2020 Album Of The Year

Album Of The Year

Ian William Craig - Red Sun Through Smoke (9.5)

不管怎麼說我是很喜歡這張，是阿揚跟我說很好聽我才會去聽的，不過阿揚應該會說他上一張比較讚…？我是覺得這張從第一首好聽到最後一首，Ian William Craig 也真的是很會編又很會唱，後面鋼琴跟一些音效搞得很情感豐沛，然後他唱得又超煽情，真的是很… 我想到年的最後其實這種好像反而不會被選為一年之中最好的幾張專輯之一，不過我是覺得反而就是這張才是到頭來在聽到他歌聲的一瞬間就會覺得「哇我就是這個聲音了」的那種音樂——不會講，總之很好聽。

台灣最佳專輯

Alex Zhang Hungtai, Tseng Kuo Hung - Longone (8.4)

我就真的很喜歡這種音樂…

Runners-up

• Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still (9.5)
  • 不管怎樣一旦 Ulcerate 出新專輯我個人就是一個聽爆
• Bing & Ruth - Species (9.4)
  • 很好聽的 ambient，好像其實沒有受到很多關注？應該要有的
• William Basinski - Lamentations (9.1)
  • 其實他比我想像中來得衰老，看他各種花式貼文感覺是個很搞笑的歐吉桑…
• Regular Citizen - Patsy Hangdog (9.0)
  • 我後來覺得這張應該才是今年最愛專輯，但是評分是絕對的，當然不是說 IWC 不夠好… 但這張很讚
• Duval Timothy - Help (9.0)
  • 錯過這個真的錯過很多
• R.A.P. Ferreira - Purple Moonlight Pages (9.0)
  • 這張也是出現在很多年終榜上，話說 Milo 一向都是以作品質量聞名的歌手
• Meitei - Kofū (8.9)
  • 到這一天你如果還沒聽過我真的是也不知道要說什麼
• Olan Monk - Love/Dead (8.8)
  • Awesome post-punk music.
• Zelienople - Hold You Up (8.8)
  • Just when you thought nobody is doing sadcore music anymore…
• Ai Aso - The Faintest Hint (8.8)
  • 緩飆阿姨重出江湖，跟以前一樣好聽
• Blu & Exile - Miles (8.7)
  • This one is on a lot of year end lists. Says something about how good this one is.
• Joyfultalk - A Seperation Of Being (8.7)
  • 古錐合成器音樂
• Yaeji - What We Drew (8.7)
  • 我覺得很好聽

Honorable Mentions (aka Other Stuff I Really Like This Year)

Metal

• Pyrrhon - Abscess Time (8.6)
  • 我覺得這張是他們出過最讚的
• Asetias - False Peace (8.6)
• Krallice - Mass Cathexis (8.5)
  • 大哥們又出山啦
• Faceless Burial - Speciation (8.4)
• Uniform - Shame (8.2)
  • 這來台灣會回本嗎

Ambient

• KMRU - Peel (8.6)
  • Kenyan ambient. 完全是可以跟各大線上 artists 一拼的水準，很好聽
• Offthesky, The Humble Bee - We Were The Hum Of Dreams (8.6)
• Nyx - Aux Pieds De La Nuit (8.6)
• Grand River - Blink A Few Times To Clear Your Eyes (8.6)
• Ulla - Tumbling Towards A Wall (8.6)
• Teleplasmiste - To Kiss Earth Goodbye (8.6)
  • 老實說我以為這張會更高分的… 這張好聽，但不建議做事的時候聽，聽的時候不專心的話就真的是可惜了
• Vague Imaginaires - L’Île Sous l’Eau (8.5)
  • 感想跟上面那張一樣
• Racine - Quelque Chose Tombe (8.5)
• Anna Von Hausswolff - All Thoughts Fly (8.4)
• Sarah Davachi - Cantus, Descant (8.3)
• Felicia Atkinson - Everything Evaporate (8.3)
• Roméo Poirier - Hotel Nota (8.1)

