By pretty much every metric, Bad Bunny’sUn Verano Sin Tishould be a shoo-in for Album of the Year. The Puerto Rican superstar’s fourth solo LP debuted at Number One on theBillboard200 and stayed there for nine weeks; upon its release, it notched the biggest streaming week of 2022. ...
But then a baritone sax slashes through the tranquility like a ray of searing heat, and an entire flock of skronking woodwinds gather. As Cross sings, “I’m in wonderful disarray,” her voice is stretched to strain before it’s lost in a swarm of saxophone, trumpet, and parrot ...