The older I get, the more I am tuned into what I really like and what I... adjacent-like. Idk how to explain it? I semi-like it? I listen to it because sometimes it has some of the characteristics of what I really, REALLY like? I used to listen to music because it was good - well made, original, competently produced and well performed. But there's so many objectively great albums that I don't feel drawn to more than some mid 2000's pop rock gothy junk.
Second opinion: there's so many artists whose fans believe all of their catalog is more or less on the same level of quality, but it isn't and perpetuating that belief only keeps people from getting into the artist. Devin Townsend, for instance. You have to invest like a month of your time to start getting into Devy, and fans will say that if you like heavy music, and melodic music, and cooky music, and poppy music, there's something to be had on each of his albums, and none are considered so much better than others (besides Ocean Machine and Terria). And they are right, and those albums are objectively good, the vast majority of them. But my god, you need a flowchart for all of that. And most of us will only find four or five albums that really, really resonate with us in the pile. Same with Steven Wilson.