Best Downtempo Albums of All Time

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109 albums

RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
14	Luv(sic) Hexalogy - Nujabes	2015	90.4	86	100	93	89.6	97.2	77	90
96	Vespertine - Björk	2001	87.7	85.6	83	92.8	90.7	91	83	87.8
124	Bocanada - Gustavo Cerati	1999	87.2	81.4	90	89.1	89.4	95.2	81	84.6
136	The Best of Sade - Sade	1994	87	83.2	87	92	91.9	94.6	78	82
211	Music Has the Right to Children - Boards of Canada	1998	86.2	80.6	90	86.1	84.2	93.8	82	86.6
266	Love Deluxe - Sade	1992	85.7	83.2	76	90.8	90.4	93.2	79	87.2
368	Geogaddi - Boards of Canada	2002	84.9	81.2	83	87.1	85	91.6	80	86.6
388	The Singles 86>98 - Depeche Mode	1998	84.8	82.4	77	87.9	87.9	91.6	79	88
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
585	dubnobasswithmyheadman - Underworld	1994	83.8	76.4	89	83.6	83.9	91.4	78	84.6
684	Blue Lines - Massive Attack	1991	83.5	75.4	96	81.8	79	91.2	80	80.8
697	Trilogy - The Weeknd	2012	83.4	79.2	82	88	87.4	88.2	79	80
976	House Of Balloons - The Weeknd	2011	82.4	77	79	84.9	85.8	93.4	77	80
1033	Inferno - Boards of Canada	2026	82.3	76.4	82	81.3	79.6	95.2	78	83.4
1051	In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country - Boards of Canada	2000	82.2	79	77	81.7	82.2	93.6	80	82.2
1101	Ray of Light - Madonna	1998	82.1	77.4	79	89	86.7	89.2	74	79.4
1142	76:14 - Global Communication	1994	82	75.8	83	81.2	84.2	95.2	73	81.8
1157	MELTING MOMENT - POiSON GiRL FRiEND	1992	82	74.8	92	82.3	82	92.8	76	74
1245	Rounds - Four Tet	2003	81.8	74.6	88	81.7	78.9	88.4	79	81.8
1283	Desire, I Want to Turn Into You - Caroline Polachek	2023	81.7	74	88	83	83	93.8	76	74
1378	Is This Desire? - PJ Harvey	1998	81.5	78	73	85.7	86.1	87.2	78	82.4
1424	Beats and Breaks from the Flower Patch - Kitty Craft	1998	81.4	74.4	90	81.7	80.4	95.2	76	72
1443	cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD	2001	81.3	73.4	85	79.7	78.3	91	80	82
1464	Moon Safari - Air	1998	81.3	75	77	81.7	82.2	91	81	81
1491	Bricolage - Amon Tobin	1997	81.2	72.4	90	81.9	75.5	89	79	80.8
1512	Sakura - Susumu Yokota	2000	81.2	73.4	87	80	80.5	93.4	76	78
1586	The Campfire Headphase - Boards of Canada	2005	81	77	76	83.9	81.3	90.2	79	79.8
1677	Siempre es hoy - Gustavo Cerati	2002	80.9	78.2	70	85.3	86.3	93.2	75	78
1849	EUSEXUA - FKA twigs	2025	80.5	72.2	87	81.9	78.9	94.8	75	74
1864	Pang - Caroline Polachek	2019	80.5	73.8	82	82	83	90.8	78	74
1912	Lifestyles of the Laptop Café - The Other People Place	2001	80.4	72.8	86	79.1	72.2	95.4	75	82.4
2047	Supermodified - Amon Tobin	2000	80.2	73.8	79	80.9	80	89.6	77	80.8
2065	Screamadelica - Primal Scream	1991	80.1	72.4	81	80.5	77	90.4	79	80.4
2116	Debut - Björk	1993	80	76	72	82.2	82.8	88.8	80	78.2
2171	Walking Wounded - Everything But the Girl	1996	79.9	73.8	82	80.6	80.2	88.8	76	78
2183	Space Is Only Noise - Nicolás Jaar	2011	79.9	71.6	82	79.7	81.2	91.8	75	78
2186	Breath From Another - Esthero	1998	79.9	76.8	70	85.2	85	89	74	79.2
2239	In Colour - Jamie xx	2015	79.8	71.8	83	80.7	80.3	88.8	78	76
2353	Dead Cities - The Future Sound Of London	1996	79.6	73.4	81	79.6	77.5	90.2	75	80.4
2443	Older - George Michael	1996	79.4	74.2	70	83.4	83.8	92.2	72	80.4
2481	Impossible Princess - Kylie Minogue	1997	79.4	75.8	66	84.7	84.8	88.4	75	80.8
2524	Ultra - Depeche Mode	1997	79.3	74.6	74	80.7	83.4	90.2	76	76
2549	MCMXC a.D. - Enigma	1990	79.2	70.4	77	81.6	83.3	90	74	78.2
2579	Details - Frou Frou	2002	79.1	77.8	59	85.9	85.1	91.8	74	80.4
2651	...I Care Because You Do - Aphex Twin	1995	79	72.8	80	79.2	77.4	89.6	76	78
2703	Lifetime - Erika de Casier	2025	78.9	73.2	81	78.6	78.7	95	72	74
2732	Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp	2000	78.9	72.6	73	80.4	79.8	89	77	80.4
