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Apple Music Counting Down 100 Best Albums of All Time
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More like, when she isn't the entire top ten.
And don't get me wrong, even if she couldn't sing a lick, she'd already be among the very best songwriters in history. But there are only a few entire albums I could listen to and TS ain't got one of em.
This gimmick is now a trope. I guess companies/orgs do this all the time because it works to get eyes but it is silly IMO.
At the turn of the millennium this was done for almost anything. IIRC MTV did one for the top music videos of all time, the winner being rightfully Jailhouse Rock outtake. And for recordings of the 20th century I think it Louis' What A Wonderful World.
Whatever Apple Music is selecting will likely not be as important as those two.
At the turn of the millennium this was done for almost anything. IIRC MTV did one for the top music videos of all time, the winner being rightfully Jailhouse Rock outtake. And for recordings of the 20th century I think it Louis' What A Wonderful World.
Whatever Apple Music is selecting will likely not be as important as those two.
If it gets people talking directly or indirectly about Apple Music I think its a good marketing vehicle. For me personally, I was never a fan of greatest hits or albums lists. As the caption on my posts suggests, I am not very interested in majority opinion.
Best albums or best popular albums? Popularity isn't a measure of quality. Plus, WTF is "best"? So many factors. Especially when mixing genres. But it will still be interesting to review and hate on.
This is fair, but did they actually release any 'albums'? I'm admittedly ignorant of what the music production process was in that period, so this is meant as a serious question. I assume they are limiting this list to music that was recorded and mass produced, onto a disc, for mass consumption, at the time?
Don't think they made albums back then LOL
They didn't, so I'm sure they'd be excluded from a "best albums" list. I agree that that music is among the best ever written, but even if it were included in a best albums list, how would you determine WHICH recording to include? Do you pick the recording done by the Berlin Philharmonic or the Chicago Symphony or...? Bit of a rabbit hole.
The problem is that musical taste is highly subjective of course but I suppose it will work for the mainstream people. From the about 700 albums I own, I expect less than 10 to be on this list.
If Swift and Drake populate the top 10 this list will truly suck and music production is ready to be taken over by AI.
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I would absolutely love it (for the comedic sake of watching the world fall apart) if the top 10 albums are all Taylor Swift albums.
They should have a separate list with actual musicians, so Hotel California and the like will be properly respected. If that makes me a “boomer,” than glad to have lived with real music that gets crushed in iPad commercials. Representing personalities masquerading as “musicians” is what this current list will likely be about. Now get off my lawn!
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My picks for the top four:
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Back In Black - AC/DC
(I'm dating myself here but great music is forever)
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Back In Black - AC/DC
(I'm dating myself here but great music is forever)
Who are the experts? If it’s anything like Rolling Stone lists it’s going to be hot garbage. Let’s not forget their original 100 greatest singers list had John Lennon and Bob Dylan in the top 10 and only two women in the top 20 (Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner).
Looks like a right load of old nonsense - put together by someone who is largely musically illiterate. Still, I guess that it will serve its purpose.
Which is why these lists are hot garbage. I know fitting artists into ‘genres’ is highly subjective but throwing all genres into the same pile and coming up with the 100 best is incredibly subjective too.
Interesting visual essay on how 'the greatest' isn't forever. https://pudding.cool/2024/03/greatest-music/
Was Body Talk "best album" material? It was a good album but I wouldn't consider it great. I know lists like these are subjective but I was surprised to see Body Talk at 100
You forgot The Beatles and Nirvana. Guarantee one or both of those artists is in the top 10.
Not to sound like that guy, but if any rap, pop, or country album made after 1990 is on that list you know it’s nonsense. But I’m sure 90% of it will be garbage that’s popular because it’s forcibly played on the radio by that garbage company that also owns all radio.