Pitchfork's 16 Best Ambient Albums of 2020

Whether offering solace, transport, or simple numbness, these albums perfectly suited a year of lockdown.

Published: December 23, 2020 15:00 Source

# 1

Because of a Flower by Ana Roxanne

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Ambient

# 2

Cosmic Surveillance (Volume 1) by Cosmic Surveillance

Album • Nov 13 / 2020

# 3

Hill, Flower, Fog by Emily A. Sprague

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Ambient

# 4

Holy Palm by Flora Yin-Wong

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Ambient Post-Industrial Electroacoustic Field Recordings

# 5

Double Bind by Geneva Skeen

Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Ambient Drone

# 6

the hum of your veiled voice by Jake Muir

Album • Oct 22 / 2020 Ambient

# 7

Peel by KMRU

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Ambient Drone

# 8

Meta Door L by Perila

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Ambient

# 9

leaving everything to be desired by Pinkcourtesyphone

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Dark Ambient Drone

# 10

Jupiter and Beyond by Rafael Toral + João Pais Filipe

Album • Nov 06 / 2020 Ambient

# 11

Kite Symphony, Four Variations by Roberto Carlos Lange

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Electroacoustic Ambient

# 12

A Pan-Air Music by Roland Kayn

Album • Dec 04 / 2020 Tape Music

# 13

Cantus, Descant by Sarah Davachi

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Drone Ambient

# 14

hybtwibt? by Space Afrika

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Sound Collage

# 15

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

Album • May 01 / 2020 Ambient Ambient Techno

# 16

Tumbling Towards a Wall by Ulla

Album • Jan 30 / 2020 Ambient Ambient Dub