Ambient 1/Music For Airports

You can just always put this one, what a great experience, and texture

These are the album titles that get me out of bed in the morning. I've heard of this one before and understand, going in, its appreciation by music critics in general. Never have I listened to it before, but I've enjoyed the Eno on the list thus far. Opens on a warm / heavenly tone where you can actually hear a bit of background static that wraps around your ears like a warm blanket. On top of the static, a sparse layering of keys and bells plink around. Swelling slowly over and over without any sense of urgency. This seems like prime music to eat mushrooms to and stare off into the void. Ya know this was nice, and it did wrap around me like a warm blanket and make for an enjoyable background listen, but it really is hard for me to get too overly excited for ambient music. I say that having listened to quite a bit... Like I can appreciate that this is top execution, but I can't understand anyone getting off to this. For me, the production quality and layering push me to a 4, but I lacked the emotional response to push this into 5 territory.

Fitting that I am listening this right before going to the airport. Not something I would like to listen to in the airport, unless this was the score for a movie that I am in where I am having an introspective/melancholy flight. This is something I would listen to early in the morning to feel peaceful and focused during work though (exactly what I am doing now). Very beautiful album that I will likely never listen to again. Maybe my favorite Eno album so far? It's very different from his other 37 albums that are on this list.

ENO I actually listened to this one in the past year after going down an ENO hole. Can't remember if it was at an actual airport or not. This is really good rainy day music, or music for falling asleep (not a bad thing). Great background music for working. Just feels super lush. Thanks for the hug ENO.

A very good album, but I do think that having recognizable "melodies" does hurt this album. Especially when they are repeating for 10+ minutes.

Great mood album

I was aware of Brian Eno, but hadn't listened to much of his work. He is definitely a pioneer of ambient music, with this being released in the late 70s. Without this would there be Moby, Air and FSOL? Definitely worth checking out if you're into your ambient music. 4/5 #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie

This was designed to have a calming effect on airport travelers, and I think it is perfect for that. I was especially thinking about the tunnel to Concourse B at O'Hare Airport in Chicago. As for car travelers on the highway, I don't recommend it. The calming effect is not beneficial to attentive driving. I am impressed how this did, in fact, create a common genre of music. It's hard to remember that when it sounds so commonplace now.

Shoot, I don't know what to say. It seems to be just what it says it is...I suppose...

goated ambient, muchos no lo entienden, pero el propósito es ambientar un espacio o momento y quien mejor que brian eno para ello

I forget how beautiful and serene Eno's music is.

Ambient 1: Music for Airports is the sixth studio album by Brian Eno, originally released in 1978. This record was the first in a series of four compositions that Eno would release under the "Ambient" label. I'm not going to pretend like I know a ton about ambient music but this record is a pillar of the genre. I believe Eno was actually the first person to coin the term "ambient" to describe this style of music. The tracks on this record are as described: ambient. They leave a lot of space and I think that's what really sets this style of music apart from your typical easy listening. Eno obviously envisioned a future where public spaces would play this style of music. This is an interesting thought especially in the context of busy, anxiety-inducing public spaces. This music reminds me a lot of the frutiger aero vibe that a lot of companies were pushing throughout the 2000s-early 2010s. Maybe that's the future we could've realized had this music been played in airports.

As someone with moderate flying anxiety, I appreciate that he made something designed to calm the airport/flying experience. Super cool that it’s known for sort of creating the ambient genre. Not an album I’d crank up in the car on a road trip, but it’s very pretty and soothing for what it’s intended to be.

Not my favourite Eno's album, but very nice to listen if you are waiting at the airport

Would fall asleep to again

I’m surprised by how much I love Eno’s ambient stuff, but he does it better than anyone else. I could listen to him tinker with a soundboard for hours. One of his greatest works. Thinking A-

Well it is exactly as the title says. Ambient. Pure, early form.

Brian Eno accidentally discovered and invented ambient music as a form in itself and pioneered the idea with ‘Discrete Music’. However he codified it and made it listenable with this one. Just formless enough to be an atmosphere, just musical enough to be something more. I think the Apollo album is my favourite of his. But this one is the most essential and is very deserving of its place in this list as a source point and milestone of so much that followed.

Música instrumental. Sin más. Agradable. En todo momento pienso que estoy en el espacio :D.

Harmonics, subtones, and overtones

Well, I've already listened to the collaborative album Brian Eno had with David Byrne, and thus I get to hear one of his earlier solo works. This was the first album in a four-part series of ambient music where the intent was to make them meaningful with irregular patterns and various motifs. It's a pleasant album to listen to in the background while working, with enough going on to keep it interesting, and doesn't overstay its welcome.

I find ambient music endlessly fascinating, and this is so far head of its time. Works well as wallpaper music, but I recommend putting on a decent pair of cans and giving it a proper audition.

hyvä brian... älä laula... pysy hiljaa... hyvä brian... lentokenttämusiikkia ilmeisesti, taustamusiikkia, ei kuullu kuunnella, ei keskittymistä tähän... olen eri mieltä... keskityin tähän enemmän kuin oman elämäntilanteeni parantamisen jahtaamiseen... mikä nuotti tulee seuraavaksi? ai se sama taas... ei aina tarvitse olla yllätyksiä... suuntaa... musiikki on tyytyväinen tarkalleen siinä missä se sijaitsee.. kiirehtijät, kiirikot, pääkaupunkikeskuksen veikot oivat kommentoimassa, onpa tylsää... ei ehkä oikea elämä ole vielä tuttu... tuleeko koskaan olemaankaan... kaikilla on kiire, ei mihinkään.. muutan kuusamoon... hyvä brian, hyvä brian 2/1

I can see how this would not be everyone's cup of tea, but I really enjoy the ambient genre and this seems to be the start of it. I could have this playing in the background all day.

