Aporia
by Sufjan Stevens / Lowell Brams

Aporia by Sufjan Stevens / Lowell Brams
Year: 2020
Release date: 2020-03-24
Overall rank: 25,741st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 50 votes)
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Award Top albums of the 2020s (2,384th)
Award Best albums of all time (25,741st)

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Overall rank: 25,741st | 2020s rank: 2,384th | 2020 rank: 498th

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Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 50 votes)
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05/19/2025 21:08 brent13  Ratings distribution  1,94068/100
 
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01/01/2024 21:59 Cheboygan74  Ratings distribution  1,28952/100
 
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11/17/2023 12:26 Kali  Ratings distribution  69274/100
 
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10/19/2023 02:04 mjp11  Ratings distribution  91577/100
 
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01/17/2023 20:32 AledJames  Ratings distribution  1,53569/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.2/100, a mean average of 62.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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From 05/11/2020 15:55 | #251299
I was expecting something completely different, being a major fan of Michigan by Sufjan. It's wave after wave of ambient and it is great to have on in the background.
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From 05/06/2020 06:21 | #250968
This album has definitely grew on me the more I've cycled through it. The atmospheric work through the synths is very engaging and there's so much non--lyrical storytelling occurring as the songs rise and fall. The final chunk of the album is fantastic. A wonderful end to Lowell's career at AKR.
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From 04/07/2020 17:02 | #249638
There are some really cool, atmospheric tracks here and generally the album has a nice flow. Unfortunately the album kind of loses steam in the middle. The last few tracks are all pretty good though. I wouldn't say Aporia is bad but as someone who usually love Sufjan's music I'm definitely disappointed.
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