The (unsolicited) top albums of 2023

Dec. 14—I am not a music critic. Ranking the best albums of the year, like many outlets do, doesn't make sense to me. I understand it, I'm entertained by it, but for the most part, the quality of music cannot be quantified in any valuable numeric measure. Simply put, a rap album cannot fairly be compared to a folk album, nor any other combination of genres. This means that my (unsolicited) …