Top ambient albums
The top-rated ambient album on Riffiter is Vespertine by Björk, rated 4.5/5 by 14 listeners.
21,197 ambient albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 380 of 21,199 ambient albums, averaging 3.9/5, spanning 1964 to 2027.
02 Selected Ambient Works 85–92
Aphex Twin · 1992
★ 4.4 · 20
03 30
Adele · 2021
★ 4.1 · 763
04 13
Indochine · 2017
★ 4.1 · 26
05 Black Sands
Bonobo · 2010
★ 4.1 · 14
06 Space Is Only Noise
Nicolas Jaar · 2011
★ 4.0 · 10
07 Ghost Stories
Coldplay · 2014
★ 3.8 · 723
08 Moon Safari
Air · 1998
★ 3.7 · 21
09 Mercury – Acts 1 & 2
Imagine Dragons · 2022
★ 3.4 · 16
10 New Blue Sun
André 3000 · 2023
★ 3.8 · 9
11 Low
David Bowie · 1977
★ 4.6 · 9
12 Voyage
ABBA · 2021
★ 3.8 · 8
13 Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Brian Eno · 1978
★ 4.4 · 8
14 Replica
Oneohtrix Point Never · 2011
★ 4.4 · 8
15 Play: The Complete Recordings
Moby · 2026
★ 3.3 · 8
16 Clear Moon
Mount Eerie · 2012
★ 3.6 · 7
17 Sauna
Mount Eerie · 2015
★ 3.5 · 6
18 Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Rós · 1999
★ 4.4 · 5
19 Selected Ambient Works, Volume II
Aphex Twin · 1994
★ 3.4 · 5
20 The Angel of the West Window
Tangerine Dream · 2011
★ 3.8 · 5
21 "X"
Klaus Schulze · 1978
★ 4.0 · 5
22 "Remembering William Orbit: Pieces in a Modern Style"
William Orbit · 2026
★ 3.6 · 5
23 The Undeclared War: Series Two (Music from the Original Series)
Craig Armstrong · 2026
★ 3.4 · 5
24 Sincerely
Haruomi Hosono · 2026
★ 3.4 · 5
25 The Endless River
Pink Floyd · 2014
★ 3.1 · 4
26 Geogaddi
Boards of Canada · 2002
★ 3.8 · 4
27 Everywhere at the end of time – Stage 1
The Caretaker · 2016
★ 4.3 · 4
28 Drift Series 1
Underworld · 2019
★ 3.9 · 4
29 Angels Embrace
Jon Anderson · 1995
★ 3.5 · 4
30 Jody Watley
Jody Watley · 1987
★ 3.8 · 4
31 Booster IV
Tangerine Dream · 2011
★ 3.9 · 4
32 In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973–1979
Tangerine Dream · 2019
★ 4.3 · 4
33 Bounce
Tarkan · 2005
★ 4.0 · 4
34 Multiforms: Ambient Transmissions, Vol. 3
Marconi Union · 2026
★ 4.1 · 4
35 HARRY HOSONO & TIN PAN ALLEY IN CHINA TOWN 1976
Haruomi Hosono · 2026
★ 3.3 · 4
36 Amor Fati
Hannes Kretzer · 2026
★ 3.0 · 4
37 Quiet Pieces – Live at Norbergfestival
Abul Mogard · 2026
★ 3.1 · 4
38 ClearSkies™
PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises · 2013
★ 2.9 · 4
39 Home™
PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises · 2013
★ 3.8 · 4
40 The Platinum Collection
Enigma · 2009
★ 3.5 · 3
41 UNDERTALE Soundtrack
Toby Fox · 2015
★ 4.8 · 3
42 Ben
Michael Jackson · 1972
★ 2.8 · 3
43 Before and After Science
Brian Eno · 1977
★ 4.2 · 3
44 Sixteen Oceans
Four Tet · 2020
★ 3.0 · 3
45 Phaedra
Tangerine Dream · 1974
★ 3.8 · 3
46 Det som engang var
Burzum · 1993
★ 4.0 · 3
