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Ambient is a genre focused on atmospheric soundscapes and textures rather than traditional melody or rhythm. It emerged in the 1970s as experimental music designed to enhance environments and evoke moods through layered, often electronic tones. The style prioritizes immersive listening experiences over conventional song structures.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 |  |
1973 | Brian Eno | Small Craft on a Milk Sea |
| 83 | 1975-09 | Brian Eno | Another Green World | |
| 6 | 1975-11 | Brian Eno | Discreet Music | |
| 78 | 1978 | Brian Eno | Ambient 1: Music for Airports | |
| 30 |  |
1979 | Brian Eno | Ambient 1: Music For Airports (Remastered 2004) |
| 91 |  |
1984 | Cocteau Twins | The Moon And The Melodies |
| 100 |  |
1992-11-01 | Aphex Twin | Selected Ambient Works 85-92 |
| 80 |  |
1994-03-07 | Aphex Twin | Selected Ambient Works Volume II |
| 5 |  |
1994-06 | Global Communication | 76:14 |
| 82 |  |
1995-02-06 | Slowdive | Pygmalion |
| 47 | 1995-08-15 | Boards of Canada | Twoism | |
| 89 |  |
1996-12-01 | Boards of Canada | Hi Scores |
| 63 |  |
1997 | Sigur Rós | Von |
| 98 |  |
1998-04-20 | Boards of Canada | Music Has the Right to Children |
| 48 | 1998-10-01 | Shpongle | Are You Shpongled? | |
| 81 | 1999-06 | Sigur Rós | ágætis byrjun | |
| 2 |  |
2000 | Harold Budd | The Pearl |
| 9 | 2000-02-25 | Bohren & der Club of Gore | Sunset Mission | |
| 28 |  |
2000-03-24 | Gas | Pop |
| 17 | 2000-09-11 | Susumu Yokota | Sakura | |
| 84 | 2000-11-27 | Boards of Canada | In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country | |
| 46 | 2001-03-06 | Broken Social Scene | Feel Good Lost | |
| 15 | 2001-07-30 | Jon Hopkins | Opalescent | |
| 66 |  |
2001-11-14 | Ulrich Schnauss | Far Away Trains Passing By |
| 94 | 2002-02-13 | Boards of Canada | Geogaddi | |
| 59 |  |
2002-10-23 | Sigur Rós | ( ) |
| 18 | 2003 | William Basinski | Melancholia | |
| 68 |  |
2003 | William Basinski | The Disintegration Loops (Remastered) |
| 21 | 2003-04-02 | Animal Collective | Campfire Songs | |
| 41 | 2003-06-09 | Ulrich Schnauss | A Strangely Isolated Place | |
| 34 | 2003-06-25 | Carbon Based Lifeforms | Hydroponic Garden | |
| 42 |  |
2004 | Brian Eno | Before and After Science - Ten Pictures |
| 45 | 2004-09-24 | Tycho | Past Is Prologue | |
| 38 | 2004-10-04 | The Dead Texan | The Dead Texan | |
| 85 |  |
2005 | Grouper | Inca Ore / Grouper |
| 86 |  |
2005 | Brian Eno | Apollo |
| 7 | 2005-03-01 | Eluvium | Talk Amongst the Trees | |
| 72 |  |
2005-06 | Thievery Corporation | Versions - EP |
| 67 | 2005-08-22 | Sigur Rós | Takk… | |
| 97 | 2005-10-12 | Boards of Canada | The Campfire Headphase | |
| 70 |  |
2006-06-15 | Helios | Eingya |
| 10 | 2006-10-16 | Tim Hecker | Harmony In Ultraviolet | |
| 29 | 2006-12-02 | Carbon Based Lifeforms | World of Sleepers | |
| 76 | 2007-02-20 | Eluvium | Copia | |
| 32 | 2007-03-21 | Amiina | Kurr | |
| 73 |  |
2007-04-02 | Stars of the Lid | and Their Refinement of the Decline |
