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[@dunnowhat2say566]

No Melodrama, no Renaissance and no TPAB is crazy, also i think they picked 1989 TV for moral reasons i want to believe they had the og in mind😭 anyway they should’ve went with Red or folklore, those are her magnum opuses

[@noitsbecky.4291]

completely agree. a modern pop album from taylor being the one album that makes it on this list is mind blowing. i LOVE 1989 but i feel so uneasy as to why it made it but folklore or red didn’t make it.

[@bqnanaaa4838]

red and folklore easily surpass 1989 !

[@parallaz_]

Melodrama is some sleepy mid. Good thing it wasn't on here

[@kalmanta1824]

Renaissance can be so easily listened to front to back, it’s like a history lesson on the whole Dance genre condensed as an endlessly enjoyable DJ set. Every single person involved in its creation did one hell of a job.

[@CatNagTaylorsVersion]

They were only going to go with one Taylor album because a certain group of music critics were going to complain no matter what Taylor album got chosen so I think that’s why they went with 1989 since that’s the Taylor record most of the critics that would’ve complained no matter what tend to enjoy. Red is her critical darling, it has a little bit of everything especially genres that were under represented on the list. Folklore is her strongest writing on a record overall but I’ve seen a lot of critics turn on this record especially because critics are starting to not enjoy Taylor more and more. If we’re looking at her best answer most critically acclaimed works there pickings we’re going to be from Fearless, Red, 1989, and folklore, I really think certain artists and certain albums shouldn’t have been on the list to make way for Melodrama, Rensiance, TPAB, and maybe another Taylor pick with it being ether Red or Folklore. I’m not going to say which albums those albums should’ve replaced because I’m not about to catch heat especially from my own fandoms (I enjoy most artists that made it onto the lists and most albums too), but I did notice Apple Music is ether the exclusive streamer or exclusive sellers list for the deluxe versions of the albums that ,add it on here so….yeah

[@jonhenke1504]

I always find it strange with dark side of the moon not being in the least in the top five of every one of these lists! It's 50 years old and it still sells 8,000 copies a week!! All the lyrics are accurate when it comes to living life and are timeless! And the musical compositions are even better!

[@socialsheen91]

Beyonce’s self-titled album is the reason why music is released on a Friday nowadays instead of Tuesdays, plus the first ever album with videos released at the same time. That album made Beyonce from an icon to a legend.

[@kalmanta1824]

He’s saying he doesn’t agree with including more recent albums and goes on by demanding Renaissance over Self-titled 😂 Not that’s he wrong though, but S/T is super influential and the right pick.

[@zachbryanchicago]

Beyonce's self-titled should be there because it's THEE modern-day album for Feminism.

[@1coven]

​@@kalmanta1824I understand that it should be taken into account when talking about the "greatest music of all time" but I think most people over exaggerate influence that an artist or album has on other artists. The actual quality of an album should be 90+ percent of the criteria for why 1 album is better than another. It doesn't matter who did it first, if the person who did it second did it best, then we should consider it a better album.

[@RyanSchilling-fg9qn]

But the album has not a single good vocal or song on it

[@zachbryanchicago]

@@RyanSchilling-fg9qn every song is literally good vocal and a masterpiece

[@ciarandouglas3917]

Jeff Buckley omission .. My favourite album of all time

[@kasenhicks9774]

Grace is in my top 5

[@jamespatrick74]

exactly. its a top 10er of all time

[@alicesevastou3641]

Yeah I still don't understand choosing 1989 (especially tv) over folklore, which is taylor's best songwriting. 1989 is good but it's just a basic pop album, not deserving to be here and especially in the top 20. I agree that red would've also been a great option. Folklore is more cohesive as an album though

[@dunnowhat2say566]

Taylor might have better albums but saying 1989 is basic is crazy

[@alicesevastou3641]

@dunnowhat2say566 okay I can respect this. It's still not deserving of this spot

[@scottmoir7501]

Nah, red is better imo and probably objectively but to deride 1989 as “basic” is ehhh. It’s very tightly written pop and combines great lyricism with amazing productions and hooks. It has low points in bad blood and shake it off but it shows Taylor rlly well as someone who can write great lyrics regardless of genre

[@alicesevastou3641]

@scottmoir7501 I see your point and I agree. Maybe "basic" was far-fetched, I just meant that 1989, alone, doesn't really showcase why taylor stands out as a songwriter. And being placed so high seems crazy to me, especially since taylor alone has a few albums that in my opinion top it. (Speak now, red, folklore, evermore)

[@Skroskznik]

Having Swift over Joni Mitchell is wrong to begin with, put Taylor at 100 and scratch Robyn

[@dreambrother80]

I just subscribed to your channel simply because outside of another youtuber, you are the only reactor that actually can give a proper analysis of the majority of the albums on this list. Respect 🙌🏽😊

