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The top-rated experimental album on Riffiter is Ambient 1: Music for Airports by Brian Eno, rated 4.8/5 by 5 listeners.

332 experimental albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 6 of 332 experimental albums, averaging 4.4/5, spanning 1964 to 2026.

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  1. Ambient 1: Music for Airports cover01Ambient 1: Music for AirportsBrian Eno · 1978★ 4.8 · 5
  2. Homogenic cover

    02 Homogenic

    Björk · 1997

    ★ 4.4 · 10
  3. Soundtracks for the Blind cover

    03 Soundtracks for the Blind

    Swans · 1996

    ★ 4.3 · 6
  4. Post cover

    04 Post

    Björk · 1995

    ★ 5.0 · 1
  5. Merriweather Post Pavilion cover

    05 Merriweather Post Pavilion

    Animal Collective · 2009

    ★ 4.5 · 1
  6. fossora cover

    06 fossora

    Björk · 2022

    ★ 3.5 · 2
  7. The Golden Age cover

    07 The Golden Age

    Woodkid · 2013

  8. Canción animal cover

    08 Canción animal

    Soda Stereo · 1990

  9. Nada personal cover

    09 Nada personal

    Soda Stereo · 1985

  10. Soda Stereo cover

    10 Soda Stereo

    Soda Stereo · 1984

  11. Signos cover

    11 Signos

    Soda Stereo · 1986

  12. Doble vida cover

    12 Doble vida

    Soda Stereo · 1988

  13. Sueño Stereo cover

    13 Sueño Stereo

    Soda Stereo · 1995

  14. Dynamo cover

    14 Dynamo

    Soda Stereo · 1992

  15. Vol.II cover

    15 Vol.II

    Angine de Poitrine · 2026

  16. Savage Sinusoid cover

    16 Savage Sinusoid

    Igorrr · 2017

  17. Cosmogramma cover

    17 Cosmogramma

    Flying Lotus · 2010

  18. Ege Bamyasi cover

    18 Ege Bamyasi

    CAN · 1972

  19. Vol.1 cover

    19 Vol.1

    Angine de Poitrine · 2024

  20. Spirituality and Distortion cover

    20 Spirituality and Distortion

    Igorrr · 2020

  21. 1000 gecs cover

    21 1000 gecs

    100 Gecs · 2019

  22. Tago Mago cover

    22 Tago Mago

    CAN · 1971

  23. Iron EP cover

    23 Iron EP

    Woodkid · 2011

  24. Before and After Science cover

    24 Before and After Science

    Brian Eno · 1977

  25. Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper cover

    25 Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper

    Panda Bear · 2015

  26. Los Angeles cover

    26 Los Angeles

    Flying Lotus · 2008

  27. Until the Quiet Comes cover

    27 Until the Quiet Comes

    Flying Lotus · 2012

  28. The Seer cover

    28 The Seer

    Swans · 2012

  29. Ambient 4: On Land cover

    29 Ambient 4: On Land

    Brian Eno · 1982

  30. Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror cover

    30 Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror

    Brian Eno · 1980

  31. Future Days cover

    31 Future Days

    CAN · 1973

  32. The Pearl cover

    32 The Pearl

    Brian Eno · 1984

  33. By the Time I Get to Phoenix cover

    33 By the Time I Get to Phoenix

    Injury Reserve · 2021

  34. Suzuki cover

    34 Suzuki

    Tosca · 2000

  35. You're Dead! cover

    35 You're Dead!

    Flying Lotus · 2014

  36. The Glowing Man cover

    36 The Glowing Man

    Swans · 2016

  37. Ruins cover

    37 Ruins

    Grouper · 2014

  38. Discreet Music cover

    38 Discreet Music

    Brian Eno · 1975

  39. Music for Films cover

    39 Music for Films

    Brian Eno · 1978

  40. Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years cover

    40 Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years

    Tom Waits · 1998

  41. Mess cover

    41 Mess

    Liars · 2014

  42. Hallelujah cover

    42 Hallelujah

    Igorrr · 2012

  43. Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill cover

    43 Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill

    Grouper · 2008

  44. Mutant cover

    44 Mutant

    Arca · 2015

  45. Asylum Years cover

    45 Asylum Years

    Tom Waits · 1984

  46. Monster Movie cover

    46 Monster Movie

    CAN · 1969

  47. A I A : Alien Observer cover

    47 A I A : Alien Observer

    Grouper · 2011

  48. No Hassle cover

    48 No Hassle

    Tosca · 2009

  49. leaving meaning. cover

    49 leaving meaning.

