Aporia
by Sufjan Stevens / Lowell Brams
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Aporia track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Aporia rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 75 Music Albums of 2020 | 71/75 | 0 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Davy | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  travelful | 2020 #201-300 | 37/43 | - |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | 2020: Part II | 96/100 | - |
| 2025 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 76 Music Albums of 2020 | 50/76 | 2 |
| 2024 | AledJames | Top 81 Music Albums of 2020 | 78/81 | 0 |
| 2024 | nitomano | 2020's 101-200 | 42/99 | - |
| 2024 | meltchett | Top 97 Music Albums of the 2020s | 78/97 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 40 | |||
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Aporia ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/19/2025 21:08 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2024 21:59 | Cheboygan74 | 1,289 | 52/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2023 12:26 | Kali | 693 | 74/100 |
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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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BestEverAlbums 03/27/2020 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2020-03-23) (week 13, 2020)Aporia comments
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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.
ledaero 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.
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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