| 8 | 2007-04 | Balmorhea | Balmorhea | |
| 55 | 2007-10-01 | Ulver | Shadows of the Sun | |
| 3 | 2007-11-05 | Burial | Untrue | |
| 99 |  |
2008 | Sigur Rós | Við spilum endalaust |
| 77 |  |
2008-01-23 | Sulli | Goblin |
| 69 |  |
2008-01-25 | Sigur Rós | Agaetis Byrjun |
| 11 | 2008-03-02 | Nine Inch Nails | Ghosts I-IV | |
| 87 | 2008-06-16 | Grouper | Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill | |
| 62 | 2009-04-06 | Jónsi & Alex | Riceboy Sleeps | |
| 25 | 2009-06-26 | Moby | Wait for Me | |
| 16 | 2009-11-02 | Shpongle | Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland | |
| 58 |  |
2010-02-18 | Ellie Goulding | Starry Eyed |
| 57 | 2010-09-08 | Röyksopp | Senior | |
| 1 | 2010-09-17 | Agnes Obel | Philharmonics | |
| 36 | 2011-01 | Tim Hecker | Ravedeath, 1972 | |
| 96 | 2011-03-04 | C418 | Minecraft - Volume Alpha | |
| 79 | 2011-08-03 | Apparat | The Devil's Walk | |
| 23 | 2011-08-09 | Shlohmo | Bad Vibes | |
| 39 | 2011-08-23 | Active Child | You Are All I See | |
| 37 | 2011-10-05 | Björk | Biophilia | |
| 60 |  |
2011-11-07 | Oneohtrix Point Never | Replica |
| 92 | 2012-05-23 | Sigur Rós | Valtari | |
| 88 |  |
2012-11 | Grouper | A I A: Alien Observer |
| 51 | 2012-12-14 | Burial | Truant / Rough Sleeper | |
| 53 |  |
2013-02-04 | Grouper | The Man Who Died in His Boat |
| 24 | 2013-03-04 | Chrome Sparks | Sparks EP | |
| 71 | 2013-06-05 | Boards of Canada | Tomorrow's Harvest | |
| 56 | 2013-11-09 | C418 | Minecraft - Volume Beta | |
| 90 | 2014-03-18 | Tycho | Awake | |
| 22 | 2014-08-27 | Lorn | THE MAZE TO NOWHERE | |
| 49 | 2014-09-22 | Perfume Genius | Too Bright | |
| 64 | 2014-10-27 | Grouper | Ruins | |
| 65 |  |
2015-01-21 | ２８１４ | 新しい日の誕生 |
| 75 |  |
2016-01-08 | David Bowie | "Heroes" (2017 remaster) |
| 50 |  |
2016-02-19 | Animal Collective | Meeting of the Waters |
| 13 |  |
2016-09-30 | Tycho | Epoch |
| 20 |  |
2016-10-19 | Ichiko Aoba | マホロボシヤ |
| 44 |  |
2016-12-21 | Grouper | Paradise Valley |
| 43 |  |
2017-04-06 | Arca | Arca |
| 52 |  |
2017-10-31 | ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ | )✧⃛* |
| 26 |  |
2018-02-28 | Terekke | Improvisational Loops |
| 27 |  |
2018-09-21 | Cosmo Sheldrake | Wake Up Calls |
| 74 |  |
2018-11-23 | Oneohtrix Point Never | Love In The Time Of Lexapro |
| 4 |  |
2019 | ana roxanne | ~~~ |
| 19 |  |
2019-03-28 | Emmit Fenn | The Last Dance |
| 12 |  |
2019-11-08 | Vegyn | Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds |
| 31 |  |
2020-06-05 | Lena Raine | Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack) |
| 33 |  |
2020-06-26 | Gavin Luke | Drifting Among Strangers |
| 54 |  |
2020-11 | Other Nothing | Not Songs |
| 93 |  |
2022-02-01 | JPEGMAFIA | CALL ME MAYBE |
| 61 |  |
2022-04-08 | Son Lux | Everything Everywhere All at Once (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| 95 | 2022-04-30 | jaydes | romanticism | |
| 35 |  |
2023-02-10 | Kelela | Raven |
| 40 |  |
2023-11-17 | André 3000 | New Blue Sun |