Most Popular Ambient Albums

The most popular ambient albums, ranked by what CrossBingers actually watch, play, read, and listen to, blended with critical standing. Refreshed every day.

Updated 2026-09-27

1. 1The Dark Side of the Moon1973 · Music–
2. 2Wish You Were Here1975 · Music–
3. 3Abbey Road1969 · Music–
4. 4Meddle1971 · Music–
5. 5The Piper at the Gates of Dawn1967 · Music–
6. 6Thriller1982 · Music–
7. 7The Final Cut1983 · Music–
8. 8The Division Bell1994 · Music–
9. 9A Momentary Lapse of Reason1987 · Music–
10. 10Ghosts I–IV2008 · Music–
11. 11Vespertine2001 · Music–
12. 12Moon Safari1998 · Music–
13. 13Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!2000 · Music–
14. 14Play1999 · Music–
15. 15F♯ A♯ ∞1997 · Music–
16. 16Geogaddi2002 · Music–
17. 17The Endless River2014 · Music–
18. 18Music Has the Right to Children1998 · Music–
19. 19Dangerous1991 · Music–
20. 20Music for the Masses1987 · Music–
21. 21Ray of Light1998 · Music–
22. 22Selected Ambient Works, Volume II1994 · Music–
23. 23Medúlla2004 · Music–
24. 24Takk…2005 · Music–
25. 25Oxygène1976 · Music–
26. 26No Future2017 · Music–
27. 27Eye in the Sky1982 · Music–
28. 28Condemned to Life2020 · Music–
29. 29Enya1986 · Music–
30. 30The Campfire Headphase2005 · Music–
31. 31HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I1995 · Music–
32. 32Watermark1988 · Music–
33. 33Another Green World1975 · Music–
34. 34182002 · Music▲1
35. 35Ambient 1: Music for Airports1978 · Music▼1
36. 36Made in Heaven1995 · Music–
37. 37Converting Vegetarians2003 · Music–
38. 38302021 · Music–
39. 39Nurture2021 · Music–
40. 40Équinoxe1978 · Music–
41. 41Invincible2001 · Music–
42. 42Ashes Against the Grain2006 · Music▲1
43. 43Incunabula1993 · Music▼1
44. 44Tubular Bells II1992 · Music▲3
45. 45Det som engang var1993 · Music▲1
46. 46Amber1994 · Music▼1
47. 47Life for Rent2003 · Music▼3
48. 48Shepherd Moons1991 · Music–
49. 49MCMXC a.D.1990 · Music▲2
50. 50Soundtracks for the Blind1996 · Music–
51. 51Utopia2017 · Music▲2
52. 52Signify1996 · Music▼3
53. 53A Day Without Rain2000 · Music▼1
54. 54The Songs of Distant Earth1994 · Music–
55. 55Tomorrow’s Harvest2013 · Music▲1
56. 56Phaedra1974 · Music▼1
57. 57Quaristice2008 · Music–
58. 58Smiley Smile1967 · Music▲2
59. 59Hvis lyset tar oss1994 · Music▲2
60. 60Discreet Music1975 · Music▲2
61. 61Amarantine2005 · Music▼3
62. 62Absolute Elsewhere2024 · Music▼3
63. 63Beaucoup Fish1998 · Music–
64. 64The Glowing Man2016 · Music▲2
65. 65Chiastic Slide1997 · Music▲5
66. 66Actually1987 · Music▼2
67. 67Hotel2005 · Music▲2
68. 68Rendez‐vous1986 · Music–
69. 69Musick to Play in the Dark, Vol 11999 · Music▼2
70. 70Dead Magic2018 · Music▲1
71. 71LONG SEASON1996 · Music▼6
72. 72flood2000 · Music–
73. 73Odyssey2014 · Music▲2
74. 74Dead Cities1996 · Music▼1
75. 75Evening Star1975 · Music▼1
76. 76Secret Messages1983 · Music▲8
77. 77PINK2005 · Music▲6
78. 78The Memory of Trees1995 · Music▲8
79. 79Structures From Silence1984 · Music▲12
80. 80Earth Moving1989 · Music▼4
81. 81Second Toughest in the Infants1996 · Music▲6
82. 82Ghosts V: Together2020 · Music▲7
83. 83Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks1983 · Music▼4
84. 84Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd2001 · Music▼3
85. 85Hergest Ridge1974 · Music–
86. 86Polygondwanaland2017 · Music▼9
87. 87Valtari2012 · Music▼7
88. 88Dauði Baldrs1997 · Music▲2
89. 89We Will Always Love You2020 · Music▼7
90. 90Ghosts VI: Locusts2020 · Music▼2
91. 91Everything Is Wrong1995 · Music▼13
92. 92Get Up With It1974 · Music–
93. 93Black Sands2010 · Music▲2
94. 94Kveldssanger1996 · Music▼1
95. 95Lifeforms1994 · Music▼1
96. 96World of Sleepers2006 · Music–
97. 97Boc Maxima1996 · Music▼1
98. 98Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi !1996 · Music–
99. 99Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror1980 · Music▲1
100. 100In Sides1996 · Music▼3