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The Best Ambient Albums of All Time
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Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports
March 1, 1978
Critic Score
95
5
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2
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Burial - Tunes 2011 to 2019
December 6, 2019
Critic Score
94
9
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Amazon
3
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David Bowie - Low
January 14, 1977
Critic Score
94
5
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4
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David Bowie - "Heroes"
October 14, 1977
Critic Score
92
5
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5
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Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
November 9, 1992
Critic Score
91
7
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6
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Critic Score
91
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7
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Sunn O))) - Black One
October 18, 2005
Critic Score
90
6
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8
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Various Artists - 環境音楽 Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980–1990
February 15, 2019
Critic Score
88
9
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9
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The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?
May 1, 2020
Critic Score
87
9
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10
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Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline
April 7, 2007
Critic Score
87
10
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11
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Shackleton - Music For the Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs
April 30, 2012
Critic Score
87
7
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12
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Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet
October 16, 2006
Critic Score
86
6
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13
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The Bug - Fire
August 27, 2021
Critic Score
86
12
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14
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Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
September 3, 2021
Critic Score
86
6
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15
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Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
June 12, 1999
Critic Score
85
11
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16
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Gazelle Twin & NYX - Deep England
March 19, 2021
Critic Score
85
6
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17
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Nils Frahm - Spaces
November 18, 2013
Critic Score
85
16
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18
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Ólafur Arnalds - some kind of peace
November 6, 2020
Critic Score
85
7
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19
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Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol 1
August 12, 2016
Critic Score
85
8
reviews
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20
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K Á R Y Y N - The Quanta Series
March 29, 2019
Critic Score
85
8
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21
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Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts
November 16, 2009
Critic Score
85
8
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22
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Nils Frahm - Felt
October 11, 2011
Critic Score
85
7
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23
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Fennesz - Venice
March 23, 2004
Critic Score
84
6
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24
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Múm - Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK
April 2, 2001
Critic Score
84
5
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25
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Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
February 14, 2011
Critic Score
84
17
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