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The Best Ambient Albums of All Time

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1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports

Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports

March 1, 1978

Critic Score

95

5 reviews

2. David Bowie - Low

David Bowie - Low

January 14, 1977

Critic Score

94

5 reviews

3. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

February 12, 1992

Critic Score

91

5 reviews

4. Fennesz - Endless Summer

Fennesz - Endless Summer

July 3, 2001

Critic Score

89

5 reviews

5. Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline

Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline

April 7, 2007

Critic Score

87

9 reviews

6. Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts

Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts

November 16, 2009

Critic Score

85

7 reviews

7. Nils Frahm - Spaces

Nils Frahm - Spaces

November 18, 2013

Critic Score

85

13 reviews

8. Ian William Craig - Centres

Ian William Craig - Centres

July 8, 2016

Critic Score

85

6 reviews

9. Nils Frahm - Felt

Nils Frahm - Felt

October 11, 2011

Critic Score

85

7 reviews

10. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Winged Victory for the Sullen

A Winged Victory for the Sullen - A Winged Victory for the Sullen

September 13, 2011

Critic Score

85

8 reviews

11. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

February 15, 2011

Critic Score

84

15 reviews

12. Fennesz - Venice

Fennesz - Venice

March 23, 2004

Critic Score

84

6 reviews

13. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol 1

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol 1

August 12, 2016

Critic Score

84

7 reviews

14. Szun Waves - New Hymn to Freedom

Szun Waves - New Hymn to Freedom

August 31, 2018

Critic Score

84

5 reviews

15. Raime - Quarter Turns Over a Living Line

Raime - Quarter Turns Over a Living Line

November 26, 2012

Critic Score

84

7 reviews

16. The Haxan Cloak - Excavation

The Haxan Cloak - Excavation

April 15, 2013

Critic Score

84

16 reviews

17. Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet

Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet

October 16, 2006

Critic Score

84

5 reviews

18. Jon Hopkins - Immunity

Jon Hopkins - Immunity

June 3, 2013

Critic Score

84

24 reviews

19. Tim Hecker - Virgins

Tim Hecker - Virgins

October 14, 2013

Critic Score

83

24 reviews

20. Ian William Craig - Thresholder

Ian William Craig - Thresholder

November 2, 2018

Critic Score

83

5 reviews

21. Huerco S. - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)

Huerco S. - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)

June 10, 2016

Critic Score

83

7 reviews

22. Jóhann Jóhannsson - Englabörn

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Englabörn

January 1, 2002

Critic Score

83

5 reviews

23. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos

A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos

October 6, 2014

Critic Score

83

12 reviews

24. Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill

Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill

June 10, 2008

Critic Score

82

6 reviews

25. Fennesz - Bécs

April 28, 2014

Critic Score

82

7 reviews

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84

81

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84

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85

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77

Heard It In A Past Life

69

76

74

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77

76

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9 points / 6 Comments

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2 points / Comment

Album Stream: DAWN, 'new breed'

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3 points / Comment

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