Best Ambient Pop Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
69	LONG SEASON - Fishmans	1996	88.4	84.4	92	90	88.1	94	85	85
94	Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens	2015	87.7	81.8	91	89.1	88.2	92.2	86	85.8
96	Vespertine - Björk	2001	87.7	85.6	83	92.8	90.7	91	83	87.8
137	Blonde - Frank Ocean	2016	86.9	81.8	87	89.4	90.9	96	83	80.4
201	Ágætis byrjun - Sigur Rós	1999	86.3	81	84	87.8	86	91.8	86	87.4
209	Velocity : Design : Comfort. - Sweet Trip	2003	86.2	81.6	85	88.3	85.2	95	82	86.4
253	Souvlaki - Slowdive	1993	85.8	83	78	87.8	86.7	93.4	85	86.8
255	Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk	1988	85.8	81.6	87	85.2	83.4	92	84	87.2
283	Laughing Stock - Talk Talk	1991	85.6	82.6	82	86.6	84.7	91.2	83	89
324	A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead	2016	85.2	79.2	87	87.5	83.9	91	87	81
459	宇宙日本世田谷 [Uchu Nippon Setagaya] - Fishmans	1997	84.5	81.4	80	88.1	86.1	90	81	84.6
487	Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space - Spiritualized®	1997	84.3	76.6	90	84.5	81.8	91.2	82	84
523	Dots and Loops - Stereolab	1997	84.1	80.8	83	85.5	84.9	91.8	80	82.8
550	MAGDALENE - FKA twigs	2019	84	77	88	86.6	87.1	91.8	80	77.2
563	Stratosphere - Duster	1998	83.9	79.4	89	84.7	83.3	92.8	77	81.2
564	Diamond Jubilee - Cindy Lee	2024	83.9	78	86	83.6	86.6	95.4	80	77.8
605	Floating into the Night - Julee Cruise	1989	83.8	79.4	78	86.3	88.4	91.2	79	84
662	I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo	1997	83.5	78	88	82.6	80.2	91.2	81	83.8
690	Hats - The Blue Nile	1989	83.4	77.6	85	84.7	84.9	90.8	79	82
698	A I A : Alien Observer - Grouper	2011	83.4	78.6	81	84.4	84.3	92.4	80	83
718	Takk... - Sigur Rós	2005	83.3	75.8	83	85.9	83.9	89.4	82	83.2
728	So - Peter Gabriel	1986	83.3	76.8	92	82	80.2	87.8	80	84
796	Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective	2009	83	75.2	91	83.6	81.1	88	82	80
854	Kaputt - Destroyer	2011	82.8	75.2	85	84.6	84.8	90.6	79	80.6
883	Have You in My Wilderness - Julia Holter	2015	82.7	76.6	88	85.1	84.1	86.6	80	78.8
921	Lost Weekend - Phoebe Bridgers	2026	82.6	72.4	91	83.6	82.2	96.4	76	76.8
992	And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out - Yo La Tengo	2000	82.4	77.8	84	82.6	82.3	89.8	79	81.2
1016	Vulnicura - Björk	2015	82.3	75.2	85	86.3	85.5	87	78	79.2
1098	Ghosteen - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	2019	82.1	72.6	93	80.9	82.1	89	79	78.2
1101	Ray of Light - Madonna	1998	82.1	77.4	79	89	86.7	89.2	74	79.4
1121	Feels - Animal Collective	2005	82.1	76.8	81	84.1	83.5	88.6	79	81.4
1157	MELTING MOMENT - POiSON GiRL FRiEND	1992	82	74.8	92	82.3	82	92.8	76	74
1299	Person Pitch - Panda Bear	2007	81.6	75.4	85	80.8	80.1	88.8	81	80.4
1452	///CODENAME: dustsucker - Bark Psychosis	2004	81.3	76.2	81	80.6	81	91.2	78	81.2
1464	Moon Safari - Air	1998	81.3	75	77	81.7	82.2	91	81	81
1495	Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian	1984	81.2	74.6	81	79	83.1	88.8	78	84
1516	Loud City Song - Julia Holter	2013	81.2	75.4	83	83.1	82.7	86	78	80
1608	Secrets of the Beehive - David Sylvian	1987	81	75.2	75	79.6	81.4	91.4	79	85.4
1629	Gone to Earth - David Sylvian	1986	81	75	78	81.4	85.7	88.8	74	83.8
1663	Push the Sky Away - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2013	80.9	74.4	84	79.8	81	90.4	78	78.6
1716	Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time - Candy Claws	2013	80.8	77.4	77	85.5	83.4	88.2	76	78
1747	Set My Heart On Fire Immediately - Perfume Genius	2020	80.7	72.4	90	81.3	80.8	89.6	77	74
1750	Hospice - The Antlers	2009	80.7	70	82	80.6	80.5	87.2	81	83.8
1769	Fall Be Kind - Animal Collective	2009	80.7	76	82	81.5	81.3	86.4	77	80.6
1784	Architecture & Morality - Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark	1981	80.7	75	92	79.5	78.4	83.8	76	80
1813	I Didn't Mean to Haunt You - Quadeca	2022	80.6	73.4	75	86.5	83.8	96.6	75	74
1857	HaHa Sound - Broadcast	2003	80.5	74.2	82	79.7	82.4	90.4	79	76
