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Highest Rated Ambient Albums of All Time
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1
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Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
March 7, 1994
Score
100
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David Bowie - Low
January 14, 1977
Score
100
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Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs
October 21, 2002
Score
97
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Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
March 1, 1982
Score
97
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Windy & Carl - Antarctica: The Bliss Out, Vol. 2
February 1, 1997
Score
95
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Bill Laswell - Invisible Design
March 23, 1999
Score
95
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Fennesz - Endless Summer
July 3, 2001
Score
94
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William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
Score
94
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9
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Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
February 12, 1992
Score
94
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Windy & Carl - Depths
March 23, 1998
Score
93
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Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis - Deep Listening
January 1, 1989
Score
92
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Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports
March 1, 1978
Score
92
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Gas - Königsforst
December 0, 1998
Score
91
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Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
January 1, 1983
Score
91
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Gas - Pop
March 28, 2000
Score
90
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David Behrman - On The Other Ocean
Score
90
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The KLF - Chill Out
February 5, 1990
Score
89
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Jóhann Jóhannsson - Englabörn
January 1, 2002
Score
89
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Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
November 27, 2000
Score
89
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Stars of the Lid - Per Aspera Ad Astra
November 18, 1998
Score
88
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21
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David Lynch & Alan R. Splet - Eraserhead
January 1, 1982
Score
88
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Brian Eno - Discreet Music
November 0, 1975
Score
88
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Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox
Score
88
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Grouper - Ruins
October 31, 2014
Score
88
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Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon
Score
88
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout all.
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