Don't really know what to say about this except that it does exactly what it tells you it's going to do and it does it very well. Great studying music and very relaxing

fínasta afslöppunar/vinnutónlist. fær aðrar umferðir. 4

Minecraft - Volume Alpha by C418 is really fantastic ambient music. Highlights for me include Minecraft, Wet Hands, Sweden, Cat, with Mice On Venus being the standout track. Can definitely be enjoyed outside the context of Minecraft. Surely Remain In Light will be on here. We can give Eno his flowers then.

🥰

The most surprising thing about this album was that I could actually identify that I had heard 2 of the songs before in the wild, with suspicions confirmed by the wikipedia page. It's a sound bath. It's music for airports, backgrounds, interludes.

This was a pleasant listen. Was keeping me calm in traffic. Sometimes I didn't notice it was there and it was over before I knew it.

Super relaxing. Quite enjoyed it!

i don't know if ever there's been an album titled so aptly. the title does indeed make me chuckle. i'm not surprised brian eno created such a beautiful album, nor about him birthing the ambient genre. eno has a great many talents but there is something about his instrumental work. the piano in particular was just lovely throughout the album. he created music that's delicate and peaceful. something that calms you down in the middle of chaos (read: an airport).

This was mega chill, I would never have chosen it, I cannot remember any of the songs but it was an easy listen 4/10

Quite pleasant. 4/5

It may only be ambient, but Eno makes it his own beast.

Top notch ambient

For background music I'm only supposed to hear while I'm in line at TSA, it sure did trigger a mini existential crisis. Honestly, I just can't believe the goofy little gremlin who made Here Come the Warm Jets also made this gorgeous ambient album. Like, the range!!! Full transparency, though, I think Music for Airports is one of those albums where a star rating feels inappropriate. It's kind of removed from pop music criticism. I'm not going to actively listen to this all the time, but I do thoroughly enjoy it, and I will definitely listen to it passively. But it's also not an album that I'm meant to "enjoy" by definition; it's an artistic statement, closer to a composition than a pop album. That also means it's a bit unstuck from time, and places Eno in the lineage of your Bachs and your Beethovens and your Mozarts, not in line with his contemporary rock/pop peers. At the end of the day, though, this is a gorgeous album, a genuine work for art, and essential listening that I really enjoyed, and I'll be using this as my writing background music moving forward.

Did its job very well

its nice grew on me

Like the title says "Ambient" 2/1 and 2/2 are probably the best. Overall, I liked it and will listen again. 4 of the best

Very rarely is an artist able create something wholly novel that also feels like it should naturally exist, but Eno’s creation of ambient music does exactly that. It’s not some obscure, avant-garde creation that few can appreciate, but a genre that serves a purpose and excels at it. This is music that anyone can hear and appreciate at any level, totally fulfilling the goal of creating music as forgettable as it is engaging. The story behind the album is more interesting than the album in a vacuum.

It was born of its time so it could talk to the future. It’s probably the quietest musical revolution in popular music history. In ‘78 there was Muzak but nothing this minimalist and haunting. Now you can’t walk into a public space without at some point encountering ambient music. Eno was a visionary who helped other bands in their quests, but his Holy Grail might be this record.

Great for relaxing background music.

Listened to this while playing Imperium Classics. The game is still in progress. The whole time I was listening to this, I kept thinking "if only Satie had been alive to hear this." My dog loved it...she passed out the whole time. There was one time in an airport where for over 2 hours, the airport lost power. There was this emergency alarm that was blaring so loudly, they gave everyone earplugs and you could still hear it. I would have given anything to have this piping into my ears instead.

Good tunes, nice to play games with.

Well, it is what it says it is. Unobtrusive in the background, somewhat interesting if you listen to it. Repetitive in a non-annoying way. I bought this when it first came out expecting something more experimental. It actually is for its time, but just not in the way I was expecting I guess. Other than if you actually work in an airport, I suppose there are lots of scenarios that you could have this playing in the background. It would be decent studying or relaxing music I guess.

A simple and straightforward ambient chiller. Not too dense and changes tone each track. A wonderful companion during a walk on a warm sunny day. 1/1 and 2/2 are my favorites

Great yoga music

This album introduced me to ambient and it's a banger

I really wanted to love this one but its sterility does not leave me enough to latch onto. The experience of listening to Music For Airports through headphones while I sit at a desk feels like only half of what could be. What would this sound like at high volume? Or in a totally black room? Maybe in a sensory deprivation float tank... or an airport?

Loved it, very thought provoking and relaxing

This album was soooo nice to study to

Of course, this is the one that started it all, the trailblazing ambient album—but it's really only half good: '1/1' and '1/2' being a billion times better than '2/1' and '2/2'. All that being said, even if it's a 50% F-grade record, it's an important recording I hold dear to my heart. I'd just have preferred to encounter Eno's later Ambient 2 or Ambient 4 on this list because those are absolute 5s.

ALs dit is hoe een Tia is dan wil ik een Tia

I really enjoyed the atmosphere and ambiance of this album. The ability to use a minimalist approach to create music is very enticing to me. This album for sure won't be for everybody but if you don't mind space and repetitiveness I think you will enjoy this album

послушал только часть первого трека - но уже очень впечатляюще и круто

I was familiar with the history of this album but I don’t think I ever listened to it all the way through. I was listening to it driving through a snow storm in the early morning so it was weirdly appropriate. Not sure it will ever be an album I listen to regularly but I liked it.

Música instrumental. Sin más. Agradable. En todo momento pienso que estoy en el espacio :D.

This is really beautiful, and as someone who likes to always have some sort of background noise so I am never alone with my thoughts, I am eternally grateful for ambient taking off as a genre. It sounds like an alien church choir, it is simple, but the layers are all interesting to focus in on and see what they are doing. Lovely.

