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The Best Ambient Albums of the 2020s

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2020s

1. The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?

The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?

May 1, 2020

Critic Score

87

9 reviews

2. The Bug - Fire

August 27, 2021

Critic Score

86

12 reviews

3. Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8

Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8

September 3, 2021

Critic Score

86

6 reviews

4. Gazelle Twin & NYX - Deep England

Gazelle Twin & NYX - Deep England

March 19, 2021

Critic Score

85

6 reviews

5. Ólafur Arnalds - some kind of peace

Ólafur Arnalds - some kind of peace

November 6, 2020

Critic Score

85

7 reviews

6. Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Pigments

Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Pigments

October 21, 2022

Critic Score

83

5 reviews

7. Nicolas Jaar - Cenizas

Nicolas Jaar - Cenizas

March 27, 2020

Critic Score

83

8 reviews

8. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

Ryuichi Sakamoto - 12

January 17, 2023

Critic Score

82

7 reviews

9. Burial - Antidawn

Burial - Antidawn

January 6, 2022

Critic Score

82

10 reviews

10. Pauline Anna Strom - Angel Tears in Sunlight

Pauline Anna Strom - Angel Tears in Sunlight

February 19, 2021

Critic Score

82

10 reviews

11. Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders

Mary Lattimore - Silver Ladders

October 9, 2020

Critic Score

82

10 reviews

12. Adrianne Lenker - instrumentals

Adrianne Lenker - instrumentals

October 23, 2020

Critic Score

82

18 reviews

13. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts V: Together

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts V: Together

March 26, 2020

Critic Score

80

11 reviews

14. William Basinski - Lamentations

William Basinski - Lamentations

November 13, 2020

Critic Score

80

9 reviews

15. Ian William Craig - Red Sun Through Smoke

Ian William Craig - Red Sun Through Smoke

March 20, 2020

Critic Score

80

6 reviews

16. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts VI: Locusts

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts VI: Locusts

March 26, 2020

Critic Score

80

11 reviews

17. Whatever The Weather - Whatever the Weather

Whatever The Weather - Whatever the Weather

April 8, 2022

Critic Score

80

6 reviews

18. Loscil - Clara

May 28, 2021

Critic Score

80

7 reviews

19. Karima Walker - Waking the Dreaming Body

Karima Walker - Waking the Dreaming Body

February 26, 2021

Critic Score

79

7 reviews

20. Grouper - Shade

Grouper - Shade

October 22, 2021

Critic Score

79

16 reviews

21. claire rousay - A Softer Focus

claire rousay - A Softer Focus

April 9, 2021

Critic Score

79

6 reviews

22. 青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] - アダンの風 (Windswept Adan)

青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] - アダンの風 (Windswept Adan)

December 2, 2020

Critic Score

79

10 reviews

23. Szun Waves - Earth Patterns

Szun Waves - Earth Patterns

August 19, 2022

Critic Score

79

5 reviews

24. Arca - kiCK iiiii

Arca - kiCK iiiii

December 3, 2021

Critic Score

79

16 reviews

25. Gia Margaret - Mia Gargaret

Gia Margaret - Mia Gargaret

June 12, 2020

Critic Score

79

6 reviews

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