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Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)
Maxwell

Name: Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)
Description: Maxwell’s Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) (1996) is No. 6 in our Neo-Soul ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

Released: 1996
Label: Columbia
On one list: Neo-Soul
Updated: 2026-08-29

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Ranked No. 6 in Neo-Soul
The most straightforwardly beautiful record in the genre, and the one that proved this was a movement rather than one man in Virginia. Sade's restraint, updated without being diluted.

Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)Maxwell

Ranked No. 6 in Neo-Soul

Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)
Maxwell