Apple Music Reveals Top 10 Albums of All Time

[kpluck]

Man, I knew the list would be bad, these types of lists almost always are, but I had no idea it would be as awful as it is.

-kp

 

[Eorlas]

i think lauryn hill is fantastic...i'm not quite in agreement of putting that over Thriller, particularly considering that Thriller revolutionized essentially all music that followed it.

the rest of the entire list is whatever, just some people's opinions without a clear guideline to clarify how this is going to work.

the actual top spot is questionable.

 

[zosokm]

Why is Led Zeppelin 4 ( untitled ) not even in the top 20 ? No Sgt Peppers ?

 

[newyorksole]

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy deserved better!

 

[cfountain72]

There is irony in the fact that some folks on a Mac site think that the ‘Best’ of something should be judged by sales/streaming volume.

 

[redbeard331]

No Spice Girls?!?

 

[Analog Kid]

If anyone remains skeptical that Jobs is really dead: no Dylan.

 

[Badger.with.hat]

Feeling like I switched universes because I've listened to a lot of offbeat arthouse/cool-guy tryhard music without ever hearing about lauryn hill.

It sounds good but this sounds like one of those post-hoc things where they try to pretend an artist was way more popular in its time than they really were.

Buy hey, at least there's no U2 on there

 

[vipergts2207]

If anyone remains skeptical that Jobs is really dead: no Dylan.

#14

Buy hey, at least there's no U2 on there

#49

 

[garranhado]

Missing the “Black Album“ (Metallica) that made a generation and put metal on mainstream.

 

[vipergts2207]

I listened to some of the Lauryn Hill album. These are my first impressions which can obviously change upon subsequent listenings. The first song is an intro so no comment really. Didn’t really like the second and third songs and both are rather skippable to me. ‘To Zion’ which features Carlos Santana on guitar was good. To my surprise I had actually heard ‘Doo Wop (That Thing)’ before, I just didn’t realize it. I suspect many other people have as well. This song was excellent. ‘Superstar’ and ‘Final Hour’ were decent with the latter being a pretty fun listen. ‘When It Hurts so Bad’ was kind of meh. Potentially another skippable one for me. At 16 songs, that’s the halfway point and I didn’t have time to listen anymore.

 

[goborgh]

Solved. I just asked ChatGPT to make that list for me.

1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
3. The Beatles - Revolver
4. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
5. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
6. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
7. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
8. The Clash - London Calling
9. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
10. The Beatles - The White Album
11. Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions
12. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
13. The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
14. The Beatles - Abbey Road
15. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
16. Nirvana - Nevermind
17. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
18. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
19. Michael Jackson - Thriller
20. Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight
21. Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings
22. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
23. James Brown - Star Time
24. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
25. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
26. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
27. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend
28. The Ramones - Ramones
29. The Band - Music from Big Pink
30. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
31. Carole King - Tapestry
32. Eagles - Hotel California
33. Muddy Waters - The Anthology
34. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
35. U2 - The Joshua Tree
36. The Who - Who’s Next
37. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
38. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle Vol. 1
39. Sly and the Family Stone - Greatest Hits
40. Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
41. Radiohead - OK Computer
42. Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
43. Prince - Purple Rain
44. AC/DC - Back in Black
45. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
46. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
47. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
48. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
49. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
50. The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
51. Little Richard - Here’s Little Richard
52. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
53. Al Green - Greatest Hits
54. Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul
55. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
56. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
57. The Rolling Stones - Beggar’s Banquet
58. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
59. Billy Joel - The Stranger
60. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
61. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
62. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
63. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
64. The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
65. Joni Mitchell - Blue
66. The Doors - The Doors
67. Pink Floyd - The Wall
68. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus
69. The Band - The Band
70. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
71. Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits
72. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
73. Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
74. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
75. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
76. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
77. Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
78. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
79. The Who - Tommy
80. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
81. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
82. Steely Dan - Aja
83. Prince - Sign ‘O’ the Times
84. Sly and the Family Stone - There’s a Riot Goin’ On
85. Paul Simon - Graceland
86. Carole King - Tapestry
87. Van Halen - Van Halen
88. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
89. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
90. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
91. Nirvana - In Utero
92. U2 - Achtung Baby
93. The Police - Synchronicity
94. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
95. Metallica - Master of Puppets
96. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
97. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
98. The Clash - The Clash
99. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
100. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full

 

[Analog Kid]

#14


#49

Seemed it was obvious we were talking about the top ten...

 

[svish]

Surprised with some of the entries on the list.

 

[delsoul]

That Apple list is about as credible as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. No credibility at all. Considering how many devices Apple sold with that U2 album nobody asked for, I’m shocked that U2 album isn’t #1

 

[Surf Monkey]

Solved. I just asked ChatGPT to make that list for me.

