Purely anecdotal but I bought around 8 CDs this year. The first time buying any in many years. I just want to listen to an album and not fuck with playlists on

Purely anecdotal but I bought around 8 CDs this year. The first time buying any in many years. I just want to listen to an album and not fuck with playlists on my phone. I want to hear what message an artist has to actually say not just slap corporate approved pop hits on the way home. I don't want my listening to be a point in some dataset to be later sold.