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2023 年度音樂推薦

你真的不用看完一整份名單。

Brien John

• 16 min read
2023 年度音樂推薦

要說年度回顧有什麼事令人彆扭，大概就是：你總覺得還沒過完一整年就回顧是否太急躁，但要真的到了下一年大家就頭也不回往前走了。

所以我們乾脆來玩個遊戲吧，姑且先忘記這是一份年度回顧。

任何人都免不了以貌取人，這個「貌」可能是某項外表特徵、行為，引起你的好奇、想像、欲望、憎惡。當你受到某種「貌」吸引而進一步認識這個人，與之深交，有時會發現他表裡如一，有時卻會窺見截然不同的性情。

不用說，音樂的「貌」當然就是封面。在還沒有音樂下載和串流的年代，試聽不總是那麼方便。偶爾幾次，我會在唱片行光憑封面就決定買下一張專輯。這有點像簽樂透，花個三四百塊買一次驚喜（或驚嚇）。

於我而言，實體唱片年代最好的事情是──你終究是花了錢買下一張專輯，而為了對得起付出去的錢，就算不特別喜歡裡頭的音樂，或主打歌以外的曲目沒那麼朗朗上口，都還是會勉力聽一兩回試試。而正因為你試了，初見時陌生詭譎的路走個幾遍也就熟門熟路了。尤其年輕時聽的音樂不多，任何專輯都像是一處未曾體驗過的秘境，好奇的時候遠多於批判的時候。

以下，我列出 134 張自己喜歡的 2023 年專輯。它們大多是 R&B、靈魂樂、爵士，也有一些電子音樂和少許的流行、K-Pop、拉丁、搖滾、嘻哈、非洲音樂。這是我每週從 Apple Music、Pitchfork、NPR、Every Noise at Once（RIP）、First Floor 等各種來源蒐集篩選後留下的名單。

遊戲規則是這樣：

  1. 你不用看完這份名單，因為又臭又長，還一堆冷門音樂。
  2. 從這堆封面中挑出喜歡的一張。（也就是想像自己走進一間唱片行，在沒得試聽的狀況下，僅憑封面決定要帶誰回家。當然，你不見得真的要花錢買下。）
  3. 封面下方都有專輯名稱和試聽連結。至少從頭到尾聽個一回。如果覺得有點意思，再多聽一兩回。（就當作是你錢花下去，不得不聽了。）
  4. 寫下你的想法。可以是兩個字「好聽」、「難聽」，也可以是五六百字甚至更長的心得。這不是作文考試啦，放心。你可以寫在我們的 Discord 社群、你的 Instagram 或 Threads 或任何你覺得自在的地方。

這個遊戲沒有什麼實質理由，只為幫你重溫（或初嘗）一種完全出自好奇和探險的心情、並為了付出的沉沒成本（？）而聽見理性決策和同溫層效應下不大有機會聽見的聲音。

很期待你會聽到什麼有趣的音樂。😆

左上：100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 上：Aaron Taylor - HAVE A NICE DAY! 右上：Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Lonnie Liston Smith - Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 左中：Alfa Mist - Variables 中：Amaria - All for You 右中：Amber Navran - Knock on the Orange Door 左下：Amor Muere - A time to love, a time to die 下：Ancient Infinity Orchestra - River of Light 右下：Andrea - Due in Color

左上：Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile 上：Aurora Dee Raynes - Ribbon of Hot Plasma 右上：AZAR AZAR - Cosmic Drops 左中：Bakar - Halo 中：Barney McAll - Emerald Hands 右中：Ben Sloan - muted colors 左下：Beverly Glenn-Copeland - The Ones Ahead 下：Billy Valentine - Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth 右下：BJ The Chicago Kid - Gravy

左上：Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond 上：Born74 & Onj - Mind Vibrations 右上：boygenius - the record 左中：Brandee Younger - Brand New Life 中：Brandon Williams - The Lover’s Suite 右中：Busty and the Bass - Forever Never Cares 左下：Butcher Brown - Solar Music 下：Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting 右下：Cautious Clay - KARPEH

左上：Cécile McLorin Salvant - Mélusine 上：Chip Wickham - Love & Life 右上：Cleo Sol - Gold 左中：Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows 中：corto.alto - Bad with Names 右中：Daniel Caesar - NEVER ENOUGH 左下：Desire Marea - On the Romance of Being 下：Dinner Party - Enigmatic Society 右下：Don Leisure & Amanda Whiting - Beyond the Midnight Sun

左上：DRAM - What Had Happened Was… (Live) 上：Duckwrth - Chrome Bull DLX 右上：Dwight Trible - Ancient Future 左中：Eddie Chacon - Sundown 中：El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game 右中：Energy Exchange Ensemble - Energy Exchange Records Vol I. 左下：Genevieve Artadi - Forever Forever 下：Glasser - crux 右下：Goapele - Colours

