These Are the 100 Best Albums of All Time, According to Apple Music

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.

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