[@NathanHautain]

Tori Amos always gets forgotten in these. She's one of the best songwriters to have ever lived imo, Little Earthquakes and Under The Pink are both classics who inspired so many artists in recent years (Olivia Rodrigo for example). Many people just label her as a Kate Bush wannabe but she soars over Kate in terms of both piano technique and vocals

[@jamespatrick74]

Agreed. i feel the same about fiona apple and pj harvey

[@ajreese6071]

madvillainy, blonde on blonde, loveless, tpab, grace jeff buckley but also graceland paul simon, selected ambient works, and yeah in rainbows amongst the already mentioned snubs

[@HsioxIdixii]

I honestly don’t even hate the Taylor’s version of 1989 I think people exaggerate a lot about it and how it stands vs the original but it’s clearly for moral reasons and the ethics of it when you think about it the stolen versions are pretty much blacklisted at this point and Taylor is every streaming services top artist of all time of course they can’t and won’t put that one Apple have a good relationship with her

[@annikahughes1586]

i disagree on the Lorde take. i personally love Pure Heroine way more!

[@Count_Deangeli]

For pop and hip-hop nerds watching this channel that should be a decent list

[@C23_I]

Albums that should’ve been included on the list IMO: Toxicity- System Of A Down Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin Renaissance - Beyonce Violator - Depeche Mode Ocean Blvd / Born To Die - Lana Del Rey Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix In Utero - Nirvana In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel TPAB - Kendrick Lamar Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen Folklore - Taylor Swift In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

[@TheJONMATADOR]

They always forgot king Crimson, i don't know why hahaha wtf

[@YesNo-yl6ws]

Highly agree with king crimson and velvet rope, like how did they pick control over velvet rope AND rhythm nation

[@zachbryanchicago]

folklore NO, that album is just chasing sounds. it's not bad, but offers nothing new or innovative.

[@C23_I]

@@zachbryanchicago I personally prefer evermore, but folklore shows Taylor’s potential as a songwriter and artist. Plus that indie folk sound suits her way more than pop.

[@2tr6dinquwjos]

@@C23_I that’s great and all, but whilst it can be a great Taylor album that doesn’t mean in belongs in the top 100 albums of ALLLL time?!

[@toriiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

I’ll laughed out loud when you said “how could I forget about blond?!?” and then pretty much did the same pose as the album cover at 24:53

[@khushshah2020]

apple music description for why 1989 was picked focuses on what the album meant for taylor's and her transition to pop so I think they mean to pick 2014 album but morally felt obligated to use her version

[@noitsbecky.4291]

makes sense bc putting the old version would a low blow although the og is way better.

[@gerardovazquez6441]

In the Taylor version there is no Max Martin, the main composer of the album, this is also immoral. Furthermore, let's not fool ourselves anymore, the whole epic of the re-recordings has been the perfect excuse to sell her catalog to the fans again. Maenstream artists never owned the masters

[@LK-lz6lk]

​@@gerardovazquez6441 To sell his catalog again?? Most artists don't have the 💰 to purchase their masters. Prince tried & had major label issues as well. Re-recording was a risk...being backed into a corner & a desperate attempt to get out of it. Nobody wants to be in a position to have to try & do that. (Much less use it as an excuse.)

[@gerardovazquez6441]

@@LK-lz6lk If you want to be the owner of your music, don't knock on the door of a record label, you have to manage yourself. If successful artists kept the masters, the music industry would not exist.

[@LK-lz6lk]

@@gerardovazquez6441 There's a diff btwn owning the masters from the jump, after so much time/yrs &/or getting first dibs if they ever decide to sell them. Taylor gets to own her masters with her new label & they're still making a ton of $ so...

[@mike_ere]

No Emotion is insane if we are talking modern pop records

[@jamesvanderbilt201]

i had never listened to an arctic monkeys album and decided to take your advice and listen to debut and omg…one of my new fav albums. thanks!

[@2tr6dinquwjos]

Love that they’re fantastic !!

[@spencerdobkin9479]

Quit with the recency bias. Most of these recency bias picks are not even top 1000. No Grace, Paranoid, So, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Moondance and nothing by Ray Charles, The Who, Smashing Pumpkins, Elliot Smith or Queen is criminal...putting Taylor Swift above Pet Sounds makes the whole list irrelevant. Pet Sounds is #1.

[@britneyisqueen]

it’s crazy blackout didn’t make this fucking list

[@integerdivision]

In addition to some you mentioned: Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips Pink Moon - Nick Drake Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon Transatlantism - Death Can for Cutie And missing but I think it’s too soon: Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers Inside - Bo Burnham

[@integerdivision]

And where the fuck is Wilco?

[@integerdivision]

Also, still no edit button on YT. I did write Death Cab, but thank you phone for “correcting” it for me.