1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
3. The Beatles - Revolver
4. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
5. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
6. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
7. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
8. The Clash - London Calling
9. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
10. The Beatles - The White Album
11. Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions
12. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
13. The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
14. The Beatles - Abbey Road
15. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
16. Nirvana - Nevermind
17. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
18. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
19. Michael Jackson - Thriller
20. Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight
21. Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings
22. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
23. James Brown - Star Time
24. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
25. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
26. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
27. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend
28. The Ramones - Ramones
29. The Band - Music from Big Pink
30. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
31. Carole King - Tapestry
32. Eagles - Hotel California
33. Muddy Waters - The Anthology
34. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
35. U2 - The Joshua Tree
36. The Who - Who’s Next
37. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
38. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle Vol. 1
39. Sly and the Family Stone - Greatest Hits
40. Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
41. Radiohead - OK Computer
42. Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
43. Prince - Purple Rain
44. AC/DC - Back in Black
45. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
46. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
47. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
48. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
49. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
50. The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
51. Little Richard - Here’s Little Richard
52. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
53. Al Green - Greatest Hits
54. Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul
55. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
56. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
57. The Rolling Stones - Beggar’s Banquet
58. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
59. Billy Joel - The Stranger
60. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
61. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
62. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
63. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
64. The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
65. Joni Mitchell - Blue
66. The Doors - The Doors
67. Pink Floyd - The Wall
68. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus
69. The Band - The Band
70. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
71. Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits
72. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
73. Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
74. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
75. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
76. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
77. Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
78. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
79. The Who - Tommy
80. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
81. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
82. Steely Dan - Aja
83. Prince - Sign ‘O’ the Times
84. Sly and the Family Stone - There’s a Riot Goin’ On
85. Paul Simon - Graceland
86. Carole King - Tapestry
87. Van Halen - Van Halen
88. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
89. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
90. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
91. Nirvana - In Utero
92. U2 - Achtung Baby
93. The Police - Synchronicity
94. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
95. Metallica - Master of Puppets
96. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
97. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
98. The Clash - The Clash
99. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
100. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full

What a list! Evidently ChatGPT hasn’t really heard of post punk, EDM and about a dozen other relevant genres that it barely touched on in favor of the most predictable and boring choices from the “golden age” of rock and roll.

 

[vipergts2207]

Seemed it was obvious we were talking about the top ten...

First, some posts indicate that not everybody realizes Apple ranked 100 albums, not just 10. Also, it would’ve made a big difference if Dylan was 4 spots higher? Ok I guess lol.

 

[goborgh]

What a list! Evidently ChatGPT hasn’t really heard of post punk, EDM and about a dozen other relevant genres that it barely touched on in favor of the most predictable and boring choices from the “golden age” of rock and roll.

My prompt was “of all time” so I think those didn’t make the cut, not anything after 2000 for that matter, which sounds right to me

 

[Downhilltenago]

Ridiculous list.

Literally horrible!

 

[Surf Monkey]

My prompt was “of all time” so I think those didn’t make the cut, not anything after 2000 for that matter, which sounds right to me

It’s all in the wording of the prompt. Here’s a little more rounded result:

Creating a list of the 100 best popular music albums of all time is a subjective endeavor, but here's a diverse list that spans various genres and eras, based on critical acclaim, influence, and popularity:

