100 Albums in 2023

#1: Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition) 2015

I was excited to read about the 100 Albums in 12 Months Challenge from Amber Walters. Buddy Gott conceived of this fun challenge here.

100 Albums in 12 Months Challenge: February

The 100 New-To-Me Albums in 2023 Challenge: My Master List of Albums I’ve Heard So Far This Year

A note on my version of this challenge

I don’t write about music. I don’t even really talk about it. So, instead of writing a review which would have no real bearing on anyone’s life, I want to use this challenge to actually listen to a new album straight through (something I never do anymore since the invention of always streaming, always shuffling, impossible to get through music libraries). Which also will have no real bearing on anyone’s life.

I got through college doing my work while listening to a CD, a giant sketchpad to the left of my…