Where were you when Brian Eno invented ambient music? I wasn't born yet, so it doesn't matter. Okay, maybe Eno didn't invent ambient music, but his contributions to the genre definitely legitimized it to a wider audience. Eno is perhaps best known for his production in a number of widely-regarded albums, which extends into the immaculate detail imbued in Ambient 1/Music For Airports. What may seem like just piano and background synths at first becomes a comforting presence. It's music you can envelop yourself in. Even at it's worst, I can't help but appreciate the cheap choir synths and their dynamic floating in and out of the soundscape.

Nice background music for working. I feel like I've heard of Brian Eno for a long time and never consciously listened or sought out an album. Not sure if I'll do so again, but it was a pleasant listening experience nonetheless.

I really liked it, i wish airports would actually play this stuff.

Soothing relaxing meditation music. Introspective

Fire

I think this album has been surpassed by so many ambient artists now but you've got to respect the elders, man. To make an ambient album with minimalist choral work was a rather bold move for Mr. Eno. He took what was once reserved for artists like Arvo Pärt or Penderecki and made it his own. This isn't as revolutionary as it once has been, but this is still highly enjoyable.

The definition of soft, soothing, atmospheric and minimalist music. It's a blueprint to the genre.

Peaceful and at times ethereal. Though it tends to have a very light touch, the music undeniably adds a richness to the background. Cool for a pretty specific purpose.

Jeg ville aldrig tage toget til Danmark igen hvis lufthavne var så afstressende

Great for studying,cool synth though it obsviously gets boring after sometime cause its looped.

This album achieved exactly what it set out to do.

I thought it was really good. Just not something I feel like I need to listen to again. Definitely interested in listening to some more Brian Eno solo stuff. I loved the other album I listened to

To be honest, my only previous exposure to Brian Eno was the work he did with Coldplay. I’d always thought of him as a musical genius and said that “one day” I’d listen to Music for Airports. Glad that this is on the list - even though ambient music isn’t my thing (I fought many times with myself to skip to the next track when the repetition was getting to me), I found an appreciation for the art of minimalism and restraint. I don’t know if I’ll come back to this one though.

Surprisingly, I liked this one. Great background music that's not distracting

Nice background ambient music

Incredibly chill. Sleepy music.

I am alive, but sleepy. Great!

Why do we cry, when it's the onions that are getting hurt? The eyes are the nipples of the head.

Love ambient music. An album i will listen to again. Standout track: 2/1

Points for being the originator of ambient, but by its very ambient nature, it's not something you spend attention listening to. Four stars, but not necessarily on the same scale as non-ambient music.

perfect for what it is and yet somewhat boring nonetheless

Great album by Eno, title says it all, perfect vibe for airport waiting

Love this album! Peak Brian Eno, so beautiful, so interesting, so relaxing!! It sparked a thought of how amazing it is how much music can affect our mood and even behaviour - cool!

Nice and very calming to listen to

I already love this album. I think my favourite Brian Eno. So calming and peaceful. I often do yoga to it and did again this week when it cropped up!

Stansted?! Lovely album, very nice. I knew of this album already but never heard it. Definitely a keeper for when needing some peaceful music.

Very nice music

I actually liked this as background or relaxation music.

This is a great album to have playing while doing work that requires concentration. I discovered Brian Eno’s ambient work some time ago. I also listen to Tim Hecker’s ambient work. In fact, I have Eno and Hecker on an “ambient” playlist already.

not really my cup of tea, NPI, but I'm thinking a fall rainy Sunday afternoon drinking tea blanket and a book with headphones listening to this.

Really enjoyed this one! Would never have listened to it, but it was very relaxing

Although Eno himself stated that this was to be nothing more than background music, I still thought it was a pleasant enough experience on its own

This is the type of album that would hit differently at 3AM

Something special

This is the perfect album for relaxing in an airport or airplane. Perfectly named album.

I'm a big fan of systems and I admire the way he constructed this. This is not something I come back to often, but I consider it art.

An album whose story and mythos are maybe greater than it's actual output. It's almost quaint at this point in terms of Ambient and to me there are many much better ambient albums to date. But, huge respect for this album for sure, it's just not what I'd wanna listen to these days.

Classic

Very zen

“Music to get a massage to.”- Matt

Ambient indeed. Simple, easy background music that's intended to be simple, easy background music. 4/5.

It is exactly what it says. Really nice, soft & gentle. Perfect background for working.

This was very peaceful and relaxing but why is it an album I need to hear before I die?😂 I listened to it while studying, which was pleasant, but nothing special. Apparently it's like the first ambient music album tho so props for that I guess. Now that I think of it, I actually got a lot done while listening to this, so it def made me focus well. I would've liked some creativity in the title choices tho...😶

Awesome, nice piece of background music.

pretty sweet I still like it

Atmospheric Excellence

Snoozefest but i guess i like it as far as it's ambient so boosting one star. hopefully this will be as good as the name sounds.

Loved it. Enjoyed having it the background which was its intended purpose

This was so lush for a slow Monday morning

Absolutely lovely, this was great to just have on while reading and sounds fantastic

Difficult to find more relaxing music than this!

The generator gave me this album on a day when I'm working from a cafe and it was just perfect. Listened to it on repeat several times and it flowed very nicely. Nothing particularly memorable which is exactly how it was intended. 4/5

Cet album pose tellement bien les bases du genre qu'on peut croire que tous ceux qui ont suivi en sont issus et y sont déjà représentés

Such a visceral experience - I swear if I closed my eyes I was sitting at my American Airlines terminal waiting to board in group 9.

Will definitely listen next time at an airport.

It's nice, relaxing, and interesting. Maybe in hindsight it seems like typical new age bullshit, but we have to consider the fact that Eno pioneered this genre. There's more to it than just relaxing sounds. 4 stars.

This is one of the Grand Daddy’s of modern ambient music. A remarkable evolution from his earlier rock music, it’s not as saccharine sweet or commercial as some of the “New Age” artists that followed, nor as controversial or mind bending as say John Cage’s 4’33” where there’s nothing but silence for the duration. This album never gets old, and I think it’ll always be as essential hundreds of years from now.