左上：Greg Spero - The Chicago Experiment: Revisited 上：H ZETTRIO - Beat Swing 右上：Hania Rani - Ghosts 左中：Harrison - Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees 中：Incognito - Into You 右中：Irreversible Entanglements - Protect Your Light 左下：Jalen Ngonda - Come Around and Love Me 下：James Holden - Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities 右下：Jamila Woods - Water Made Us

左上：Jesse Boykins III - New Growth 上：Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! 右上：JIHYO - ZONE 左中：Jon Batiste - World Music Radio 中：Jungle - Volcano 右中：Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? 左下：Kenyon Dixon - The R&B You Love 下：KIRINJI - Steppin’ Out 右下：Kokoroko - Could We Be More Remixes

左上：L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog 上：Land of Talk - Performances 右上：Laura Misch - Sample the Sky 左中：Laurel Halo - Atlas 中：LE SSERAFIM - UNFORGIVEN 右中：Lee Jin Ah - Hearts of the City 左下：London Brew - London Brew 下：Louis Cato - Reflections 右下：Mac Ayres - Comfortable Enough

左上：Majid Jordan - Good People / Afterhours 上：Marijus Aleksa - As They Are 右上：Mark de Clive-Lowe, Shigeto & Melanie Charles - Hotel San Claudio 左中：Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View 中：Mbuso Khoza - Ifa Lomkhono 右中：Meernaa - So Far So Good 左下：Menagerie - The Shores of Infinity 下：Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1 右下：Minor Science - Absent Friends Vol. III

左上：Mndsgn - Snaxxx 上：Moonchild - Reflections 右上：muva of Earth - align with Nature’s Intelligence 左中：Naomi Sharon - Obsidian 中：Nathan Fake - Crystal Vision 右中：Ntjam Rosie & SMANDEM. - Elle (Reworked) 左下：Oneohtrix Point Never - Again 下：Os Tincoãs - Canto Coral Afrobrasileiro 右下：OZmotic - Senzatempo

左上：Paramore - Re: This Is Why 上：Park Hye Jin - Sail the Seven Seas 右上：PawPaw Rod - This Must Be a PawPaw Rod EP 左中：Pearl & the Oysters - Coast 2 Coast 中：Petite Noir - MotherFather 右中：PinkPantheress - Heaven knows 左下：Priya Ragu - Santhosam 下：Queen Naija - After the Butterflies 右下：Raheem Bakare - allure

左上：Rainy Miller & Space Afrika - A Grisaille Wedding 上：Rắn Cạp Đuôi - *1 右上：Rozi Plain - Prize 左中：SAI - YELLOW 中：Sampha - Lahai 右中：Sandunes - The Ground Beneath Her Feet 左下：Sen Morimoto - Diagnosis 下：SFJAZZ Collective - New Works & Classics Reimagined (Live from SFJAZZ Center 2022) 右下：She Her Her Hers - Diffusion of Responsibility

左上：So!YoON! - Episode1 : Love 上：Sofia Grant - Extinction 右上：Sofia Kourtesis - Madres 左中：Soulpersona & Princess Freesia - Lucky 7 中：SUMIN - SICHIMI 右中：Svaneborg Kardyb - At Home (An NPR Tiny Desk Concert) 左下：Tash Sultana - SUGAR EP. 下：Tasha Angela - Who I Am 右下：Terrace Martin - I Left My Heart in Ladera

左上：Terrace Martin - sneek 上：Terri Walker - My Love Story 右上：THAMA - WOOOF! 左中：Tim Hecker - No Highs 中：Tommaso Cappellato - Explorare 右中：Troye Sivan - Something to Give Each Other 左下：ttwig - Mindless Meadow 下：TWYN - LYGHT YEARS 右下：Y La Bamba - Lucha

左上：Yaeji - With a Hammer 上：Yakul - Outlines 右上：Yaya Bey - Exodus the North Star 左中：YONLAPA - Lingering Gloaming 中：YUNGMORPHEUS - From Whence It Came 右中：Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music 左下：Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) 右下：Various Artists - Barbie the Album

