Whatever happened to listening to albums as they were meant to be listened to? These days, we find ourselves shuffling through thousands of songs and artists all mixed together. Let’s listen to our iTunes music library the way the artists intended us to, one album at a time. Thats exactly what Albums lets you do. There is no cluttered interface, no confusing controls, in fact there aren’t any controls at all. That’s the minimalist beauty of Albums.

Albums (feat. Louie Mantia) is just one of our favorite music apps for iPhone and iPad. We’ve collected all of our favorites here. And if you’d like to see more of our top app selections in different categories, just head on over to our Best Apps Series.

Here are a couple of our other picks of the best music apps for iPhone and iPad:

Spotify – Make your music a community experience

While Apple Music has been a long time in the making, now that its out Apple's streaming contenders have been upping their game. At the top of the heap is Spotify. Originally available in Europe for years before its US release, Spotify has a huge collection of tracks available to ...

WhoSampled for iPhone – Discover the history of your music

Have you ever listened to a new song and asked yourself, "Haven't I heard this before?" You very well could have! For years, music artists and producers have "borrowed" parts of other songs and recycled them into there own creations. This is called sampling in the industry. It's easy to ...