Electronic

• Farwarmth - Momentary Glow (8.6)
  • Glitchy IDM
• Beatrice Dillon - Workaround (8.6)
  • 今年初剛出的時候覺得這張八成就是今年很前面的專輯了，結果殘念
• Evan Caminiti - Varispeed Hydra (8.5)
  • 好聽，超 dub
• Loke Rahbek, Frederik Valentin - Elephant (8.5)
  • 好聽
• Theo Parrish - Wuddaji (8.4)
• Chekov - Aerated (8.4)
• Ana Roxanne - Because Of A Flower (8.4)
• Nicolas Jaar - Telas (8.4)
• Shackleton, Wacław Zimpel - Primal Forms (8.4)
  • 年底認識了來自波蘭的新朋友 Matt，才知道 Instant Classic 已經關起來了…
• Alva Noto - Xerrox, Vol. 4 (8.4)
• Speaker Music - Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry (8.4)
  • 一邊聽一邊唸書，讚
• Kush Jones - Strictly 4 My Cdjz 6 (8.4)
• The Fear Ratio - They Can’t Be Saved (8.4)
  • 好聽
• Numinos - Grain (8.3)
• Croatian Amor & Varg2™ - Body Of Lila (8.3)
• Mechatok - Defective Holiday OST (8.3)
• Vatican Shadow - Persian Pillars Of The Gasoline Era (8.2)
• Piezo - Perdu (8.2)
  • 很好聽喔，很讚
• African Head Charge - Churchucal Chant Of The Iyabinghi (8.2)
• Actress - Karma & Desire (8.2)
  • Underrated
• Ireen Amnes - In The Land Of Silence (8.2)

Hip-hop

• Jme - Grime MC (8.6)
• Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist - Alfredo (8.6)
  • DJ Akademiks ain’t even a real DJ…
• Kenny Segal, Serengeti - Ajai (8.4)
• The Koreantown Oddity - Little Dominiques Nosebleed (8.3)
• They Hate Change - 666 Central Ave. (8.1)

Experimental / Modern Classical / 不會分

• Phew - Vertigo KO (8.5)
• Kassel Jaeger - Swamps/Things (8.5)
• Jonny Nash, Suzanne Kraft - A Heart So White (8.5)
• The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? (8.4)
• FUJI||||||||||TA - Iki (8.4)
• Iceblink - Carpet Cocoon (8.4)
• Laura Cannell - The Earth With Her Crowns (8.4)
• Rafael Anton Irisarri - Peripeteia (8.4)
• Drew McDowall - Agalma (8.3)
• Chris Korda - Polymeter (8.2)
• Bill Nace - Both (8.2)
• LEYA - Flood Dream (8.2)
• Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, Burnt Friedman - Yek 2 (8.1)
• Cory Smythe - Accelerate Every Voice (8.0)
• Mong Tong 夢東 - Mystery 秘神 (8.0)

Punk / Rock

• Fontaines D.C. - A Hero’s Death (8.5)
• Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter (8.5)
• Sprain - As Lost Through Collision (8.5)
• MJ Guider - Sour Cherry Bell (8.4)
• Moor Jewelry - True Opera (8.1)

Pop / R&B

• Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure? (8.4)
• 問題總部 It’s Your Fault - User Guide: I (8.4)
• Bill Callahan - Gold Record (8.4)
• Moses Sumney - græ (8.4)
• Adrianne Lenker - Songs (8.3)
• Yukika - Soul Lady (8.3)
• Fleet Foxes - Shore (8.3)
• Bibio - Sleep On The Wing (8.3)
• Loma - Don’t Shy Away (8.3)
• Sega Bodega - Salvador (8.3)
• Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind (8.3)
• downy - 第七作品集『無題』(8.2)
• Ghostpoet - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep (8.2)
• Lafawndah - The Fifth Season (8.2)
• Perfume Genius - Some Dream (8.2)
• Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas (8.2)
• Kate NV - Room For The Moon (8.1)
• Sevdaliza - Shabrang (8.0)

Jazz

• Seamus Blake - Guardians Of The Heart Machine (8.4)
• Deantoni Parks - Silver Cord (8.3)
• JAF Trio - JAF Trio (8.3)
• Asher Gamedze - Dialectic Soul (8.2)