Cupertino is cheering after Taylor Swift’svery public change of heart , but other artist have not been as easy to court in favour of Apple ’s unexampled cyclosis serve .
Apple Music , whichlaunched Tuesday dawn , now boasts an exclusive on Swift ’s bestseller,1989 , after the artist defy to take into account her novel album to be on any streaming services . Apple Music also has another surprising raw mate : Thom Yorke . Like Swift , the Radiohead frontman has been avocal opponent of pour services , pulling birdcall from his solo record album and his side project off Spotify . Apple Music , however , count with Thom Yorke’sThe EraserandTomorrow ’s Modern Boxes;Amokby Yorke ’s side labor Atoms for Peace ; and even Radiohead’sIn Rainbows , all notably abstracted from Spotify .
Other artist who were once dumb or hesitant to spring on streaming services are all onboard with Apple Music at launch , including Led Zeppelin , Metallica , Pink Floyd , Black Sabbath , Bob Dylan , Jason Aldean , and AC / DC , which just brought its intact catalogue to every major streaming serve this week .
Prince’s artist page is just blank space
However , a few artists are still not ready to commit to Apple Music . The Beatles are a big — but wait — holdout . It took Apple year to bring The Beatles to the iTunes Store and whenit finally did in 2010 , the company did an intact ad safari about it . If Apple Music included The Beatles ’ catalogue , we would have heard about it weeks ago .
Prince has had a love / hate human relationship with the Internet since the Napster days , so his hesitation to jump in bed with Apple Music should n’t be that big of a surprise . It ’s interesting to note , however , that Prince ’s music , including his latest album , is currently available to stream on Spotify . [ Update : Prince has pulled all his musicfrom Spotify , Rdio and Deezer , but remain available on Tidal and on Google Play Music All Access . ]
Just like other cyclosis services , Apple Music has other catalogue gap here and there . Music by Garth Brooks , Joanna Newsom , Tool , and Bob Seger has never been useable on any streaming religious service , and the launching of Apple Music did n’t seem to change that .
Meanwhile some creative person are follow the Taylor scheme and holding out on offering their latest albums to Apple Music . The Black Keys ’ two late album , El CaminoandTurn Blue , show up on Apple Music , but most tracks are unplayable . Only a handful of singles from each album are available to stream for promotional purposes , same as in Spotify .
rarified album are also punishing to come by . Fleetwood Mac’sFuture Gamesand Justice’sPlanisphereare also overlook from Apple Music and unavailable on Spotify as well .
for fill in these gaps , Apple Music lets you upload music from your own iTunes depository library and seamlessly integrate those caterpillar track into Apple Music ’s catalogue . ThePurple Rainsoundtrackis $ 9.99 on iTunes , the same Leontyne Price as an Apple Music monthly subscription .
