Apple Music’s Best 100 Albums list is out, and it’s generating heated debate on the socials and within our ranks. According to Apple’s experts, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is #1, followed by Michael Jackson’s Thriller, The Beatles’ Abbey Road, Prince’s Purple Rain and Frank Ocean’s Blonde.
Stevie Wonder, Kendrick Lamar, Amy Winehouse, Nirvana and Beyoncé also have Top 10 entries.
The Rolling Stones get one album (#55), as does David Bowie (#24), Steely Dan (#73), and Neil Young (#81).
Among the celebrated artists and bands who didn’t make the Top 100 are The Byrds, The Band, Randy Newman, Creedence, Linda Ronstadt and Tom Petty.
Peruse the entire list at Apple Music or, less arduously, at appleinsider.
Don’t forget to take your blood-pressure meds before you do.