Ambient
Ambient music foregrounds texture, space, and atmosphere over rhythm and song form, designed (in Brian Eno's phrase) to be as ignorable as it is interesting. It spans beatless drone, environmental sound, and the meditative end of electronic music.
Ambient on Riffiter: 21,506 albums, 560 rated by the community, averaging 4.0/5, spanning 1964 to 2027, from 564 artists including Moby, Aphex Twin, Tangerine Dream.
Key artists
Albums
30
Adele · 2021
★ 4.1 · 775
Ghost Stories
Coldplay · 2014
★ 3.8 · 735
13
Indochine · 2017
★ 4.1 · 26
Moon Safari
Air · 1998
★ 3.7 · 23
Selected Ambient Works 85–92
Aphex Twin · 1992
★ 4.4 · 21
Mercury – Acts 1 & 2
Imagine Dragons · 2022
★ 3.4 · 16
Vespertine
Björk · 2001
★ 4.6 · 15
Black Sands
Bonobo · 2010
★ 4.1 · 14
Low
David Bowie · 1977
★ 4.5 · 11
Space Is Only Noise
Nicolas Jaar · 2011
★ 4.1 · 11
New Blue Sun
André 3000 · 2023
★ 3.9 · 10
Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Brian Eno · 1978
★ 4.4 · 9
FAQ
- Who is the most popular ambient artist?
- The most popular ambient artist on Riffiter is Moby, rated by 58 listeners.
- What is the best ambient album?
- Ranked by community ratings, the best ambient album on Riffiter is Vespertine by Björk (4.6/5 from 15 ratings). See the full best ambient albums ranking.
- How many ambient albums are on Riffiter?
- Riffiter has 21,506 albums, 560 rated by the community, averaging 4.0/5. Browse them all on the ambient albums page.
- When was ambient's most active era?
- By community ratings, the most active era for ambient on Riffiter is the 2010s. Its catalogue here spans 1964 to 2027.
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