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
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Because of a Flower | Ana Roxanne | Nov-13-2020, Ambient |
| #2 | Cosmic Surveillance (Volume 1) | Cosmic Surveillance | Nov-13-2020, |
| #3 | Hill, Flower, Fog | Emily A. Sprague | Nov-13-2020, Ambient |
| #4 | Holy Palm | Flora Yin-Wong | Oct-30-2020, Ambient |
| #5 | Double Bind | Geneva Skeen | Nov-20-2020, Ambient |
| #6 | the hum of your veiled voice | Jake Muir | Oct-22-2020, Ambient |
| #7 | Peel | KMRU | Jul-31-2020, Ambient |
| #8 | Meta Door L | Perila | Oct-30-2020, Ambient |
| #9 | leaving everything to be desired | Pinkcourtesyphone | Sep-25-2020, Dark Ambient |
| #10 | Jupiter and Beyond | Rafael Toral, João Pais Filipe | Nov-06-2020, Ambient |
| #11 | Kite Symphony, Four Variations | Roberto Carlos Lange | Jun-26-2020, Electroacoustic |
| #12 | A Pan-Air Music | Roland Kayn | Dec-04-2020, Tape Music |
| #13 | Cantus, Descant | Sarah Davachi | Sep-18-2020, Drone |
| #14 | hybtwibt? | Space Afrika | Jun-05-2020, Sound Collage |
| #15 | Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? | The Soft Pink Truth | May-01-2020, Ambient |
| #16 | Tumbling Towards a Wall | Ulla | Jan-30-2020, Ambient |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Because of a Flower | Ana Roxanne | Album, Nov-13-2020, Ambient |
| #2 | Cosmic Surveillance (Volume 1) | Cosmic Surveillance | Album, Nov-13-2020, |
| #3 | Hill, Flower, Fog | Emily A. Sprague | Album, Nov-13-2020, Ambient |
| #4 | Holy Palm | Flora Yin-Wong | Album, Oct-30-2020, Ambient |
| #5 | Double Bind | Geneva Skeen | Album, Nov-20-2020, Ambient |
| #6 | the hum of your veiled voice | Jake Muir | Album, Oct-22-2020, Ambient |
| #7 | Peel | KMRU | Album, Jul-31-2020, Ambient |
| #8 | Meta Door L | Perila | Album, Oct-30-2020, Ambient |
| #9 | leaving everything to be desired | Pinkcourtesyphone | Album, Sep-25-2020, Dark Ambient |
| #10 | Jupiter and Beyond | Rafael ToralJoão Pais Filipe | Album, Nov-06-2020, Ambient |
| #11 | Kite Symphony, Four Variations | Roberto Carlos Lange | Album, Jun-26-2020, Electroacoustic |
| #12 | A Pan-Air Music | Roland Kayn | Album, Dec-04-2020, Tape Music |
| #13 | Cantus, Descant | Sarah Davachi | Album, Sep-18-2020, Drone |
| #14 | hybtwibt? | Space Afrika | Album, Jun-05-2020, Sound Collage |
| #15 | Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? | The Soft Pink Truth | Album, May-01-2020, Ambient |
| #16 | Tumbling Towards a Wall | Ulla | Album, Jan-30-2020, Ambient |