完整專輯名單（按英文字母排序）：

  1. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
  2. Aaron Taylor - HAVE A NICE DAY!
  3. Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Lonnie Liston Smith - Lonnie Liston Smith JID017
  4. Alfa Mist - Variables
  5. Amaria - All for You
  6. Amber Navran - Knock on the Orange Door
  7. Amor Muere - A time to love, a time to die
  8. Ancient Infinity Orchestra - River of Light
  9. Andrea - Due in Color
  10. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily - Love in Exile
  11. Aurora Dee Raynes - Ribbon of Hot Plasma
  12. AZAR AZAR - Cosmic Drops
  13. Bakar - Halo
  14. Barney McAll - Emerald Hands
  15. Ben Sloan - muted colors
  16. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - The Ones Ahead
  17. Billy Valentine - Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth
  18. BJ The Chicago Kid - Gravy
  19. Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond
  20. Born74 & Onj - Mind Vibrations
  21. boygenius - the record
  22. Brandee Younger - Brand New Life
  23. Brandon Williams - The Lover’s Suite
  24. Busty and the Bass - Forever Never Cares
  25. Butcher Brown - Solar Music
  26. Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting
  27. Cautious Clay - KARPEH
  28. Cécile McLorin Salvant - Mélusine
  29. Chip Wickham - Love & Life
  30. Cleo Sol - Gold
  31. Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows
  32. corto.alto - Bad with Names
  33. Daniel Caesar - NEVER ENOUGH
  34. Desire Marea - On the Romance of Being
  35. Dinner Party - Enigmatic Society
  36. Don Leisure & Amanda Whiting - Beyond the Midnight Sun
  37. DRAM - What Had Happened Was… (Live)
  38. Duckwrth - Chrome Bull DLX
  39. Dwight Trible - Ancient Future
  40. Eddie Chacon - Sundown
  41. El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game
  42. Energy Exchange Ensemble - Energy Exchange Records Vol I.
  43. Genevieve Artadi - Forever Forever
  44. Glasser - crux
  45. Goapele - Colours
  46. Greg Spero - The Chicago Experiment: Revisited
  47. H ZETTRIO - Beat Swing
  48. Hania Rani - Ghosts
  49. Harrison - Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees
  50. Incognito - Into You
  51. Irreversible Entanglements - Protect Your Light
  52. Jalen Ngonda - Come Around and Love Me
  53. James Holden - Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities
  54. Jamila Woods - Water Made Us
  55. Jesse Boykins III - New Growth
  56. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
  57. JIHYO - ZONE
  58. Jon Batiste - World Music Radio
  59. Jungle - Volcano
  60. Kara Jackson - Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
  61. Kenyon Dixon - The R&B You Love
  62. KIRINJI - Steppin’ Out
  63. Kokoroko - Could We Be More Remixes
  64. L’Rain - I Killed Your Dog
  65. Land of Talk - Performances
  66. Laura Misch - Sample the Sky
  67. Laurel Halo - Atlas
  68. LE SSERAFIM - UNFORGIVEN
  69. Lee Jin Ah - Hearts of the City
  70. London Brew - London Brew
  71. Louis Cato - Reflections
  72. Mac Ayres - Comfortable Enough
  73. Majid Jordan - Good People / Afterhours
  74. Marijus Aleksa - As They Are
  75. Mark de Clive-Lowe, Shigeto & Melanie Charles - Hotel San Claudio
  76. Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View
  77. Mbuso Khoza - Ifa Lomkhono
  78. Meernaa - So Far So Good
  79. Menagerie - The Shores of Infinity
  80. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1
  81. Minor Science - Absent Friends Vol. III
  82. Mndsgn - Snaxxx
  83. Moonchild - Reflections
  84. muva of Earth - align with Nature’s Intelligence
  85. Naomi Sharon - Obsidian
  86. Nathan Fake - Crystal Vision
  87. Ntjam Rosie & SMANDEM. - Elle (Reworked)
  88. Oneohtrix Point Never - Again
  89. Os Tincoãs - Canto Coral Afrobrasileiro
  90. OZmotic - Senzatempo
  91. Paramore - Re: This Is Why
  92. Park Hye Jin - Sail the Seven Seas
  93. PawPaw Rod - This Must Be a PawPaw Rod EP
  94. Pearl & the Oysters - Coast 2 Coast
  95. Petite Noir - MotherFather
  96. PinkPantheress - Heaven knows
  97. Priya Ragu - Santhosam
  98. Queen Naija - After the Butterflies
  99. Raheem Bakare - allure
  100. Rainy Miller & Space Afrika - A Grisaille Wedding
  101. Rắn Cạp Đuôi - *1
  102. Rozi Plain - Prize
  103. SAI - YELLOW
  104. Sampha - Lahai
  105. Sandunes - The Ground Beneath Her Feet
  106. Sen Morimoto - Diagnosis
  107. SFJAZZ Collective - New Works & Classics Reimagined (Live from SFJAZZ Center 2022)
  108. She Her Her Hers - Diffusion of Responsibility
  109. So!YoON! - Episode1 : Love
  110. Sofia Grant - Extinction
  111. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres
  112. Soulpersona & Princess Freesia - Lucky 7
  113. SUMIN - SICHIMI
  114. Svaneborg Kardyb - At Home (An NPR Tiny Desk Concert)
  115. Tash Sultana - SUGAR EP.
  116. Tasha Angela - Who I Am
  117. Terrace Martin - I Left My Heart in Ladera
  118. Terrace Martin - sneek
  119. Terri Walker - My Love Story
  120. THAMA - WOOOF!
  121. Tim Hecker - No Highs
  122. Tommaso Cappellato - Explorare
  123. Troye Sivan - Something to Give Each Other
  124. ttwig - Mindless Meadow
  125. TWYN - LYGHT YEARS
  126. Y La Bamba - Lucha
  127. Yaeji - With a Hammer
  128. Yakul - Outlines
  129. Yaya Bey - Exodus the North Star
  130. YONLAPA - Lingering Gloaming
  131. YUNGMORPHEUS - From Whence It Came
  132. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
  133. Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
  134. Various Artists - Barbie the Album