Best Dark Ambient Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
37	Silent Hill 2 (Original Soundtracks) - Akira Yamaoka	2001	89.3	85.4	90	92	92.4	96.2	78	90.8
67	Everywhere at the end of time - The Caretaker	2019	88.4	78.4	100	90	88.6	91.8	82	88
85	Soundtracks for the Blind - Swans	1996	87.9	83	93	88.7	86.1	93	83	88.4
411	Disco Elysium - Sea Power	2019	84.7	83.4	70	89	92.1	93.2	75	90
477	The Ape of Naples - Coil	2005	84.4	79.2	90	83.4	81.5	93.6	79	84
645	Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks - Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno	1983	83.6	78	88	85.8	83.3	90.2	80	80
650	Giles Corey - Giles Corey	2011	83.6	77	82	86.8	85.6	94.2	77	82.6
669	Selected Ambient Works Volume II - Aphex Twin	1994	83.5	79.2	82	86.1	84.3	92	79	82
696	Dronevil -Final- - Boris	2006	83.4	76.8	80	89	88.8	90.8	78	80.4
727	Musick to Play in the Dark - Coil	1999	83.3	77.6	88	80.9	80.1	94.8	79	82.4
730	Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 6 - The Caretaker	2019	83.3	75.4	88	84.7	87.1	92.8	77	77.8
792	The Social Network (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross	2010	83	77.2	76	86	92.6	90	77	82.2
1125	ICONOCLASTS - Anna von Hausswolff	2025	82.1	75.2	87	82.3	81.3	92.4	76	80.2
1251	Zauberberg - GAS	1997	81.8	74.4	89	79.2	79.3	93.4	77	80
1334	Tilt - Scott Walker	1995	81.6	76.6	81	82	82.6	89.6	76	83.2
1389	Absence - dälek	2005	81.5	76.6	78	84.7	83	90.2	76	81.8
1415	Weighing Souls With Sand - The Angelic Process	2007	81.4	76	80	83	81.6	91.6	72	85.6
1513	Visions of Bodies Being Burned - clipping.	2020	81.2	76	80	83.7	81.3	90.8	76	80.4
1605	The Drift - Scott Walker	2006	81	75.8	81	81.1	82.5	88.2	77	81.4
1628	Ambient 4: On Land - Brian Eno	1982	81	74.8	84	80.8	79.7	89.4	78	80
1642	Plays The Music of Twin Peaks - Xiu Xiu	2016	80.9	76.4	76	83.8	85.4	88.6	77	79.2
1668	Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum - Deathspell Omega	2007	80.9	77.2	80	82.2	79.7	89.8	72	85.2
1691	A I A : Dream Loss - Grouper	2011	80.8	74.2	79	79.7	80.8	91	79	82.2
1990	The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide - Leviathan	2003	80.3	75.8	80	83.2	81	92.8	71	78
2095	Black One - Sunn O)))	2005	80.1	72.6	90	78	76.4	90.4	77	76
2230	Shadows of the Sun - Ulver	2007	79.8	72.6	78	77.8	82.5	91.8	75	81
2263	There Existed an Addiction to Blood - clipping.	2019	79.7	74.2	79	81.1	80.9	90	75	78
2275	False Lankum - Lankum	2023	79.7	74.2	87	76.4	75.9	93.2	74	77.4
2314	Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 4 - The Caretaker	2018	79.7	73	76	82.3	83.3	90	77	76
2353	Dead Cities - The Future Sound Of London	1996	79.6	73.4	81	79.6	77.5	90.2	75	80.4
2373	The Origin of My Depression - Uboa	2019	79.5	75	80	84.2	81.2	86.2	74	76.2
2511	From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots - dälek	2002	79.3	77.8	69	85.6	80.4	86.6	76	79.6
2523	If You're Into It, I'm Out of It - Christoph de Babalon	1997	79.3	74.6	75	80.4	79.1	91.2	73	81.6
2578	20 Jazz Funk Greats - Throbbing Gristle	1979	79.2	72.2	85	75.5	76	91.4	76	78
2592	Monoliths and Dimensions - Sunn O)))	2009	79.1	73.2	85	79	75.3	90.4	77	74
2618	Mirages - Tim Hecker	2004	79.1	74.4	80	78.7	80.5	91.8	74	74
2789	Zeit - Tangerine Dream	1972	78.8	73.8	85	77.2	73.7	86.8	75	80
2848	Faith in Strangers - Andy Stott	2014	78.7	72.2	81	77.4	77.7	92.4	76	74
2923	Black Antlers - Coil	2004	78.5	78.2	60	81.9	80.7	93.8	75	80
2959	Frozen Niagara Falls - Prurient	2015	78.4	72.6	80	77.7	74.4	89	77	78.4
3036	Oblivion Access - Lil Ugly Mane	2015	78.3	75.4	67	80.2	77.9	92.6	75	80
3042	Excavation - The Haxan Cloak	2013	78.3	70.4	84	78.2	76.5	90	73	76
3142	Living Torch - Kali Malone	2022	78.1	73	80	75.1	78.9	91.6	74	74
3260	Shaking the Habitual - The Knife	2013	77.8	71.4	80	79.7	78.1	83.4	74	78
3352	Bish Bosch - Scott Walker	2012	77.6	73.4	77	77	76.2	86.6	75	78
3505	Scatology - Coil	1984	77.3	70.4	80	74.8	76.8	89.8	75	74
3566	Perverts - Ethel Cain	2025	77.1	74.8	78	78.6	74.2	91.2	71	72
3568	Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 5 - The Caretaker	2018	77.1	70.8	70	77.9	82.1	91	74	74
3607	L.D. 50 - Mudvayne	2000	77	69.2	72	77.4	77.6	88.4	74	80.6
3787	The Second Annual Report - Throbbing Gristle	1977	76.5	71	77	75.6	70.6	88.6	73	80
4024	All Thoughts Fly - Anna von Hausswolff	2020	75.9	70.2	77	74.8	76.2	89	72	72
4036	Add Violence - Nine Inch Nails	2017	75.9	70.6	74	75.6	76.7	87.2	75	72
4055	Splendor & Misery - clipping.	2016	75.8	70	72	76.5	78.5	88.6	73	72
4089	Bad Witch - Nine Inch Nails	2018	75.7	71	75	77	74.4	85.4	73	74
4120	We Are Not Your Kind - Slipknot	2019	75.6	63.8	83	74	72.2	89.4	75	72
4121	Musick to Play in the Dark² - Coil	2000	75.6	75.6	50	77.8	75.9	93.2	77	79.8
4221	燃えない灰 [Moenai Hai] - The Gerogerigegege	2016	75.3	75.2	66	80.4	78.6	83.8	71	72
4394	Ghosts V: Together - Nine Inch Nails	2020	74.7	70	79	71.7	74.7	81.8	74	72
4831	Ghosts I-IV - Nine Inch Nails	2008	72.6	67.8	72	69.2	74.7	84.8	70	70
4854	Ghosts VI: Locusts - Nine Inch Nails	2020	72.6	68	78	67.5	72.2	78.2	72	72
4909	The Slip - Nine Inch Nails	2008	72.2	64.8	74	74.7	71.4	82.8	72	66
4987	Angel Guts: Red Classroom - Xiu Xiu	2014	71.7	69	62	73.2	77.3	84.2	68	68

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