Pitchfork’s 40 Best IDM Albums of All Time
A curated trip through the weird, beautiful, labyrinthine world of IDM - “The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time” by Pitchfork explores how artists from Aphex Twin to Flying Lotus twisted dance-electronics into introspective, cerebral soundscapes. Whether you groove or drift, this list maps the boundary where rhythm meets abstraction. 
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Ranked from 1 to 40 (highest to lowest)
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Album · Isolée
Tides (2022 Remaster)
Album · Arovane
Soup
Album · Bola
Spanners
Album · The Black Dog
Start Breaking My Heart (Special Edition)
Album · Caribou
Like Weather (Remastered Edition)
Album · Leila
Vakio
Album · Pan Sonic
Immunity
Album · Jon Hopkins
Not For Threes
Album · Plaid
Dark Energy
Album · Jlin
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Album · burger/ink
Atavism
Album · SND
Glam
Album · Mouse On Mars
Succour (Redux)
Album · Seefeel
More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art
Album · Carl Craig
Lunatic Harness
Album · µ-Ziq
Surfing On Sine Waves (Expanded Edition)
Album · Polygon Window
Rossz Csillag Alatt Született
Album · Venetian Snares
Hard Normal Daddy
Album · Squarepusher
textstar+ (Remaster 2022)
Album · Farben
Stay Down
Album · Two Lone Swordsmen
A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure
Album · Matmos
Autoditacker
Album · Mouse On Mars
Body Riddle (Remastered)
Album · Clark
Amber
Album · Autechre
One Word Extinguisher
Album · Prefuse 73
Los Angeles
Album · Flying Lotus
...I Care Because You Do
Album · Aphex Twin
In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
Album · Boards of Canada
Harnessed the Storm
Album · Drexciya
Artificial Intelligence
Album · Various Artists
Big Loada
Album · Squarepusher
LP5
Album · Autechre
Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records
Album · Jan Jelinek
Rounds
Album · Four Tet
Geogaddi
Album · Boards of Canada
Richard D. James Album
Album · Aphex Twin
Tri Repetae
Album · Autechre
Music Has The Right To Children
Album · Boards of Canada
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Album · Aphex Twin
