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The Best Ambient Pop Albums of the 1980s by User Score

Decade
Genre
1980s
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

1.

September 12th, 1989
Ambient Pop, Dream Pop, Sophisti-Pop
USER SCORE
85
591 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Steve Hiett - Down on the Road by the Beach
Ambient Pop, Surf Pop
USER SCORE
84
79 ratings
Amazon

3.

Arthur Russell - World of Echo
Ambient Pop, Avant-Folk
USER SCORE
82
407 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Enya - Watermark
September 19th, 1988
New Age, Ambient Pop, Celtic Folk
USER SCORE
81
146 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Lewis - L'amour
Ambient Pop, Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
81
36 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

David Sylvian - Gone to Earth
September 13th, 1986
Ambient Pop, Art Pop
USER SCORE
80
51 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Keyboard Fantasies
Ambient Pop, New Age
USER SCORE
80
52 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Pale Cocoon - 繭 (Cocoon)
September 4th, 1984
Minimal Wave, Ethereal Wave, Ambient Pop
USER SCORE
79
51 ratings
Amazon

9.

Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
April 14th, 1986
Dream Pop, Ethereal Wave, Ambient Pop
USER SCORE
77
403 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Enya - Enya
New Age, Ambient Pop
USER SCORE
75
25 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Jane Siberry - The Walking
February 4th, 1987
Art Pop, Progressive Pop, Ambient Pop, Pop Rock
USER SCORE
75
23 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Lewis Baloue - Romantic Times
Singer-Songwriter, Ambient Pop, Art Pop
USER SCORE
73
11 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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