@noyoushutthefuckupdad There are records I would never want to listen to on vinyl (my go-to example is Radiohead's _OK Computer_), but vinyl is still a great format, if only for the cover art.
That said, many artists use those cracks and pops in their own records to get an absolutely mesmerising sound, like Portishead, Massive Attack or The Avalanches.
Finally, CD remasters suck. Even with cracks and pops, people knew how to produce records that sounded awesome back then. That seems to be a lost art now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu6yO7jrT_U