The Ascension
by Sufjan Stevens
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 75
  3. Negative: 5 out of 75
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. AllMusic
    Oct 21, 2020
    80
    The Ascension ranks with Carrie & Lowell as his most personal and affecting work to date.
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  2. Under The Radar
    Oct 6, 2020
    85
    The Ascension harks back to the heavy electronics of 2010’s Age of Adz but with adroit focus on the themes of existential dread and the quest for meaning with a bounty of angry yet hopeful songs that satisfy melodically and metaphysically.
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  3. American Songwriter
    Oct 2, 2020
    60
    The Ascension, Stevens’ eighth studio album over all, and the follow-up to his highly lauded outing Carrie & Lowell, diminishes the accessibility factor in favor of a more amorphous imprint, one that finds all manner of effects and an ever-constant shift in sounds that drift through practically every selection.
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