Ambient 1: Music For Airports
by Brian Eno

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Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-03-00
Overall rank: 827th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 557 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1979 (13th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (175th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (827th)

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Ambient 1: Music For Airports track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Ambient 1: Music For Airports rankings summary
Overall rank: 827th | 1970s rank: 175th | 1979 rank: 13th  Overall chart history
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From BestEverAlbums 07/03/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5362): By MonetLikeYogurt
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1978) 2. by (1980) 3. by (1966) 4. by (1994) 5. (1966) 6. (1996) 7. by (1970) 8. by (1982) 9. by (1982) 10. by (1982) 11. by (1982) 12. by (1976) 13. by (1992) 14. by (1981) 15. (1964) 16. by (1982) 17. by (1995) 18. (1982) 19. by…”
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From BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1970) 2. by by (1965) 4. (1980) 5. by by (1967) 7. by (1959) 8. by by (1985) 10. by (1967) 12. by (1971) 13. by (1959) 14. by (1970) 15. by (1968) 16. by by (1979) 19. by (1966) 20. by (1969) 21. by (1960) 22. by (1959) 23. by…”
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“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From 09/06/2022 17:19 | #289401
Solid record
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From 03/04/2022 02:03 | #282233
The ideas of Morton Feldman, Christian Wolfe, et al in the 50s and 60s are here recontextualized (Feldman and the others were not thinking of making background music), made more accessible (the tempos here are blistering fast compared to a lot of Feldman) and given the luster of Eno's fame. Eno knew those composers personally and is obviously not hesitant to credit them as influences, but some fans seem to think Eno came up with the concept of musical minimalism, lol. This tradition had been running for at least two decades at the time, but he gave it a whole new life, that's for sure. For me, the vocal pads that he uses on some tracks of this and the follow-up have aged extremely badly, making those tracks unlistenable. I prefer his later stuff in this vein, the Apollo thing and his art installation music, where his subtle skills at synthesis and sound design are, to my ears, on better display. (Edited)
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highlights: 1/2 and 2/2
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From 01/28/2021 19:40 | #265222
If you listen to this in a particular mood, it seems like the best album ever. Outside that context, though, it makes little sense.
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