He named ambient music and then spent five decades proving the form could carry weight. Roxy Music, then Bowie, Talking Heads and U2, and the studio treated as an instrument long before anyone else thought to. Music for Airports and Apollo both chart. Every atmosphere-maker in this canon works in his vocabulary, whether or not they can hear it.
- Number 101 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century
1979 - Number 139 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century
Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks
Brian Eno · 1983
1983 - Number 150 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century
1984