47 Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · 2016
★ 4.0 · 3
48 Vrioon
alva noto · 2005
★ 3.8 · 3
49 Fi
Bibio · 2005
★ 4.3 · 3
50 Black Sea
Fennesz · 2008
★ 4.5 · 3
51 Everybody Hates You
Combichrist · 2005
★ 3.0 · 3
52 Zeitgeist
Schiller · 1999
★ 4.2 · 3
53 Cydonia
The Orb · 1999
★ 4.5 · 3
54 Ambient
Moby · 1993
★ 4.0 · 3
55 Hotel
Moby · 2005
★ 4.3 · 3
56 I Advance Masked: Robert Fripp @ 80, Vol. 13
Robert Fripp · 2026
★ 2.7 · 3
57 Quieto Enfoque Sacude
The American Dollar · 2026
★ 3.0 · 3
58 Ruin: It’s Not Just Music
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · 2026
★ 2.8 · 3
59 The Juniper Tree
Midori Hirano · 2026
★ 3.0 · 3
60 Cenizas
Nicolas Jaar · 2020
★ 4.5 · 3
61 Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
Godspeed You! Black Emperor · 2000
★ 3.7 · 3
62 Shepherd Moons
Enya · 1991
★ 3.8 · 2
63 Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
Enigma · 2001
★ 2.5 · 2
64 Polygondwanaland
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard · 2017
★ 4.3 · 2
65 Cry
Cigarettes After Sex · 2019
★ 3.3 · 2
66 Saturdays = Youth
M83 · 2008
★ 4.0 · 2
67 Drif
Heilung · 2022
★ 3.8 · 2
68 Minecraft, Volume Alpha
C418 · 2011
★ 5.0 · 2
69 Rubycon
Tangerine Dream · 1975
★ 3.5 · 2
70 The Ways of Yore
Burzum · 2014
★ 4.5 · 2
71 Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760
Aphex Twin · 2023
★ 5.0 · 2
72 Tranquilizer
Oneohtrix Point Never · 2025
★ 4.5 · 2
73 Pop
GAS · 2016
★ 4.0 · 2
74 Quique
Seefeel · 1993
★ 3.3 · 2
75 A Strangely Isolated Place
Ulrich Schnauss · 2003
★ 3.0 · 2
76 Rain Temple
2814 · 2016
★ 4.0 · 2
77 Rare, Forever
Leon Vynehall · 2021
★ 4.8 · 2
78 3:36 (Music to Sleep To)
Poppy · 2016
★ 4.0 · 2
79 Future Ghosts
Sidewalks and Skeletons · 2014
★ 5.0 · 2
80 Anastasis
Dead Can Dance · 2012
★ 3.5 · 2
81 Hyperborea
Tangerine Dream · 1983
★ 3.3 · 2
82 Patashnik
Biosphere · 1994
★ 3.0 · 2
83 Cirque
Biosphere · 2000
★ 3.8 · 2
84 Senior
Röyksopp · 2010
★ 4.5 · 2
85 After the Heat
Brian Eno · 1978
★ 4.0 · 2
86 Charcoal
Brambles · 2012
★ 2.8 · 2
87 Telepathic With the Deceased
Xasthur · 2004
★ 3.5 · 2
88 Fever Daydream
The Black Queen · 2016
★ 3.3 · 2
89 Zauberberg
GAS · 2016
★ 4.3 · 2
90 Silver Siren Collection
Tangerine Dream · 2007
★ 4.3 · 2
91 An Imaginary Country
Tim Hecker · 2009
★ 4.0 · 2
92 Horn of Plenty
Grizzly Bear · 2004
★ 3.5 · 2
93 Christmas on Mars
The Flaming Lips · 2008
★ 4.3 · 2
94 Brute
Fatima Al Qadiri · 2016
★ 4.0 · 2
95 Pieces In A Modern Style Vol.2
William Orbit · 2010
★ 4.8 · 2
96 Xerrox, Vol. 4
alva noto · 2020
★ 4.8 · 2
97 Strange Cargo
William Orbit · 1987
★ 2.3 · 2
98 Healing Collection: Quiet Comfort
Takashi Kokubo · 2019
★ 5.0 · 2
99 Trilogy
ATB · 2007
★ 4.8 · 2
100 Departure Songs
Hammock · 2012
★ 4.3 · 2
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