[@CrypticlyEncrypted]

@@integerdivisionthere is an edit button lol

[@mitzie8352]

lol all i think about now when i see lists like this is "Will would hate this" :P

[@noahkinnisten2940]

nick drake, elliot smith, weezer, jeff buckley, the roots, cocteau twins ommisions are sad

[@Yagirlnyesha]

Renaissance shouldve been on the list idc

[@risizirevlon4338]

U can't be serious,that album is nowhere near top100 of all time

[@airyanawaejah2323]

beyonce albums are top 100.

[@idiotsandwhich5797]

Madvillainy by mf doom should of been on here If they were picking pop records why isn’t Emotion by Carly Rae Jepsonon here King crimson???????? Jeff Buckley🫠 And sufjan stevens and Elliot smith were robbed

[@KalebPlaysStuff]

I think Billie deserved to be on it but not 30 lol. I will say it’s a bold choice!

[@tvfreak7777]

I think the 1989 album is at the right place, in my opinion it's one of the most iconic pop albums of that decade. The choice which version I think is harder. If you see it from nostalgic point, the original wins as many people who were with her music that time they remember it like that. Otherwise the re record proves the album whitstand the test of time. It's very unusual for a 10 year old album to be remastered or recorded and hit that big again. Most of the times after 10 years music go to a not cool phase and it's more after 20 years people start liking it again because of sentimental values.

[@aidanm.m]

I know it is hella recent but if they wanted a Billie Eillish album, picking her debut over Happier Than Ever is crazy.

[@Sobok-fj3bt]

Could you please react to RM's new album called "Right Place, Wrong Person"? I would love to know what you think! It's an alternative jazz/ hiphop, psychedelic trip of an album. A masterpiece sonically and production wise...

[@porkins74]

This is a bad list but some of your observations are even worse! Gave you a thumbs up though.

[@LynnHermione]

please please react to Right Place Wrong Person by BTS' RM! it's super experimental and i think youll like it

[@ofcgirl1439]

No Fiona Apple and Joanna Newsom :(

[@jeoniejeon6840]

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[@noredoosno2929]

Anti is way too high lol

[@airyanawaejah2323]

It's a generic modern pop, I don't no why it's in this list.

[@FlumpDuster]

People hatin on Springsteen, born to run sound be #1

[@RJ-rm2nk]

Saying pure heroin didn’t deserve its spit is crazy considering the influence it had towards modern day artists

[@blademasterislit]

why did a guy say the beatles are overrated then after the guy said abbey road is good he started saying there good, the meat riding is crazy.

[@nathieboy1987]

Bat Out of Hell, which is 14x platinum with more than 43 million copies sold worldwide is not on this list? And don't get me started that Celine Dion has been omitted, as has Savage Garden.

[@Xxrocknrollgod]

We will never get an honest list due to PC culture

[@troyundroy1]

The list was ironic in that was all about causing a commotion, whilst being one of the most woke lists of all time

[@kensilverstone1656]

The problem here is that is not the best albums of the last 30 years but of "all time."

[@DouhaBenHamad-up8bu]

Hello i would like to see you react on Rm new album right peoples wrong place he is a Korean rapper the album got 11 tracks whit many good genres ( english + Korean ) 2 feats whit american singers you should give him a try thank you ❤ even you if you find my comment !!! 😘💞

[@jamesvanderbilt201]

Discovery LP should have been on there imo…and Folklore/Red by Taylor…and no Mariah Carey?

[@airyanawaejah2323]

Maria carey and taylor swift albums aren't top 100.

[@jamesvanderbilt201]

@@airyanawaejah2323 According to Apple Music and Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift albums are top 100.

[@k-lawn]

Zero change that a while male artist was going to get top honors.

[@2tr6dinquwjos]

1989 the 18th best album of ALL time… HUH!

[@spencerdobkin9479]

Insanity

[@2tr6dinquwjos]

@@spencerdobkin9479 I’m so confused how can it possibly be 18 😭

[@EntrEsprit]

1989 clears Red; pop rock isn't her thingy as much as pure pop and folk pop

[@Lakejones18]

Sorry, NOT a steely dan fan?

[@SteezKaytranada]

i think he's thinking it's way too high

[@damaxan8855]

I was about to bet my life that in rainbows gon be at top 10

[@ivancervera3360]

I did not see a single classic latin album… no juan gabriel, jose jose, Rosio durcal, old shakira, wtf is this

[@ronnix23]

The biggest miss is Graceland by Paul Simon. It’s easily top 25.

