Treblezine's 10 Essential Ambient Albums

Ambient music has the remarkable distinction of being one of the few genres that makes a minimal impact on first impression, yet can be one of the most devastatingly profound styles after repeated listens. It's a realm that rewards those for whom texture and soundscape mean more than corporeality, though that isn't to say they're mutually exclusive. You listen to ambient music for mood, but there's no reason why that mood can't range from pure joy to abject terror, and it very frequently does. A good ambient record isn't mere background music, it's something that haunts your dreams and evokes entire landscapes on the strength of subtle shifts in tone. There are stacks upon stacks of great examples, of course, but here are what we consider the 10 Best Ambient Albums.

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