Truly meant as background noise. I liked the beginning more than the middle or end. It is good music for reading or studying. I get why it's on this list, but at the same time it feels like it doesn't quite belong.

The last time I had an extended stay in hospital, I watched Stuart Little 2 again and again until it felt as though I could recite it word for word. In the 1970s, it wasn’t out yet, so all Brian Eno was able to do was coin a new genre of music. “Ambient” was allegedly conceived when Eno was bedridden after an accident and stuck with the volume of his music too low to distinguish it from the sounds of his environment. The resulting “Music for Airports”, one of his first full-length explorations of ambient music’s potential, isn’t strictly music for a dedicated listening session. It’s not an experience in itself, but it’s in service to something else. It’s music to be subliminal, wallpaper, an extra layer of the environment. Most succinctly described by Eno as “ignorable as it is interesting”. This album has helped me through many a study session or sleepless night in the past, becoming my go-to to calm my nerves or put me at ease. In most cases, I’ve only got as far as the end of 1/1 before either falling asleep or switching it off and getting on with something else. I’ve never listened to it in the middle of an airport lounge while worried about a flight: on this particular occasion, I heard it through headphones in a dark room. At worst, “Music for Airports” is distracting (presumably exactly what Eno did not want it to be). At best, it’s arrestingly beautiful. There’s something of a feeling of diminishing returns across the album: when the vocal or brass synth pads come in on 2/1 and 2/2, it feels a bit plastic space-age, like an airport from a Star Trek set. In 2022, it was enough to take me out of the immersive experience and wish they’d gone for some different sounds. The sparser and more organic the instrumentation is, the better, which is why 1/2 feels so effective and cleansing. As the whole idea of this album is to present a different purpose and function of music, it’s useless to measure it in the same way as others on the list. The main question really is whether “Music for Airports” fulfils its aim?While it never really took off (no pun intended) as a departure lounge soundtrack, ambient music is pervasive now, and this is a landmark record in the genre. Sure, if Eno hadn’t done it, somebody else would have done, but “…Airports” is spacious and serene enough to deserve its acclaim. I wish I’d known about it back when I was stuck with Stuart Little 2.

I enjoyed this one if nothing else because I needed something soothing at the moment

Some fine vibey ambiance tunes... not an everyday thing, but I can never fault Eno.

Does what it says on the label

I really dislike 1/2. But otherwise, what a soundscape. It sounds like something that unearths what already naturally occurs. That illusion of manufacturing something that feels like it should have always existed is what makes this brilliant.

i like this kind of music. thank you brian for inventing it.

It’s great but it’s background music.

Inte det bästa ambient albumet, ens Enos bästa, men bra ändå

Truly a beautiful album. Filled with sounds of wonder and opportunity. I don't entirely know the context of the album and if it's designed to be an airport album or something, but they really should be playing this stuff in an airport. It's a great soundtrack that would add to the sense of travel and exploration that airports offer us.

I think I bought this cheap on tape from some mall somewhere near Scranton, PA when I was working in the kitchen on a summer camp for rich kids from NY. Good times, good album.

I liked this, nice and peaceful and I would definitely listen again in certain situations.

Really like this ambient music. Nice sounds that make me feel something and isn’t that what art is all about.

chillllll

Seems ahead of it’s time. I love ambient music.

A regular listen…

This album is very soothing. To the point where it makes me sleepasdf;kjna;sdlkfnlksndf;kdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

Actually some really good ambient music! Watched a perfect sunset while listening so it fit pretty well. 4

Ok, not sure how to rate this. It’s not something I would just put on to listen to it. It’s more something I would use for meditation or maybe to help me fall asleep. It’s almost more of a tool than it is music to me I guess. That being said; I like the way that the sounds are put together. A lot of times with meditation/relaxation music, there are sounds mixed it that end up becoming distracting. However, this had a nice consistent sound and feel to it that makes it able to melt into the background. In general, I dig it and will give it a try for relation/meditation/sleep.

It was very chill Ambient music

Background music, which is what he apparently intended. Really pleasant to have on while driving, studying or relaxing, as it is nice but not too engaging. Surprised I liked this so much, after previous Eno experiences, but it was (twice) a lovely wee reset in my day. Only four tracks, but it might as well be one to be honest.

this is a good title for this album. Very chill ambient sounds. I liked it.

Coincidentally listened at the airport. Blended right in with the actual airport muzak

Quand je tombai sur Brian Eno, je le trouvai roulé en boule dans un coin de la pièce. Après m'être approché lentement et lui avoir demandé ce qui avait pu le mettre dans un tel état, celui-ci répondit simplement par l'identité de mon pire ennemi : "eltrapeze". J'étais furieux. Cette situation me rappelai un souvenir d'enfance. Une fin d'après-midi, alors que j'étais en moyenne section maternelle, j'allai avec ma mère chercher mon grand-frère à l'école primaire après l'étude du soir. J'avais sur ma tête un immense chapeau de fou du roi rouge confectionné en classe le jour-même. J'en étais très fier. Il était 17h45 lorsque nous arrivâmes à l'école. L'heure de la sonnerie n'étant pas encore venue, je décidai de monter dans la classe où mon frère se trouvait dans le but de me pavaner avec mon grand chapeau sous le regard de ses camarades. Seulement voilà : ce chapeau ne fut pas du tout de goût de celui-ci qui me reprocha de lui faire honte. Je sortis alors dans la cour de récréation pour aller pleurer lorsque tout à coup, trois élèves semblant âgés de seize ans (je pense maintenant qu'ils avaient neuf ans) vinrent me voir pour me demander pourquoi j'étais dans cet état. Je leur racontai toute l'histoire depuis le début. Ceux-ci me confièrent alors la chose suivante : mon chapeau était le plus beau qu'ils aient jamais vu. J'étais alors pleinement consolé. Revenons-en à Brian Eno. Une fois que celui-ci eut prononcé le nom de mon ennemi juré, je me rappelai mon grand chapeau et lui confiai la chose suivante : "Ne pense pas à ce que t'a dit cette ordure d'eltrapeze, je le trouve très beau ton chapeau de fou du roi, Brian." — C'est vrai, tu le penses vraiment ? — Oui, je te le jure." Brian Eno sécha ses larmes et me fit un bisou sur la joue. Je l'avais pleinement consolé.

