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Best minimalism songs of the 2010s

Streaming rewrote every incentive underneath a record: its length, its release date, whether it needed a single at all. Trap production became pop's default rhythm, and a lot of the decade's best artists arrived through a laptop rather than a label.

Songs from the minimalism albums of the 2010s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

Gave In Rest cover№ 1WakingSarah Davachi · Gave In Rest
  1. 2Gave In Rest coverGildedSarah Davachi · Gave In Rest
  2. 3Gave In Rest coverGloamingSarah Davachi · Gave In Rest
  3. 4Gave In Rest coverMatinsSarah Davachi · Gave In Rest
  4. 5Gave In Rest coverEvensongSarah Davachi · Gave In Rest
  5. 6Gave In Rest coverThird HourSarah Davachi · Gave In Rest
  6. 7Gave In Rest coverAusterSarah Davachi · Gave In Rest
  7. 8Feathers coverTaskinPoppy Ackroyd · Feathers
  8. 9Feathers coverRoadsPoppy Ackroyd · Feathers
  9. 10Feathers coverTimelessPoppy Ackroyd · Feathers
  10. 11Feathers coverSaltPoppy Ackroyd · Feathers
  11. 12Sketches coverTrainsPoppy Ackroyd · Sketches
  12. 13Sketches coverCroftPoppy Ackroyd · Sketches
  13. 14Sketches coverStrataPoppy Ackroyd · Sketches
  14. 15Sketches coverBirdwomanPoppy Ackroyd · Sketches
  15. 16Sketches coverTimePoppy Ackroyd · Sketches
  16. 17Sketches coverFeathersPoppy Ackroyd · Sketches
  17. 18Sketches coverLightPoppy Ackroyd · Sketches
  18. 19Sketches coverResolvePoppy Ackroyd · Sketches
  19. 20Bayou Electric coverBayou ElectricDuane Pitre · Bayou Electric

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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