Earlier this year, Apple Music picked its 100 Best Albums and the list was appreciated globally. The music platform doesn’t want to stop there. Apple Music has announced that it’s publishing a new hardcover book to commemorate the album list. But the price tag for the limited edition is set at $450.
Perhaps the pricing has to do with the fact that luxury company Assouline is only selling 1,500 copies of the book, each with a hand-printed number. The hardcover book also features a “sleek translucent slipcase” and “gold-edged pages”.
“Every book comes in a custom-designed translucent acrylic slipcase etched with the Apple Music logo, while the linen hardcover is debossed with the same logo to perfectly line up behind the etching. The back of the case is engraved with the edition number, and inside the book, there is a hand-numbered ex libris to further highlight the limited nature of this release. The edges of the book’s pages are gilded with a sparkling gold that mirrors the title on the spine,” said a note from Assouline.
The 208-page book contains a foreword from Apple Music 1 radio host Zane Lowe, followed by album art and details about each of the albums on the list.
Apple Music’s inaugural list of the greatest records ever made encompasses more than 65 years of music. The list spans from 1959, with Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, to as recently as Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti, which debuted in 2022. The list, which includes artists as stylistically diverse as Billie Eilish and Metallica, Travis Scott and Talking Heads, invited spirited conversations around the world.
“If our list sparks more debate among fans outside of Apple Music and gets people talking passionately about the music they love, then we’ve done what we set out to do,” says Zane Lowe, global creative director and co-head of artiste relations at Apple Music.