Ambient music got me through the COVID lockdown, so learning its roots with this album was a real treat.

This is extremely relaxing, pleasant, comforting. I enjoyed this a lot more than ever I have Brian Eno. Not sure I'm a convert yet, but it is very good. Perhaps this is because of my recent experiences reuniting with the Hearts of Space radio program which serves up weekly ambient music now online whereas it did so when I was a kid on the radio once a week. When it's done well, ambient music can really head straight into the heart and move you.

Listened to on 7/21/22 4/5 Favorite song: 2/1 This ambient music was PERFECT for working and definitely hit the goal of being interesting enough to not be ignored

4.1 + Definitely a curiosity that adds depth to Eno's rich and varied output. Revisiting this, I'm struck by the tone. One would think ambient music for an airport would be more cheerful. But then I wonder how that upbeat music would make me feel personally if I'm running to my gate towing luggage. Instead Eno creates a sense of calm empathy. As if to say: "I know traveling can be hard. But you'll get through it. Be strong." Also, this album has a vaguely East Berlin feel to it - particularly, "2/2" feels like I'm drifting through rows of gray residential buildings on a sunny day.

Yndisleg plata. Mjög róandi. Ég vil þakka Brian Eno fyrir að hafa komið mér hjartaáfallslaust í gegnum erfitt borð í Chip's Challenge.

One of my favorites. Music to sleep to (and that is a compliment to the artist). Love it.

This was the perfect album to have recommended to calm my nerves before a job interview with my employer Clark College.

Fitting, and lovely

This has been on my shelf for decades. You need to be in the right mood but it is essential Eno and essential ambient...4 longish instrumental tracks that slowly evolve. Music to get lost in.

Exactly as advertised. Great background music.

This is such a different kind of album or listening experience that it's hard to put this on any type of scale similar to the others. I mean...Brian Eno himself said that this music is meant to be "as ignorable as it is interesting." That's as good a description as I can think of. As a point of note I feel I should say that I absolutely HAVE listened to this album in airports before. It's very relaxing. I can also imagine very clearly many people loathing this album - like..."this isn't music!" or "the most boring 45+ minutes possible" and I get it. e.g. I got this a few days after getting Green Day's "Dookie" - they are not similar. Compartmentalizing it (because you have to)...: this album is not meant to be "enjoyed" in the same way a typical pop music album is; it is literally background loop music (but it is music, let's be fair) and I do find it entrancing, dreamlike [n.b. it's great to fall asleep to, if not already obvious], and mysteriously haunting at times. Also points for being one of, if not the very, first truly ambient records. I'm a fan. 8/10 4 stars

There had been bits of pieces here and there (collabs with Robert Fripp, Discreet Music, the majority of Another Green World) but this is it. The start of the main chapter of Brian Eno's career and the main thing that most people associate him with. This is the perfect collection for unwinding, mellowing out after a tough day. It seems quite ironic that this was considered made for airports, given the rather chaotic nature of those places. Maybe that was what Eno envisioned. I don't know but what I do know is that this is essential to the Brian Eno discography. It would be incomplete without it. Favorites: 1/1, 2/2.

Ambient will never be a genre I listen to a lot of. I played this on the perfect day when in fit what I was doing and was a great backing track. Probably liked it more because of the timing, but I did really enjoy it.

Hauntingly beautiful. Austere yet warmly human.

Yes!

Definitely like this one a lot - in the right place & time of course.

Mellow ambience from a chameleon musician

I enjoyed listening to this and I wasn't even in an Airport. The description of it being an alternative to musak holds up in that it is beautiful, rather than reductive.

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeelin

Any album that names a whole genre should be listened to before you die, this is no exception. A manifesto for what ambient music could be, expectedly pretty and abstract

Does what it says on the tin

This was an awesome album. Perfectly timed for traveling in the airport. A huge desressor, but also didn’t exactly sound like something you’d hear in the airport. Either way, I’m excited to use this for meditating and sleeping in the future.

amazing atmospheric ambient

Loved it.

moi aussi j'ai peur de l'avion et donc je testerai le concept de l'album prochainement, en attendant c'était très relaxant pour commencer ma matinée de travail en mangeant des miel pops

Not his best, but essential anyway.

48 minutes of ambient music, eh? well I guess. Eno says that this is music "Really, it’s music to resign you to the possibility of death." Its very calming after a while, so thats nice. Wow that album passed me by in a flash. Defintely soothing.

Música instrumental. Sin más. Agradable. En todo momento pienso que estoy en el espacio :D.

Вот они, истоки эмбиента. Идеально для медитации.

Wow. I didn't know it was possible! A Brian Eno album I liked! Obviously very chill and sleepy, not particularly attention grabbing, but great mellow music for the background.

I like ambience. Very nice flow 👍

I first heard of Brian Eno as a producer of other bands that I like (including U2 and the Talking Heads). I listened to Ambient 1/Music For Airports before, to find out what Eno's own music sounded like. I'm not sure who to recommend the album to, but it's good enough. I know when I would play the album. I would have no problem listening again. Rounding up to 4 stars.