[@robertsteinberger5667]

Drake, Beyonce, Lorde and Taylor Swift and Travis Scott dont deserve to have a place in the top 100

[@msmit152]

"good kid maad city is just as good as to pimp a butterfly" -- no it's not

[@jamespatrick74]

when were you born buddy? clearly a millenial or Gen Zer. Ill help you buy a Clue. this list missed one of the best albums of the 90s jeff Buckley - Grace,. Clearly a list that has problems with representation in many genres, and decades in general LOL. Here r a few options:Pj harvey born to die, tori amos little earthquakes, fiona apple when the pawn or FTBC, No grunge representation, where is pearl jams Ten? AICs Dirt? Stone temple pilots Core? and where on Earth is Soundgarden??? The black hole sun album? Wheres a depche mode album, a new order album, a pixies album? Wheres Ben Harpers welcome to the cruel world? Silverchairs Diorarama? No doubts Tragic Kingdom? The prodigy mid 90s album, Massive Attacks protection, lemonheads its a shame about ray, Garbages brilliant 1995 album, Elvis friggin Costello!, Sebadohs bakesale, Sonic Youth 1991, Smashing Pumpkins siamese dream. Putris, patehtic list that caters to Millenials and gen zers.

[@2tr6dinquwjos]

It’s a shame but inevitable, you can literally see how Kanye being an objectively awful person the last few years has already probably irrecoverably tarnished his music legacy. The quality of so many of his albums mean that he should have at least two, maybe even three, in the top 100 but alas

[@risizirevlon4338]

People try to overrate older albums to prove taste,there's no reason why you'd say 21 is a little too high,it definitely deserved top 15 or even more

[@spencerdobkin9479]

It's the opposite. Gen Z bias and they grew up with terrible music.

[@risizirevlon4338]

@@spencerdobkin9479 Well,it's not our fault that most of the older music don't have any replay value today,but still...I don't care if u young or old,21 is just a masterpiece n questioning its spot is just ridiculous

[@caseywlamb8066]

@@risizirevlon4338no ❤ it’s not top 15 should be way lower. Hope this helps

[@risizirevlon4338]

@@caseywlamb8066 I think maybe u mean higher than Lemonade,Blond n GKMC,definitely not lower...that's one of the best albums of all time

[@caseywlamb8066]

@@risizirevlon4338 it’s not-there’s probably at least 10 bob dylan albums better than it alone not including literally every other artist ever

[@phillinsogood]

They chose some albums where the artist has better albums. Apple Music knows that if Taylor wasn’t on the list and ranked in the top 25 her fans would Lea e Apple Music for Spotify. ☕️

[@tittyslayer5458]

or maybe they just like taylor music

[@unjoying9850]

The girl is mine is the best song off of thriller

[@YesNo-yl6ws]

Absolutely not, baby be mine clears

[@robertsteinberger5667]

Lauryn hill number one, what a joke

[@mason_yt444]

Hey Gen Z, we put SZA in the top 100 😏 You guys like SZA, right?? 😝

[@artsplats]

Hell no

[@nonamecommenter]

React to eternal sunshine by Ariana Grande

[@albanana683]

"AC DC has a functional purpose" - sorry had to stop watching there. And I'm not an AC DC fan.

[@aarivera6534]

I just realized that Loveless and The White Stripes are not on here…

[@aarivera6534]

Or Leonard Cohen or Sufjan

[@Miserere860]

rym npc

[@aarivera6534]

@@Miserere860 I could’ve named more underground stuff. Those are very surface level

[@Miserere860]

@@aarivera6534 underground doesn’t mean good.

[@aarivera6534]

@@Miserere860 yeah but what exactly makes the picks “rym npc”? And it’s a lot of great underground music that went unnoticed that was great, which I guess is up to debate

[@akisearu1486]

i agree with most of your takes as always, crazy to not include vespertine in a list like this

[@kellyhopper751]

?? No Harrys House?

[@RyanSchilling-fg9qn]

You must be joking

[@airyanawaejah2323]

What? Harry style?

[@2tr6dinquwjos]

Obviously not 🤣 not sure if this is satire hahah

[@jorgekech]

this is list a joke

[@ThatSteven20]

Ridiculous

[@loading...948]

1989 is a perfect example of a weak pop bibles. Might as well be chapters and verses.

[@charligan]

1989 should've been too 15 AT LEAST but that's just me

[@guyroo9974]

it shouldn't have even been on the list

[@f4gsforpele]

Bffr 😭

[@charligan]

@@guyroo9974 most awarded pop era of all time mind you

[@YesNo-yl6ws]

You’re right that is just you 😂😂

[@airyanawaejah2323]

​@@charliganyou don't know how award show work? Don't ya?

[@babypeach5814]

1st!!

[@vayres7512]

Just crap. Thriller in number 2? What are you talking about? Kanye, Janet, Guns and roses, 50 cent, Jay-Z, Swift are just supermarket products. Music is something else. Dark Side of The Moon in number 28 is a crime. Missing Crime of the century- Supertramp, Dire Straits, King Crimson, Genesis, Boston, Green Day, Jackson Browne, New Order and others.

[@yesi2117]

Yessss finally someone who understands