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Brian Eno's got some great ambient stuff (although Ambient 4 is not one of my favorites).

Some I'd recommend:

* Ambient 1: Music for Airports

* Ambient 2: Plateaux of Mirror

* The Pearl

* Thursday Afternoon

* Discreet Music

If you like any of those, there's lots more to explore. I don't care for all Eno's ambient works, but I really enjoy some of it.

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Music for airports is my favorite ambient Eno. I have this part of my brain that notices odd (to me) choices, and some of his ambient stuff has sounds/patterns that break me out of the zone, but music for airports works as intended. Love Eno, and I think this is a "me" problem, rather than an issue with his work.

Unless I need a sense of urgency, random recordings of bird songs (especially mockingbirds) are my go-to for background noise for work.

I also love Music for Airports but it's not one I see people talking about often.

Besides his work with Roxy Music, I think I see more discussion about Music for Airports than anything else he's done.

But maybe I exist in strange circles.

To be fair it could be me who’s in those strange circles :)

Outside of music critics, I don't see him talked about much at all. I love his work as a producer for John Cale, David Bowie, and the Talking Heads in particular. Iirc he also worked on the two Iggy Pop records (the Idiot and Lust for Life) that Bowie produced. I also like his solo (non-ambient) work and work with Roxie Music, but the style of singing isn't my favorite. I know he didn't do vocals for Roxie, but the style of singing is similar to me.

He had a great conversation with Rick Rubin on the Broken Record podcast.

The Pearl gives me strong rainy october nostalgia from my time in high school

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