Counterpoints:

To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

The Rising Tide - Fort Minor

The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

Wretched and Divine - Black Veil Brides

Lincoln Park’s entire discography

Natural Causes - Skylar Grey

Endgame

Appeal To Reason - Rise Against

Eminem’s entire discography (Revival excluded)

Oh my heart - mother mother

Fallen - Evenescence

The Search - NF

Carolus Rex - Sabaton NMNB Amorphous - Icon for Hire

Goodbye and Good Riddance - Juice WRLD

What distinguishes a good album from a mixtape (which is what the article was essentially describing when it said albums where dead) is in a good album there is a central theme (be that a story, emotion or simply a repeated refrain) the songs flow into each other each building on the last, a good album also has a good opening and closing track that introduce or resolve all the tension in the album. It is true many people don’t listen to albums from cover to cover anymore, but those who truly love music do because most of the time it is the best way to enjoy it