Witness the problem with subjective lists. No one will agree with the selections except for the person making the list. That’s the classic definition of subjectivity: “There are as many top 100 album lists as there are fans of popular music albums.”
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Apple Music Reveals Top 10 Albums of All Time
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Witness the problem with subjective lists. No one will agree with the selections except for the person making the list. That’s the classic definition of subjectivity: “There are as many top 100 album lists as there are fans of popular music albums.”
REDICULOUS.
Apple Music today unveiled its list of the top 10 albums of all time, with Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" securing the number one spot.
The announcement is part of a 10-day countdown event culminating in a special finale featuring discussions with prominent artists and Apple Music hosts. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," released in 1998, was praised for its impact and relevance. Hill was given an award made of blasted anodized aluminum sourced from recycled Apple products. The top 10 albums list is as follows:
- 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 selection process involved Apple Music experts and a group of artists, songwriters, producers, and industry professionals. This ranking is described as a modern, 21st-century evaluation of the greatest records ever made, created independently of streaming statistics.
In addition to the top 10 list, Apple Music has created 100 audio vignettes to accompany each album on the list, providing context and stories behind the records. These vignettes, along with additional content, are available across Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books.
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"Incredibly mediocre"? You are more generous than I am, that's for sure, lol.
Impossible. Music as a mode of human creativity is far too wide and deep to accomplish that with so few available slots. You’d have to make it more like a top 1000. And even then you’d be sure to piss off most people.
Apple already does what you’re asking for, by the way. They offer hundreds of curated playlists across just about every genre. They just don’t spotlight them and call them “best” in most cases.
if you write "of all time", it has to be "of all time", not a good 50% of it from modern years to appeal to the kidz.
Apple Music has many types of music available to play. The top 100 albums list should cover the entire Apple Music catalog.
I'm giving "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" a listen. Proof that musical taste is subjective.
Nah, I’m younger and the full 100 list is like half sh*tty modern pop music to pander to gen Y/Z
edit: Not that there isn’t a ton of good modern music, but it’s not what’s on the Billboard Hot 100 lol
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There are albums going back to the 50's on the top 100 list. What year, in your estimation, did good music stop being made?
tell me you consume zero modern culture without telling me you consume zero modern culture🤣
Well, music recording has only existed since the middle of the 19th century and written music wasn’t standardized and codified until the 17th century. So “all time” is a basically meaningless quality anyway.
As to what constitutes the “best” albums of “all time,” the point is that it’s completely subjective. There IS NO objective list of the best albums of all time. There is no objective list of the best albums of ANY time.
This isn't a list of the 100 best pieces of music of all time. It's a list of albums and classical music simply doesn't fit the "album" format very well. Classical music predates the format, which came about as a way to package and present 20th century popular music.
Well, it's very clear to me you did not read carefully, furthermore you appear to have a penchant for not only putting words in others' mouths but also taking liberties with the very meaning of words.
Not all criticism is subjective. You can keep saying "i did x" all you want, it doesn't change reality, the facts are in this thread.
I don't think anyone would think this list is about technical ability, and it certainly doesn't appear to be a "best" one either.
I don't think it would be less palatable. People would see new things in the list a give it a listen. Or...who cares if it is less palatable...taste in music needs to grow and expand.
Horrendous!!
I thought 11-100 weren't too disasterous, but MY GOD, what a catastrophe the top 10 is!! 🤦♂️🤣
I thought 11-100 weren't too disasterous, but MY GOD, what a catastrophe the top 10 is!! 🤦♂️🤣
Sure it is. It's just that your "best", my "best", and Apple Music's "best" are all different. And that's ok, really.
Classical music does fit the album format because the players can make a work sound good or meh, ergo a classical album is good or bad; it can be on the Apple list.
Doesn’t make it any less true.
As someone that doesn't live in an English speaking country... who the heck are Kendrick Lamar and Frank Ocean?
Also, if they had to include a Beyoncé album, surely they shouldn't have picked that one? 'I Am Sacha Fierce' at least managed international appeal and contained a number of strong hit songs, even if half the tracks were lousy.
Also, if they had to include a Beyoncé album, surely they shouldn't have picked that one? 'I Am Sacha Fierce' at least managed international appeal and contained a number of strong hit songs, even if half the tracks were lousy.
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False.
Yes it is. Artistic criticism is inherently subjective.
Yet you keep suggesting that technical ability is a valid metric for a list like this. It isn’t. This list is a subjective collection of albums that Apple’s editors chose to promote as “best.” It can not and will never be some kind of technical exercise in the evaluation of musicianship or a ranking of album sales or a representation of critical consensus. What you’re demanding isn’t possible. There is no way to objectively assign a quality like “best” to artistic output. It’s a matter of subjective taste.