1975??!! very innovative

Dakle, ovo. Ovo je za mene jedno od savršenijih ambient materijala. Definitivno ako ikad budeš imao problema sa spavanjem, da se umiriš itd, ovo je taj album koji ti treba. Brian Eno je legenda ambijentalne glazbe, i to sam se bome uvjerio kroz dosta njegovih albuma. Uglavnom, ako nisi slušao, a paše ti ambijentalna glazba, ovo je pod MUS!

well this is an interesting album from Mr. Eno. Be told I<m a fan of Eno but never heard this before. I think Another Green World is brilliant. as is Here Come The Warm Jets. Taking Tiger Mountain.... and Before and after science are great but not quite uo to the lofty standards of AGW. So where does this album fall...Not sure. It;s great late-night, lights out music that blends into the background but also bears stands up well to further scrutiny. After it finished I wanted to hear it again. I hear some of AGWs quieter moods in the opening piece which aided in my appreciation of the album. I can see this becoming an addictive album. 4 stars with a bullet

Really good background music for just chilling. 0RS

Eno is a master of ambient music. First listen of this album. Extremely mellow and transcendent. Somewhat lengthy and repetitive.

I had an ambient music phase around fall of last year so I’ve already listened to this piece before. However I forgot everything about it. But this is an essential album for anyone who wants to get a start into the ambient genre. Honestly all of Brian Eno’s works are good “starter” albums. The sound is so peaceful and it would be great to listen to while doing any task. Again I really enjoy this album, I haven’t listened to ambience in a while, but I might hop back in

Does its job

So exciting!

Eno is a genius and this offers great background music for what it intends to do. Not only is it Eno quality but it is highly influential, popularizing the genre. However, the parts only differed slightly, making the album feel tiring with full attention. Nevertheless one of the best ambience works out there cause Eno duh.

Great studying music

Neat album, very relaxing and warm. I didn’t care for the breathy choir though. It’s definitely not an album for everyone, but I enjoyed it

Calming, really good for learning 4/5

This album is everything about being calm. Really relaxing listen and very enjoyable to have on in the background!

Very pretty. It does what it says on the tin.

Exactly as advertised. Beautiful and serene

Certainly is calming and ambient. It is pretty good for what it is.

Znam, dobre

Very interesting and soothing

Super chill and gentle! Not really sure why its on this list but is great background, definitely helped me concentrate. 8/10 for nice sounds

8/10 I guess, really pleasant ambient music. But still ambient music, so not the most exciting listen.

Música instrumental. Sin más. Agradable. En todo momento pienso que estoy en el espacio :D.

good, repetitive but its ok

This would be interesting to come back to. Maybe background/ambient music for working to.

Does what it says on the tin

vibes

To quote the man himself "music as ignorable as it is interesting". Great starting spot for ambient music.

nice

Pretty nice, chill, ambient background music.

pretty good

Not something i enjoy as background music but when actively listening with headphones it's really nice and almost hypnotic.

Dudelmusik zum Weghören

Calming. Not recommended for work background noise.

An interesting concept. I was thoroughly relaxed after listening.

I listened to this in an airport and on a plane. That might have tipped it to a 3 despite my ambivalence toward ambient music. I’ve listened to a lot of Brian Eno but none of his ambient stuff, so i was happy to have a reason.

Accurately titled. This reaches my personal ceiling for this kind of thing.

3/5 - Brian Eno is a genius operating on a higher plane than my ears live on. Put in historical context, this belongs on the list, even if it isn't something to actively listen to. Still, an excellent album to work to while it's in the background. Or possibly board a PanAm or TWA flight to.

Wouldn't seek this out, but it really defined ambient music and is great for meditation and yoga. Also, this absolutely inspired R.E.M. during the making of Up (See Airportman).

Ambient music is always going to be polarising, it's literally designed to be played in the background and so lacks a lot of the 'depth' over music gets to explore. Still, being able to craft something for that purpose takes skill, and it can be quite the experience to listen to when done right. I don't find this to blow me away as later ambient releases have done, but it's still well worth your time.

Well there’s a reason this isn’t called Music for Housekeeping. But really, I do understand and appreciate this album, I just wouldn’t throw it on to get the party started. Maybe to stare out of the window into the rain, though.

Bit weird this is an album to listen to before I die. Nice to chill to as background, but otherwise nothing groundbreaking.

I like this but it’s so limited in its application it’s hard to rank, nice to help you fall asleep or background music whilst getting a massage but realistically how often would you reach for it. 3

background music. does its purpose

Sonic wallpaper. I guess that's the definition of ambient music. Kind of felt like a whole lot of nothing. Respect the work, but nothing to see here.

Made for okay background track to my waiting in line at the DMV.

interesting album. i feel like it could be a soundtrack being played while you're walking on the moon. OK background music.

1/1 2/1

I which Brian writes songs which resolve to a finish after a minute or two, then plays the outro for 37.8 weeks. Take side 1 part 1- a simple figure in the major scale played in various inversions. It resolved quickly, the notes died out, then it started again. Repeat ad nauseum. It's actually pleasant - good passive listening when you need to calm your thoughts. Almost worthy of a 4

51/100

(4/7) in the process of listening to this I forgot that I was listening to this, which I guess was the goal

The biggest gripe with this album is that when you first enter it, it starts off really intriguing... but listening to the same noise for 17 minutes, even if branded as "ambient" can genuinely just get more than tiring. Despite the runtime being only 48 minutes, I've felt like I've wasted half my day just listening to this album alone. Eno is a musical prodigy, and the album is very much an important staple in both ambient and electronic music as a whole... but it's not something I'd want to repeat my listen to.

This is like the music they play at a spa or when you are getting a massage. In that context it is really perfect and facilitates the extremely calm and meditative environment where you can just zone out and exist. I think trying to deeply listen to music like this an think critically about it is difficult- that's true for a lot of ambient music and I think it succeeds in cultivating a vibe. I think this is relaxing music but as I am trying to listen deeply it feels more like music to slit your wrists to. It is meant to fade into the background and it better when it does that.

Ambient music usually kind of sucks, but I like this so far (writing during the first track). It’s pretty; it reminds me of Explosions in the Sky. 7/10

I wonder how many takes Mr. Eno had to make of this record?