2742	Erotica - Madonna	1992	78.9	74.2	75	85.5	85.8	87.6	70	74
2759	Hallucinogen - Kelela	2015	78.9	72.8	80	82.2	83	88	74	72
2769	Tourist - St Germain	2000	78.8	70.4	78	77.9	80.8	89	76	79.8
2788	Raven - Kelela	2023	78.8	72.4	81	79.6	81.1	92.4	71	74
2792	Play - Moby	1999	78.8	70	81	77.8	78.3	88.4	77	79
2827	Beaucoup Fish - Underworld	1999	78.7	74.6	74	80.2	82.2	87	77	76
2997	Tomorrow's Harvest - Boards of Canada	2013	78.4	71.6	81	78.5	77.3	89.2	75	76
3016	Version 2.0 - Garbage	1998	78.3	71.6	76	80.6	82.8	85.4	76	76
3028	Premiers Symptômes - Air	1997	78.3	74.2	79	78.6	79.2	87.2	74	76
3056	Pause - Four Tet	2001	78.3	71.6	80	78.2	76.9	87.2	76	78
3092	i/o - Peter Gabriel	2023	78.2	71.8	83	73	77	92.6	76	74
3122	Quique - Seefeel	1993	78.1	71.4	85	77.2	71.5	91.8	76	74
3202	Black Sands - Bonobo	2010	77.9	69.4	72	77.6	78.1	92.2	77	79.2
3204	&&&&& - Arca	2013	77.9	71.8	85	77.6	74.7	89.4	73	74
3219	Twoism - Boards of Canada	1995	77.9	73.6	76	77.7	74.7	89.2	78	76
3270	Powders - Eartheater	2023	77.8	69	83	77.6	76.9	94	72	72
3280	Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By - Lovage	2001	77.8	73.2	62	79.3	85	90.8	76	78
3292	Hypnos - Ravyn Lenae	2022	77.7	68.6	84	77.1	76.9	96.6	71	70
3298	New Energy - Four Tet	2017	77.7	69	80	76.7	77.9	92.4	74	74
3326	Sirens - Nicolás Jaar	2016	77.7	71.6	75	78.6	80	88.4	76	74
3347	Engravings - Forest Swords	2013	77.6	69.8	81	78	74.7	88.8	75	76
3386	The Virgin Suicides - Air	2000	77.5	71.6	72	78.5	85.9	86.8	74	74
3462	Talkie Walkie - Air	2004	77.3	70.6	76	79.4	78.2	85.2	76	76
3475	Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers	1995	77.3	70.8	76	78.8	74.8	86.8	76	78
3519	Simple Things - Zero 7	2001	77.2	69.8	71	77.6	79.7	88.4	76	78
3529	Spiritual State - Nujabes	2011	77.2	71.8	65	78.9	77.2	92	76	79.4
3590	The Universe Smiles Upon You - Khruangbin	2015	77.1	69.6	72	76	79	93.8	75	74
3609	Memento Mori - Depeche Mode	2023	77	68.2	83	75	73.4	91.6	74	74
3610	Trans Canada Highway - Boards of Canada	2006	77	72	72	76.8	80.1	89.2	77	72
3717	Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens	2017	76.7	69.4	80	77	77.4	89.4	74	70
3718	West End Girl - Lily Allen	2025	76.7	66.8	80	76	76.2	95.2	71	72
3729	Temperamental - Everything But the Girl	1999	76.7	74.6	62	80.6	80	85.6	76	78
3833	Foxbase Alpha - Saint Etienne	1991	76.4	69.6	73	76.7	74.3	89.4	76	76
3839	Take Care - Drake	2011	76.4	66.8	76	78.8	81.5	90.8	71	70
3844	Untourable Album - Men I Trust	2021	76.4	69.8	77	77.1	77.5	92.4	73	68
3860	Supernature - Goldfrapp	2005	76.4	68.6	75	79.3	76.8	86.8	74	74
3976	ZABA - Glass Animals	2014	76	65.6	74	75.3	78.2	92	75	72
4051	Soldier of Love - Sade	2010	75.8	67	78	76	76.9	88.8	72	72
4067	Suddenly - Caribou	2020	75.8	66.4	84	75	73	86	74	72
4068	Dive - Tycho	2011	75.8	64	75	74.3	75.5	91.6	74	76
4085	Sensational - Erika de Casier	2021	75.7	69.6	75	77.1	78.6	90.6	69	70
4174	Black Cherry - Goldfrapp	2003	75.4	69.2	72	77	77	84.8	74	74
4243	Heligoland - Massive Attack	2010	75.2	67.2	72	76.5	78.4	87.6	73	72
4275	Spiral - DARKSIDE	2021	75.1	69.2	80	74	70.2	88.6	72	72
4338	Music - Madonna	2000	75	66	73	80.5	77	86.2	72	70
4379	Hopes and Fears - Keane	2004	74.8	68.4	62	76.7	82.2	88.4	74	72
4430	Three - Four Tet	2024	74.6	70	73	72.9	70.1	91.4	73	72
4502	Addison - Addison Rae	2025	74.4	68.4	73	75.2	75.1	95	70	64
4526	Heathen - David Bowie	2002	74.3	68.8	72	72.6	73.2	86.4	75	72
4551	Fuck The World - Brent Faiyaz	2020	74.2	65.8	70	72.2	75.6	94.8	71	70
4580	Everyday Robots - Damon Albarn	2014	74.1	65.4	76	74.8	76.4	85.8	72	68
4642	No Angel - Dido	1999	73.8	67.6	62	77.1	80.5	83.4	72	74
4831	Ghosts I-IV - Nine Inch Nails	2008	72.6	67.8	72	69.2	74.7	84.8	70	70

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