1864	Pang - Caroline Polachek	2019	80.5	73.8	82	82	83	90.8	78	74
1865	The Noise Made By People - Broadcast	2000	80.5	74.2	83	80.4	80.4	90.6	79	76
1887	Fever Ray - Fever Ray	2009	80.5	72.8	82	81.1	77.4	91.2	78	80.8
1888	Neon Golden - The Notwist	2002	80.5	72.2	82	80.3	80	89.2	79	80.6
1911	22, A Million - Bon Iver	2016	80.4	70.8	87	82.3	82.4	88.4	78	74
1934	It'll End in Tears - This Mortal Coil	1984	80.4	71.8	90	78.8	79.2	89.8	77	76
1941	Out of Season - Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man	2002	80.3	74.8	79	83	83.2	88.4	78	76
1961	No Shape - Perfume Genius	2017	80.3	72.2	84	82.1	81.9	87	78	77
1988	Sleep Well Beast - The National	2017	80.3	70.6	84	81	80.9	88	79	78.4
2015	Beat - Bowery Electric	1996	80.2	74	84	80.9	78.5	92	76	76
2037	TNT - Tortoise	1998	80.2	76.2	76	81.3	77.8	90.6	79	80.2
2094	Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized	1992	80.1	73	85	78.7	75.9	90	77	80.8
2102	Depression Cherry - Beach House	2015	80	74.2	79	82.7	82.7	89.6	78	74
2143	Watermark - Enya	1988	80	71.8	93	80.6	78.5	84.8	73	78
2152	The Three E.P.'s - The Beta Band	1998	79.9	73.6	82	81.8	80	88.2	76	78
2163	Mars Audiac Quintet - Stereolab	1994	79.9	73.8	83	78.9	78	88.8	79	78
2166	Serotonin II - yeule	2019	79.9	75.2	75	83.1	82.9	92.2	75	76
2193	World of Echo - Arthur Russell	1986	79.9	75.6	71	80.3	82.4	91.8	76	82
2216	HEY WHAT - Low	2021	79.8	74.2	82	79.3	76.9	90.8	78	77.6
2228	m b v - my bloody valentine	2013	79.8	72.6	87	80.5	77.6	87	78	76
2255	Double Negative - Low	2018	79.8	72.2	83	79.3	78.8	89.4	77	78.6
2319	Cenizas - Nicolás Jaar	2020	79.7	68.4	83	74.6	100	89.6	72	70
2366	A Light for Attracting Attention - The Smile	2022	79.6	72.4	85	78.3	77.6	90.6	79	74
2367	The OOZ - King Krule	2017	79.6	72.8	78	80.7	83.2	90.2	76	76
2383	ANIMA - Thom Yorke	2019	79.5	70.8	83	79.4	78.8	90.8	78	76
2396	Knife Play - Xiu Xiu	2002	79.5	76	79	81.6	81.6	84.4	76	78
2404	Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. - M83.	2011	79.5	69.6	75	81.6	83.8	90.6	77	79
2524	Ultra - Depeche Mode	1997	79.3	74.6	74	80.7	83.4	90.2	76	76
2538	A Walk Across the Rooftops - The Blue Nile	1984	79.2	74.2	79	78.2	74.7	88.6	78	82
2548	Two Star & The Dream Police - Mk.gee	2024	79.2	71.4	83	79	81.9	95.2	72	72
2561	CARNAGE - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis	2021	79.2	70.4	88	77.4	77.6	88	77	76
2579	Details - Frou Frou	2002	79.1	77.8	59	85.9	85.1	91.8	74	80.4
2608	Arca - Arca	2017	79.1	70.4	82	81.2	84.8	90.2	73	72
2627	Tender Buttons - Broadcast	2005	79	75	70	79.2	80.7	91.4	79	78
2657	Aromanticism - Moses Sumney	2017	79	69.6	81	78.8	82.6	88	77	76
2680	Trinity - Eartheater	2019	79	73.8	73	81.3	82.3	92.4	74	76
2732	Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp	2000	78.9	72.6	73	80.4	79.8	89	77	80.4
2745	Psychic - DARKSIDE	2013	78.9	71.4	78	80	76.7	91	77	78
2759	Hallucinogen - Kelela	2015	78.9	72.8	80	82.2	83	88	74	72
2780	Put Your Back N 2 It - Perfume Genius	2012	78.8	71.2	80	81.4	81.5	86.6	75	76
2792	Play - Moby	1999	78.8	70	81	77.8	78.3	88.4	77	79
2804	Finally We Are No One - múm	2002	78.8	73.4	78	79.1	77.4	87.4	78	78
2807	Just for a Day - Slowdive	1991	78.7	76.8	65	81.9	82.1	90.2	78	77.2
2814	BLACK METAL - Dean Blunt	2014	78.7	75.2	77	79.7	79.4	91.8	74	74
2873	Wall of Eyes - The Smile	2024	78.6	71.4	86	78.6	75.9	88.4	78	72
2874	Shepherd Moons - Enya	1991	78.6	72.6	76	81.9	82.6	85.2	74	78
2957	Overgrown - James Blake	2013	78.5	69.4	82	79.7	76.7	87.4	76	78
2960	Sleep Cycle - Deakin	2016	78.4	71.4	80	78.9	79	89.8	76	74
2969	The Unforgettable Fire - U2	1984	78.4	72	85	78.6	76.6	83.8	77	76
3011	Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night - Stereolab	1999	78.3	78.8	63	83.3	82.5	87.8	77	76
3012	Pygmalion - Slowdive	1995	78.3	74.2	78	77	72.4	90.2	77	79.6
3028	Premiers Symptômes - Air	1997	78.3	74.2	79	78.6	79.2	87.2	74	76
3029	LC - The Durutti Column	1981	78.3	74	80	76.4	75.8	89	75	78

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