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1
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Shackleton - Music For the Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs
April 30, 2012
Experimental
,
Electronic
,
Tribal Ambient
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Raime - Quarter Turns Over a Living Line
November 26, 2012
Dark Ambient
Critic Score
84
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
October 29, 2012
Dub Techno
,
Ambient Dub
Critic Score
83
18
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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The Caretaker - Patience (After Sebald)
February 14, 2012
Ambient
,
Turntable Music
Critic Score
80
9
reviews
Amazon
5
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Windy & Carl - We Will Always Be
February 14, 2012
Ambient
,
Drone
,
Post-Rock
Critic Score
75
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
6
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Port St. Willow - Holiday
May 15, 2012
Ambient
Critic Score
75
6
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
7
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Sigur Rós - Valtari
May 28, 2012
Ambient
,
Post-Rock
,
Ambient Pop
Critic Score
74
37
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Brian Eno - LUX
November 13, 2012
Ambient
Critic Score
72
29
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Orcas - Orcas
February 28, 2012
Ambient
Critic Score
72
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Halls - Ark
October 15, 2012
Ambient
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
71
9
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
11
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Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One
January 30, 2012
Drone
,
Ambient
,
Experimental Rock
Critic Score
71
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin - Instrumental Tourist
November 20, 2012
Ambient
,
Drone
,
Experimental
Critic Score
70
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
HEALTH - Max Payne 3 Official Soundtrack
May 29, 2012
Dark Ambient
Critic Score
68
5
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
14
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Ólafur Arnalds - Another Happy Day
February 24, 2012
Ambient
,
Cinematic Classical
Critic Score
66
8
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
15
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Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters - Underrated Silence
February 3, 2012
Ambient
Critic Score
66
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
16
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The Orb - The Orbserver In The Star House
August 28, 2012
Dub Techno
,
Ambient Dub
Critic Score
65
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Konx-Om-Pax - Regional Surrealism
July 23, 2012
Electronic
,
Ambient
,
Progressive Electronic
Critic Score
65
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Peter Broderick - These Walls of Mine
October 22, 2012
Ambient
Critic Score
60
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
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