Is this my favorite ambient album? No. Is this my favorite Eno album? No. Is this my favorite ambient Eno album? Still no. Is it a classic I fully respect, and literally paved the way for one or my favorite genres to exist? Absolutely. The literature and lore surrounding this album makes me want to enjoy it so much more, but it simply doesn't fascinate me the way the vast majority of ambient albums that have come out since. Zero disrespect to Eno, just a case of my reverence for an album outweighing my individual enjoyment. Fav Songs: 1/1, 1/2 Least Fav: 2/1 Score: 6

I was literally on the plane recently, this should've been the music that played. This album reminds me of those ambient YouTube videos where they have someone narrate Bible verses as you drift off to sleep. Ambient 1 gets you in a mood to reflect, journal, and play some Breath of the Wild. 1/1 sounds like the Zoom doorbell notification when someone has joined the waiting room. It definitely fits the airport vibe. 2/1 and 1/2 sound like a sanctuary. And 2/2 is the triumphant traveler going home. Can't believe I listened to 48 minutes of this... intently... (3.5)

Was decent - really enjoyed the first track. However the other 3 didn't hit as hard... almost seemed a tad dated?

's alright 3.4

Background music

Takes me back to the time I first heard this album in 2015. Thanks Geoff!

Does exactly what it's intended to do, fades into the background. Can't fault it for that. 3 feels appropriate for an ambient album even if it's as influential as this was.

Needed this after the bleep bloop nonsense, but it might have been a swing too far in the other direction. The abundance of ethereal "ahs" was a bit much for me. 5/10

1/1 = 4/5 2/1 = 3/5 1/2 = 3/5 2/2 = 3/5

After listening to the album I was less than impressed. Track 2 and 3 sound almost identical. Considering that is like 50% of the playtime, it's quite a letdown. Then I read about it on Wikipedia. Turns it out it's actually one of (the?) first actual ambient album. That flips things around for me. Sure, it's not the best ambient album I've heard (or even that good honestly), but it deserves recognition if this is the first of its kind. In the end I'll give this a 3 as a compromise. Weak 2 music wise, 4 or 5 for creativity. Definitely deserves a spot on the list. PS. Please let this be the last Brian Eno album.

Not sure how to review this. It’s not really music to focus on but rather background music which seems to be the entire point of the record. I think it succeeds in that, feels like music you could find in a spa. I found the effects pretty impressive for 1978 and it sure is different. It deserves a place on the list but for personal enjoyment it gets a meh. 3 stars I guess?

Ты очень умен, если слушаешь эмбиент

- I appreciate this being the "first," but a lot of ambient music has come out since that I vastly prefer. - 1/1 is the best track...easily could have come out post-2000. All of the others are much more dated, especially with the vocal inclusions.

How can one properly evaluate ambient music? It's not meant to be listened to with a critical ear, but to set a relaxing mood in spaces such as hotels, stores, and (as stated in the album's title) airports. So, as an album to be on the list, I'll give it a 3 for it's significance to ambient as a genre while not actually being a "listenable" album in the traditional sense.

It just kind of washed over me, which to be fair seems to be what Eno was going for.

nice. i do like ambient music. 1/1 and 2/2 are smooth and entrancing, but i found 2/1 and 1/2 to be a little boring. i imagine this album was a pioneering one in the ambient genre but i think it serves as a reminder of how the early work in a certain style isn't necessarily the best, regardless of its influence and impact. tbh i didn't really think either of the middle two tracks felt like music for an airport. 3.3/5

It's a solid 2.5 because I hear the influence it had on later works and while it's not something i'd listen to everyday, it's pleasant in it's own way.

Huh, what? Sorry I dozed off.

Eno was a pioneer of what we now call ambient music. He envisioned this as an art piece as much as music. It's very influential today. But of course his earliest attempts at it were more about showing what could be done. There are many better ambient albums in the almost 50 years since he released this album. Anyway, I think a good addition to the list as a historical document. But rates a 3 only.

Rate: 7/10

Why the freaky deaky are we getting relaxing sleeping music but it kinda angelic though 3 for putting me to sleep like a small baby and its for airports 🛫

I haven't listened to this in several years. The tracks are pretty calming, and I wondered the first time I heard it whether it would be surreal to listen on headphones while actually walking through an airport. I've never tried it, but I can sort of picture it. The Wikipedia article mentions that a journalist made a connection to Erik Satie, and I can totally hear that in "1/1".

My first reaction was not ANOTHER Brian Eno album. But this is different, he gave up singing and trying to be a pop star and just made some pleasant ambient music. For me this is a soundtrack for some other activity, not the main event on its own.

I mean...It came across exactly as labeled.

This actually but me to sleep. I’m not being hyperbolic- I put it on, and then woke up when the album ended. So, three stars, because music with a practical application is always appreciated.

Pleasant mood music, nice in the background, but didn’t really grab me/have an emotional effect on me

Mellow.

Honestly, not music I would ever want to hear in an airport. Maybe if the airport were completely empty, no one in it, and it was early morning where the sun is first peaking out, but yeah. I don't think there's much to say about it honestly. It's pleasant, but not something I'm ever going to "listen" to. Overly long where he just barely develops (with minor changes here and there) and idea or two over ten minute track lengths. I would have much preferred more interesting developments and movements over the loops. In comparison to the other Eno albums I've got, its probably one of the better ones, but that's more a function of it not doing stuff I dislike like on Before and After Science and My Life In the Bush of Ghosts as opposed to doing stuff I enjoy. Still think Another Green World is his best though. Need to get Here Come the Warm Jets, so the jury is out on that one.

Great album to have on the background and do a chill task. He is a big name in the industry and i see his vision.

Grei bakgrunnsstøy, overraskende lite irriterende.

Yeah it’s kinda pretty ambient music, maybe could soundtrack the right movie, but it’s background noise through and through. This does not need to be heard before you die.

Effectively relaxing

I’ve “listened” to this album before, or let it drift over me more like! Very good and does exactly what it says on the tin.

