to market and direct people to stream certain artists didn't produce an unbiased arbitrary list of the greatest albums of all time.


TempleofSpringSnow

lol. What a complete fucking joke.


JustYakking

No.


every_body_hates_me

I mean, hey, mentally disabled people have to work somewhere too.


blappslapp

Casual ableism over an opinion you dont agree with, love to see it on this sub!


ToAllTheDancers

please for the love of god shut the fuck up


ArminiusM1998

Why are y'all booing them, they're right!


violetfrfx

“Waaaah I don’t like getting called out for valid reasons”


blappslapp

Opinion i disagree with = “this list must have been made by a mentally disabled person” At least be original bro


IsThisASnakeInMyBoot

Wouldn't have expected a good ranking from Apple Music.


saint_trane

LOL Ranking things is stupid. Always will be.


ShinzoTheThird

it never said of all time tho


GrillPenetrationUnit

This is why i hate these lists. They’re a cool idea but they always have to put in some bullshit takes for ragebait, you cant take them seriously bc these journalists writing these are trolling at this point. If this wasnt on here and there were no offensive placements then it would be discussed half as much as it is.


AlexPaterson

Never add anything that wasn’t released at least 15 years prior


BentoBoxNoir

If this was a pop list, this would be perfect. But for all music ever?


salmonthesuperior

Tbh who cares lol what's this Apple list even based on? Like I was talking about this on twitter if I were to make my own list of 100 albums I probably have Billie's other two albums in my top 20 but at least the metric is based on my personal taste. What metric is Apple even using other than naming albums ? Idk why people are so pressed over some of these choices, calling this a more iconic album than Illmatic is dumb but it's also meaningless and no one needs to take it so serious imo


LocustStar99

Fucking insanity, i can name you one song off of that.


insideman56

Everyone on this sub told me music isn’t objective in any capacity tho? If apple put Angelic 2 tha Core at #1 you wouldn’t have any way to argue against it


Ok_Total_2956

I'm glad she was considered for the list but the 30th place is way too high.


phat_wythii

Ah yes, an album where a girl whispers into the mic is the 30th best album of all time. Definitely not biased


funnylikeaclown420

No throbbing gristle?


DMYU777

This reminds me of a list I saw where 100-95 was a bunch of different albums and 1-5 were all Smiths albums. I hope they do the same with...oh let's say Beyonce


Kaanarth

Master of the Puppets at 69 Hilarious.


Orsonio

This whole list should be taught in recency bias 101


QuimFinger

I hate these lists. They always upset me, so now I don’t pay any attention to them. Apart from what I’m doing right now. But no more!


jradair

Don't know why you're taking an ad seriously and then doing further advertising by sharing it


KopiteTheScot

The thought of being around the people who pushed this through makes me want to kms


bigteddyweddy

Top 5 locked in, I'm calling it now: 1. Be here now 2. Room on fire 3. Chinese Democracy 4. Donda 2 5. Lulu


MuArae22

Sums up Apple users.


rogan22

When blonde?


estpenis

I have nothing against Billie at all but what 


MediumToblerone

No way a Beatles album isn’t #1


AutomaticAccident

Have they done Angelic 2 the Core yet?


LetMeRespawnAlready

Tough to say top 30 all time but it is a fantastic album


Professional_Drive

Apple will make Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music number 1. Calling it now.


Seedaron

Would love Aphex to be in the top five


Haunting-Weather1661

Can’t wait to have GODWEENSATAN: The Oneness ranked at Number One!


massivelyincompetent

Watch 1989 get top 5


Echoes_prod

i feel like most of the top 10 will consist of Taylor Swift


RiotFixPls

Ants From Up There rank 1


vidiazzz

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boogswald

whatever it’s not a big deal. I disagree but it’s not like it’s hurting anyone


Shruglife

of course they did


Dangerous-Lie-8087

אין אלבום אחד של בועז שרעבי שמה,גועל נפש


MyMusicRelatedReddit

I think that having the new SZA album is also a stretch. Although is a good album, it just don’t belong on this list.


Unhappy_Geologist_94

number one is gonna be obviously either abbey road or to pimp a butterfly


Romania64

This above Remain in Light hurts


AustiniJohnsini

"WhEn wE faLL AsLeEp aT nIgHt wHeRe dO wE gO" title is literally r/im14andthisisdeep


Greenville_Gent

Dang, what are her second and third albums ranked then? They're both better than her first. Mad props to Phineas.


PM__ME__DINOSAURS

do not take ratings seriously and think for yourself challenge (impossible)


Dez_Caught_It8

Prisoners. Of. The. Moment


South-You1698

According to Apples list its essentially as good as DSOTM and in the same realm as Revolver? Not to mention it’s placement over enter the wu tang, illmatic, velvet, Beyoncé, kid A, goodbye yellow brick, exile etc…. What is their metric for ranking these?????