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 2026-06-28

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▲1
13. 13Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!2000 · Music▼1
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. 19Music for the Masses1987 · Music–
20. 20Dangerous1991 · Music–
21. 21Ray of Light1998 · Music–
22. 22Selected Ambient Works, Volume II1994 · Music▲1
23. 23Medúlla2004 · Music▼1
24. 24Takk…2005 · Music–
25. 25Oxygène1976 · Music–
26. 26No Future2017 · Music–
27. 27Eye in the Sky1982 · Music–
28. 28Condemned to Life2020 · Music–
29. 29The Campfire Headphase2005 · Music–
30. 30Enya1986 · Music–
31. 31HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I1995 · Music–
32. 32Watermark1988 · Music–
33. 33Another Green World1975 · Music–
34. 34Converting Vegetarians2003 · Music▲3
35. 35Ambient 1: Music for Airports1978 · Music▼1
36. 36Made in Heaven1995 · Music–
37. 37182002 · Music▼2
38. 38Nurture2021 · Music▲2
39. 39302021 · Music▼1
40. 40Équinoxe1978 · Music▼1
41. 41Invincible2001 · Music–
42. 42Amber1994 · Music▲1
43. 43Life for Rent2003 · Music▲3
44. 44Tubular Bells II1992 · Music–
45. 45Det som engang var1993 · Music▼3
46. 46Ashes Against the Grain2006 · Music▲1
47. 47Incunabula1993 · Music▼2
48. 48Shepherd Moons1991 · Music▲4
49. 49Signify1996 · Music▲4
50. 50MCMXC a.D.1990 · Music▼2
51. 51Utopia2017 · Music▼2
52. 52Soundtracks for the Blind1996 · Music▼2
53. 53A Day Without Rain2000 · Music▼2
54. 54The Songs of Distant Earth1994 · Music▲3
55. 55Quaristice2008 · Music▼1
56. 56Tomorrow’s Harvest2013 · Music–
57. 57Phaedra1974 · Music▼2
58. 58Smiley Smile1967 · Music–
59. 59Hotel2005 · Music▲2
60. 60Beaucoup Fish1998 · Music▲7
61. 61Rendez‐vous1986 · Music▲5
62. 62Actually1987 · Music▲7
63. 63Chiastic Slide1997 · Music▼4
64. 64Discreet Music1975 · Music▲6
65. 65Hvis lyset tar oss1994 · Music▲3
66. 66The Glowing Man2016 · Music▼4
67. 67Amarantine2005 · Music▼4
68. 68Dead Magic2018 · Music▼4
69. 69Musick to Play in the Dark, Vol 11999 · Music▲2
70. 70Absolute Elsewhere2024 · Music▼10
71. 71LONG SEASON1996 · Music▼6
72. 72Dauði Baldrs1997 · Music▲3
73. 73Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks1983 · Music▲4
74. 74Odyssey2014 · Music▲11
75. 75Dead Cities1996 · Music▲5
76. 76Earth Moving1989 · Music▼3
77. 77The Memory of Trees1995 · Music▲14
78. 78We Will Always Love You2020 · Music▲11
79. 79PINK2005 · Music▼5
80. 80Ghosts VI: Locusts2020 · Music▼1
81. 81Ghosts V: Together2020 · Music▲6
82. 82Evening Star1975 · Music▼6
83. 83Second Toughest in the Infants1996 · Music▼11
84. 84Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd2001 · Music▼1
85. 85flood2000 · Music▲5
86. 86Structures From Silence1984 · Music▼4
87. 87Secret Messages1983 · Music▼6
88. 88Hergest Ridge1974 · Music▼4
89. 89Valtari2012 · Music▼3
90. 90Polygondwanaland2017 · Music▼12
91. 91Everything Is Wrong1995 · Music▼3
92. 92Terria2001 · Music▲1
93. 93World of Sleepers2006 · Music▲6
94. 94Lifeforms1994 · Music▲4
95. 95Kveldssanger1996 · Music▲2
96. 96Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi !1996 · Music▲4
97. 97Before and After Science1977 · Music▼3
98. 98In Sides1996 · Music▼6
99. 99Gentlemen Take Polaroids1980 · Music–
100. 100Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror1980 · Music–