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Mar 27
Nicolas Jaar
Cenizas
83
critic score
(8)
74
user score
(788)
Mar 24
Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams
Aporia
70
critic score
(20)
55
user score
(475)
May 1
The Soft Pink Truth
Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?
87
critic score
(9)
72
user score
(406)
Sep 25
Anna von Hausswolff
All Thoughts Fly
77
critic score
(10)
72
user score
(382)
Mar 26
Nine Inch Nails
Ghosts V: Together
80
critic score
(11)
72
user score
(353)
Oct 28
Onision
I Am Trash
1
user score
(344)
Oct 23
Adrianne Lenker
instrumentals
82
critic score
(19)
75
user score
(340)
Jul 17
Nicolas Jaar
Telas
76
critic score
(10)
71
user score
(324)
Mar 26
Nine Inch Nails
Ghosts VI: Locusts
80
critic score
(11)
69
user score
(306)
Jul 10
Julianna Barwick
Healing Is a Miracle
76
critic score
(14)
72
user score
(292)
Oct 16
Autechre
SIGN
77
critic score
(14)
71
user score
(283)
Nov 6
Ólafur Arnalds
some kind of peace
85
critic score
(7)
75
user score
(282)
Oct 9
Mary Lattimore
Silver Ladders
82
critic score
(10)
74
user score
(273)
Dec 25
OMORI
OMORI [Original Soundtrack]
85
user score
(257)
Nov 13
William Basinski
Lamentations
80
critic score
(9)
71
user score
(224)
Mar 20
Lyra Pramuk
Fountain
83
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(218)
Nov 13
Ana Roxanne
Because of a Flower
77
critic score
(7)
75
user score
(157)
Oct 23
Actress
Karma & Desire
75
critic score
(10)
67
user score
(134)
Jun 12
Gia Margaret
Mia Gargaret
79
critic score
(6)
74
user score
(129)
Mar 28
Nils Frahm
Empty
78
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(114)
Mar 20
Roger Eno & Brian Eno
Mixing Colours
74
critic score
(15)
64
user score
(113)
Mar 6
Pantha Du Prince
Conference of Trees
77
critic score
(6)
70
user score
(111)
Dec 25
Four Tet
Parallel
76
critic score
(3)
68
user score
(109)
Sep 2
Ludwig Göransson
TENET (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
82
user score
(106)
Mar 27
Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini
Illusion Of Time
73
critic score
(9)
70
user score
(89)
Jun 19
Gustavo Santaolalla & Mac Quayle
The Last of Us Part II (Original Soundtrack)
83
user score
(88)
Mar 20
Clarence Clarity
DEAD SCREEN SCROLLS
80
critic score
(1)
62
user score
(82)
Apr 24
Lorenzo Senni
Scacco Matto
78
critic score
(7)
69
user score
(77)
May 22
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Peripeteia
78
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(73)
Mar 20
Ian William Craig
Red Sun Through Smoke
80
critic score
(6)
70
user score
(72)
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Aug 11
Chris Christodoulou
Risk of Rain 2
88
user score
(72)
Mar 20
Hiroshi Yoshimura
Green
86
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(67)
May 15
Hania Rani
Home
85
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(65)
Jun 5
Lena Raine
Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack)
76
user score
(64)
Sep 27
冥丁 [Meitei]
Kofū
73
user score
(59)
Apr 7
Trhä
nvenlanëg
83
user score
(56)
May 1
Elysia Crampton
Orcorara 2010
82
critic score
(3)
73
user score
(53)
Jan 15
Green-House
Six Songs for Invisible Gardens
72
user score
(49)
Jan 17
Ulla
Tumbling Towards a Wall
80
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(49)
Feb 21
Radiohead
Treefingers (Extended Version)
90
user score
(49)
Jan 10
Craven Faults
Erratics & Unconformities
78
critic score
(4)
67
user score
(46)
Jul 24
Jon Hassell
Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two)
77
critic score
(7)
69
user score
(46)
Sep 18
Sarah Davachi
Cantus, Descant
73
critic score
(5)
68
user score
(44)
Dec 22
Rory in early 20s
Setari No Miu
72
user score
(44)
Jun 12
Noveller
Arrow
75
critic score
(8)
73
user score
(42)
Jan 10
Susanne Sundfør
Self Portrait Original Soundtrack
71
user score
(41)
Jan 24
Marek Kamiński & Piotr Michałowski
Luna
76
user score
(40)
Mar 20
MGMT
As You Move Through The World
80
user score
(39)
Sep 25
Khotin
Finds You Well
81
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(39)
Mar 27
Jacaszek
Music for Film
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(38)
May 1
Nathan Micay
The World I'm Going To Hell For
76
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(37)
Feb 28
Loke Rahbek & Frederik Valentin
Elephant
72
user score
(37)
Dec 3
Nils Frahm
Tripping with Nils Frahm
79
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(36)
Jan 6
Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri
Una presencia en la brisa
69
user score
(34)
Sep 4
Diplo
MMXX
57
user score
(33)
Nov 13
Emily A. Sprague
Hill, Flower, Fog
73
critic score
(2)
69
user score
(32)
Dec 21
아버지 [father]
residue
77
user score
(31)
Jan 24
Robert Haigh
Black Sarabande
75
critic score
(3)
71
user score
(31)
Apr 10
Amazing Blizzard
Circles
60
user score
(29)
Feb 14
Nyx Nótt
Aux Pieds de la Nuit
65
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(29)
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