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:

Apple Music – Why it’s the King of streaming services

A long time ago, when music CD sales were slowing and the amount of music piracy was increasing, Apple brought a solution to the music labels. Instead of consumers needing to buy entire albums, Apple proposed individual track downloads through iTunes at the low price of $0.99. Soon, music sales ...

Musixmatch for iPhone – Know what your music is all about

Knowing a song's lyrics can add much more feeling to the tune. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to understand what the vocalist is saying. That's where Musixmatch steps in. The service claims to house the largest collection of official song lyrics. Launch the app and whatever song is currently playing ...