1. The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967)
2. Michael Jackson - "Thriller" (1982)
3. The Beach Boys - "Pet Sounds" (1966)
4. The Beatles - "Abbey Road" (1969)
5. Pink Floyd - "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973)
6. Bob Dylan - "Highway 61 Revisited" (1965)
7. Nirvana - "Nevermind" (1991)
8. Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On" (1971)
9. Fleetwood Mac - "Rumours" (1977)
10. The Rolling Stones - "Exile on Main St." (1972)
11. Led Zeppelin - "IV" (1971)
12. The Beatles - "Revolver" (1966)
13. Radiohead - "OK Computer" (1997)
14. The Clash - "London Calling" (1979)
15. Prince - "Purple Rain" (1984)
16. Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run" (1975)
17. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Are You Experienced" (1967)
18. David Bowie - "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (1972)
19. Stevie Wonder - "Songs in the Key of Life" (1976)
20. U2 - "The Joshua Tree" (1987)
21. The Beatles - "The White Album" (1968)
22. Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue" (1959)
23. The Velvet Underground - "The Velvet Underground & Nico" (1967)
24. Carole King - "Tapestry" (1971)
25. The Rolling Stones - "Let It Bleed" (1969)
26. Bob Dylan - "Blonde on Blonde" (1966)
27. Kendrick Lamar - "To Pimp a Butterfly" (2015)
28. The Who - "Who's Next" (1971)
29. Lauryn Hill - "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" (1998)
30. The Beatles - "Rubber Soul" (1965)
31. Beyoncé - "Lemonade" (2016)
32. Joni Mitchell - "Blue" (1971)
33. The Smiths - "The Queen Is Dead" (1986)
34. Public Enemy - "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" (1988)
35. Elvis Presley - "Elvis Presley" (1956)
36. Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970)
37. Queen - "A Night at the Opera" (1975)
38. Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Legend" (1984)
39. The Strokes - "Is This It" (2001)
40. OutKast - "Stankonia" (2000)
41. Metallica - "Master of Puppets" (1986)
42. Kanye West - "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (2010)
43. Guns N' Roses - "Appetite for Destruction" (1987)
44. Arcade Fire - "Funeral" (2004)
45. The Doors - "The Doors" (1967)
46. Beastie Boys - "Paul's Boutique" (1989)
47. R.E.M. - "Automatic for the People" (1992)
48. John Lennon - "Imagine" (1971)
49. Prince and the Revolution - "1999" (1982)
50. Talking Heads - "Remain in Light" (1980)
51. Adele - "21" (2011)
52. Madonna - "Like a Prayer" (1989)
53. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Ready to Die" (1994)
54. Stevie Wonder - "Innervisions" (1973)
55. James Brown - "Live at the Apollo" (1963)
56. Oasis - "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" (1995)
57. Frank Ocean - "Blonde" (2016)
58. Elton John - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973)
59. Blondie - "Parallel Lines" (1978)
60. Curtis Mayfield - "Super Fly" (1972)
61. The Police - "Synchronicity" (1983)
62. Sly and the Family Stone - "There's a Riot Goin' On" (1971)
63. Van Morrison - "Moondance" (1970)
64. Amy Winehouse - "Back to Black" (2006)
65. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Damn the Torpedoes" (1979)
66. Jay-Z - "The Blueprint" (2001)
67. The Kinks - "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society" (1968)
68. Paul Simon - "Graceland" (1986)
69. Pearl Jam - "Ten" (1991)
70. Janis Joplin - "Pearl" (1971)
71. George Michael - "Faith" (1987)
72. Depeche Mode - "Violator" (1990)
73. D'Angelo - "Voodoo" (2000)
74. The Cure - "Disintegration" (1989)
75. Jeff Buckley - "Grace" (1994)
76. Beck - "Odelay" (1996)
77. Black Sabbath - "Paranoid" (1970)
78. Aerosmith - "Rocks" (1976)
79. Bruce Springsteen - "Born in the U.S.A." (1984)
80. The Eagles - "Hotel California" (1976)
81. LCD Soundsystem - "Sound of Silver" (2007)
82. Dr. Dre - "The Chronic" (1992)
83. Neil Young - "Harvest" (1972)
84. Joy Division - "Unknown Pleasures" (1979)
85. The Pixies - "Doolittle" (1989)
86. Elton John - "Elton John" (1970)
87. Green Day - "Dookie" (1994)
88. My Bloody Valentine - "Loveless" (1991)
89. Marvin Gaye - "Let's Get It On" (1973)
90. Wu-Tang Clan - "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" (1993)
91. Liz Phair - "Exile in Guyville" (1993)
92. Kanye West - "Graduation" (2007)
93. The White Stripes - "Elephant" (2003)
94. The Band - "Music from Big Pink" (1968)
95. Sam Cooke - "Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963" (1985)
96. Run-D.M.C. - "Raising Hell" (1986)
97. Massive Attack - "Blue Lines" (1991)
98. Talking Heads - "Speaking in Tongues" (1983)
99. The Replacements - "Let It Be" (1984)
100. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" (1991)

This list represents a broad spectrum of popular music, incorporating rock, pop, hip-hop, soul, and more, to reflect the diverse and evolving nature of the genre.

 

[goborgh]

It’s all in the wording of the prompt. Here’s a little more rounded result:

My prompt was ¨Generate a list of the best 100 albums of all time¨. No conditioning. It could have listed rap albums but it didn’t. I think we can agree that either prompt made a way better list than Apple’s.

 

[H_D]

Lookee — ChatGPTs O is into the Oldies.

That list, like any other, be it Apple or Rolling Stone or Steven Wilson, is hyper subjective. Because there are no neutral best ten.

 

[Analog Kid]

First, some posts indicate that not everybody realizes Apple ranked 100 albums, not just 10.

Also, it would’ve made a big difference if Dylan was 4 spots higher? Ok I guess lol.

To me? No. To Steve:

A playlist of Steve Jobs' favourite songs

With songs by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and more, we have created a playlist of Steve Jobs' favourite songs.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

…lol…

 

[vipergts2207]

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Hmm, it seems perhaps you’re unaware of this, but people don’t always read the article before commenting. Case in point…

Apple Music Reveals Top 10 Albums of All Time

Is there a larger list? This article only references a top 10, and there’s is no one named “Aja” on it…

forums.macrumors.com

In any case, it’s kind of weird to be so combative over me simply stating the ranking of the album of the artist you had referenced. If you want to take offense to that… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Surf Monkey]

My prompt was ¨Generate a list of the best 100 albums of all time¨. No conditioning. It could have listed rap albums but it didn’t. I think we can agree that either prompt made a way better list than Apple’s.

I wrote basically the same thing but I added “popular music” to albums.