    Swans · 2019

  50. White Light From the Mouth of Infinity cover

    50 White Light From the Mouth of Infinity

    Swans · 1991

  51. Xen cover

    51 Xen

    Arca · 2014

  52. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts cover

    52 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

    Brian Eno · 1981

  53. Used Songs: 1973–1980 cover

    53 Used Songs: 1973–1980

    Tom Waits · 2001

  54. Pink cover

    54 Pink

    Boris · 2005

  55. The Man Who Died in His Boat cover

    55 The Man Who Died in His Boat

    Grouper · 2013

  56. ZAPPAtite (Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks) cover

    56 ZAPPAtite (Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks)

    Frank Zappa · 2016

  57. Thursday Afternoon cover

    57 Thursday Afternoon

    Brian Eno · 1985

  58. The Shutov Assembly cover

    58 The Shutov Assembly

    Brian Eno · 1992

  59. Nostril cover

    59 Nostril

    Igorrr · 2010

  60. Person Pitch cover

    60 Person Pitch

    Panda Bear · 2007

  61. Reflections in Real Time cover

    61 Reflections in Real Time

    Kilo Kish · 2016

  62. J.A.C. cover

    62 J.A.C.

    Tosca · 2005

  63. The Great Annihilator cover

    63 The Great Annihilator

    Swans · 1995

  64. Night Time cover

    64 Night Time

    Killing Joke · 1985

  65. You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 cover

    65 You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 4

    Frank Zappa · 1991

  66. Pattern+Grid World cover

    66 Pattern+Grid World

    Flying Lotus · 2010

  67. My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky cover

    67 My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky

    Swans · 2010

  68. Altar cover

    68 Altar

    Boris · 2006

  69. You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 cover

    69 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6

    Frank Zappa · 1992

  70. Sheik Yerbouti cover

    70 Sheik Yerbouti

    Frank Zappa · 1979

  71. Wrong Way Up cover

    71 Wrong Way Up

    Brian Eno · 1990

  72. Cluster & Eno cover

    72 Cluster & Eno

    Brian Eno · 1977

  73. Isn't It Now? cover

    73 Isn't It Now?

    Animal Collective · 2023

  74. Half Shadows cover

    74 Half Shadows

    TOKiMONSTA · 2013

  75. The Modern Dance cover

    75 The Modern Dance

    Pere Ubu · 1978

  76. WIXIW cover

    76 WIXIW

    Liars · 2012

  77. Grid of Points cover

    77 Grid of Points

    Grouper · 2018

  78. You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 cover

    78 You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5

    Frank Zappa · 1992

  79. Tangerine Reef cover

    79 Tangerine Reef

    Animal Collective · 2018

  80. Fall Be Kind cover

    80 Fall Be Kind

    Animal Collective · 2009

  81. The Flying Lizards cover

    81 The Flying Lizards

    The Flying Lizards · 1979

  82. Oh Death cover

    82 Oh Death

    Goat · 2022

  83. Flamagra cover

    83 Flamagra

    Flying Lotus · 2019

  84. I Love You cover

    84 I Love You

    Woodkid · 2013

  85. Children of God / World of Skin cover

    85 Children of God / World of Skin

    Swans · 1997

  86. Killing Joke cover

    86 Killing Joke

    Killing Joke · 2003

  87. &&&&& cover

    87 &&&&&

    Arca · 2013

  88. Orchestral Favorites cover

    88 Orchestral Favorites

    Frank Zappa · 1979

  89. The Drop cover

    89 The Drop

    Brian Eno · 1997

  90. They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top cover

    90 They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top

    Liars · 2001

  91. Cop / Young God cover

    91 Cop / Young God

    Swans · 1992

  92. Flow Motion cover

    92 Flow Motion

    CAN · 1976

  93. Hazyville cover

    93 Hazyville

    Actress · 2008

  94. Dandelion Gum cover

    94 Dandelion Gum

    Black Moth Super Rainbow · 2007

  95. Tomboy cover

    95 Tomboy

    Panda Bear · 2011

  96. Love of Life cover

    96 Love of Life

    Swans · 1992

  97. Pandemonium cover

    97 Pandemonium

    Killing Joke · 1994

  98. Landed cover

    98 Landed

    CAN · 1975

  99. After the Heat cover

    99 After the Heat

    Brian Eno · 1978

  100. REDUX cover

    100 REDUX

    Kilo Kish · 2019

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