To me and my wife it sounded like some kind of Terrance Malick movie where someone on their death bed is seeing their life flash before them. Too apt to enjoy.

I don't really need to hear this ever again. I get that the point is not to hold my attention and make me feel anything emotional except for possibly calm but that also means I find it boring. I also get that this "invented" a genre, I find this genre to be boring background music. That being said this isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination. 3 stars.

Listening to this in an airport 😅

I mean is this really any to just be a YouTube chill beats to study to album. Because if so I’m bailing out. Never heard of album or artist. Big time Minecraft vibes in the first one. Like the piano is good and relaxing but I wouldn’t say any of this is impressive or complicated. Unsure why it didn’t end at 10:30 that seemed like an obvious closing spot. The beeps are super disorienting. Keep thinking I’m abt to get hit by a truck. First one is a lot better than the second. Not enough going on with the second song. Much more opera-y. Missing the piano but good strings. I like the return of the piano on 1/2. Good mix of both of the first 2 songs. Relaxing again. And 2/2 is more of the same. The fact I made it all the way through says something. It’s like the Minecraft theme in a an album. Really good to listen to while working. A lot of good sounds, but not a ton of variety. Slightly better than JAA because it does take talent to make you enjoy music that doesn’t have lyrics. True average album. 2.5/5

Brian Eno described this as “background music to be ignored”… and he absolutely nailed that description. This was weirdly cool, but I definitely ignored much of it.

Good music for reading

There's a lot of Eno on this list! Good background and/or sleeping music.

Is it what it is? As a form of art, interesting. As an ambient, I mean, AI can do this shit in less than a minute. I did not hate it

Heard it before. Not sure if it'd actually work as music for airports but certainly it's music that calms you down 3/5

The Rolls Royce of easy listening music.

45 minutes of synth swells, ethereal vocals, and piano tinkling. It's either brilliant or absolute wank, I'm not quite sure which. Not convinced I'd want to hear this in the airport though.

Have definitely heard of this one for decades. I know it’s a pioneering record. As a listening experience in 2026, I found it calming, soothing - which *would* be nice in airports. Having listened to electronic for 30 years though, its innovation for the time sadly doesn’t blow my socks off.

Eno came up with the term and genre of "ambient music"??? Lofi Beats To Relax/Study To and all its ilk owes literally everything to this guy

Need to give credit any time an album is exactly what the artist intended. Beatless, wordless, all ambient whooshing with some piano meandering in the background - this was a major artistic statement and very influential on rock musicians going forward. This is the most extreme example, but this opened the door to pop/rock artists working with “textures” not just notes.

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The wrong album to listen to when you're tired. The album title seemed very fitting for the first track - I could definitely picture listening to it in the tunnel at DTW. I didn't enjoy the rest of the album much.

I understand the concept of the album and on paper it should be ideal for slipping in to the back of my head while it plays in the background while I work. But there were some times where it was a bit discordant that drew my attention away. Not at all a bad album but certainly not 5 stars either.

I put this on while studying and got every question correct.

Ik vind dit best geinig. Gewoon lekker voor achter werk of studeren waar je goeie focus voor moet hebben

Vind het concept keihard, de muziek is natuurlijk niet heel pakkend maar als dat de bedoeling is vind ik het goed uitgevoerd

I seem to be giving lots of threes these days. Same for this album. But in a way, a 3 is probably a perfect score for this. A 5 would mean it's probably too exciting and that was not the aim of this album. I like the overall sound and the influence this album had as a very early (the first?) ambient album. So I feel it deserves to be on the list. But it's still what it is, background music.

music for work

Listened to during my 5 AM commute to work. Damn near fell asleep but hey the music is good.

backrooms music. liked the first bu the other tracks were too mysterious x

It was a simpler time. No airport sounds like this anymore. I don't really want to hear what an airport sounds like today, I kind of miss 'simpler' times.

Very interesting addition to this list. Who knew where ambient music came from. I did like the background noise as well as being rewarded when you listen more closely

Strong 3

Just read the title man, the music was very calming but it doesn’t really belong on this 1001 albums list.

5 stars for the concept, but it got old unsurprisingly quickly.

Pretty much whay I expected from the title. Slow, ambient, cinematic. It was like a score to my boring depressing life.

An great album to listen to while studying or working 3/5

not my fav. too loud for background to me

chill. etheral. mellow. music?

Probably suffered from coming one day after Boards of Canada. Too much slow electronic for me. Need a shot in the arm. Not eno’s fault though. I like this just fine. It does make me think of an airport, I suppose.

Hard to rate. I didn't notice it so I guess it succeeded as an ambient project. I like my ambient a bit more noticeable to I will keep it dead in the middle.

p421. 1978. 3 stars. Inoffensive and mildly pleasant background music. Not sure it is essential listening.

Sitting and doing arts and crafts, this is great.

On ne se cachera pas que ce n'est pas la partie la plus fameuse de son oeuvre.

Je respecte la démarche artistique, mais comme il a pas réussi à changer pour de vrai la background music dans les lieux publics pour ça je vais donner un 3 pour l'intention. Sur une échelle de techno (1) à blues (5), ça va là. 1/1 me fait un peu penser à la trame sonore de American Beauty. Et Frère Jacques. Aussi, j'appellerais plutôt ça Spa music. Ou Steve Reich copycat music.

If this was playing at an airport I would think I had died and my soul was leaving my body because of how ethereal this sounds. I've never been into the soundscape stuff but I can appreciate the effort to make something weird like this. Maybe the airport would be more tolerable if this was playing over the PA? It might even help with the drunk people at Chili's outside their gate.

Fairly inoffensive and bland. I know it says it’s for airports but I can’t imagine listening to this album anywhere. It’s like Brian Eno found the church organ setting on his keyboard and went… I could gently play chords with this!

If Brian Eno’s name wasn’t on this, would we see it as anything more than generic spa music?