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Highest Rated Drone Albums of All Time
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1.

Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs
October 21, 2002
Score
97
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2.

Windy & Carl - Antarctica: The Bliss Out, Vol. 2
February 1, 1997
Score
95
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3.

William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
Score
94
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4.

Windy & Carl - Depths
March 23, 1998
Score
93
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5.

Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis - Deep Listening
January 1, 1989
Score
92
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6.

Tony Conrad & Faust - Outside the Dream Syndicate
Score
90
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7.

Sunn O))) - Black One
October 18, 2005
Score
89
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8.

Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
November 8, 2011
Score
88
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9.

Stars of the Lid - Per Aspera Ad Astra
November 18, 1998
Score
88
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10.

William Basinski - 92982
January 1, 2009
Score
87
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11.

The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
April 15, 2013
Score
87
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12.

Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet
October 16, 2006
Score
87
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13.

Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline
April 7, 2007
Score
86
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14.

Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
October 29, 2001
Score
86
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15.

Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
February 14, 2011
Score
86
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16.

Fripp & Eno - Evening Star
December 1, 1975
Score
86
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17.

Tim Hecker - Konoyo
September 28, 2018
Score
85
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18.

Sunn O))) - Flight of the Behemoth
January 22, 2002
Score
85
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19.

Stars of the Lid - The Ballasted Orchestra
March 10, 1997
Score
85
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20.

Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
May 26, 2009
Score
85
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21.

Cluster - Cluster 71
January 1, 1971
Score
85
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22.

Tim Hecker - Virgins
October 14, 2013
Score
83
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23.

Deathprod - Morals and Dogma
February 23, 2004
Score
83
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24.

Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
June 8, 2010
Score
83
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25.

Nivhek - After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house
February 8, 2019
Score
83
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