Reddit and discord are great places to discover new music. Sure, there are annoying trolls who can potentially ruin the experience for everyone. Still, for the most part, finding the right community and ignoring the few trolls allows the experience to be mostly beneficial. I recently read a fantastic Reddit post detailing 25 of the best ambient albums. Check it out! Read the post here.

Top Ambient Albums

1. Brian Eno – Music for Airports

2. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Volume II 

3. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 

4. Biosphere – Substrata 

5. William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops 

6. Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children 

7. Stars of the Lid – …and Their Refinement of the Decline 

8. Carbon Based Lifeforms – twentythree 

9. Brian Eno – Ambient 4 On Land

10.  Brian Eno – apollo: atmospheres and soundtracks 

11.  Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972 

12.  Stars of the Lid – The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid 

13.  Boards of Canada – Geogaddi 

14.  Global Communication – 76:14 

15.  Gas – Pop 

16.  Steve Roach – Structures From Silence 

17.  Hammock – Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow 

18.  Robert Rich – Somnium 

19.  Future Sound of London- Lifeforms 

20.  The KLF – Chill Out 

21.  Steve Roach – The Magnificent Void 

22.  Loscil – Endless Falls

23.  Grouper – AIA albums

24.  Tim Hecker – Radio Amor

25.  Loscil – Plume

Top Artists From Vote

1. Brian Eno

2. Biosphere

3. Stars of the Lid

4. William Basinski

5. Tim Hecker

6. Aphex Twin

7. Gas

8. Global Communication

9. Hammock

10.  Grouper

11.  Loscil

12.  Future Sound of London

13.  KLF

14.  Boards of Canada

15.  Carbon Based Lifeforms

16.  Windy & Carl

17.  Sleep Research Facility

18.  Steve Roach

19.  Robert Rich

20.  Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm

21.  mum