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| Top 10 Trip-hop Albums
Still one of my favourite genre's. dark brooding but relaxing.
Here are my favourite. what are yours? | | 10 |  | UNKLE
Psyence Fiction
A legendary collaboration between DJ James Lavelle and DJ Shadow. Featuring a massive roster of guests like Thom Yorke, Richard Ashcroft, and Mike D. | | 9 |  | Lamb
Lamb
It's a perfect example of a record that honors the spirit of trip-hop while pushing its rhythmic boundaries significantly. | | 8 |  | Morcheeba
Big Calm
A more accessible, soulful, and bluesy approach to trip-hop, showcasing Skye Edwards' distinctive voice. | | 7 |  | Hooverphonic
A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
Belgium's contribution to the genre. It's lush, orchestral, and cinematic, known for its elegant, moody atmosphere and vocalist Liesje Sadonius. | | 6 |  | Bjork
Post
An Art Pop masterpiece featuring key collaborations with trip-hop pioneers Tricky and Howie B, giving tracks like "Possibly Maybe" and "Enjoy" a clear, moody, downtempo beat sensibility. | | 5 |  | Air
Moon Safari
This album is a prime example of the genre's spread, blending electronic chill-out music with retro-futuristic, psychedelic pop elements. | | 4 |  | Tricky
Maxinquaye
An incredibly dark, dense, and experimental debut. Tricky carved out his own path with Martina Topley-Bird's whispered, hypnotic vocals. | | 3 |  | DJ Shadow
Endtroducing.....
This landmark album is built almost entirely from samples and is a highly influential, atmospheric masterpiece critical to the genre's beat scene. | | 2 |  | Massive Attack
Mezzanine
A darker, more rock-influenced and paranoid sound than their earlier work, featuring One of my favourite all time songs Teardrop. A commercial and critical peak for the genre. | | 1 |  | Portishead
Dummy
THE quintessential trip-hop album, defining the sound with its cinematic, dark, and jazz-influenced atmosphere, centered around Beth Gibbons' haunting vocals. | |
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11.18.25 | Portishead > Dummy | EyesWideShut
11.18.25 | Randomly I put on Mezzanine on and was thinking is "Trip Hop" still a thing ? Seems like these classics are what get mentioned for the genre | platttt
11.18.25 | third > dummy > portishead | AlkemestRedux
11.18.25 | I'll check these out! Trip hop used to be one of my favorite genres for background working music. Although most of what I listened to was just mixes 'confused bi-product of a misinformed culture' on youtube or whatever. | gabba
11.18.25 | This list is all-gold. Jammed 5 in the car today, still gorgeous.
Kelly watch the stars, Kelly watch the staaaars! | FurtherDown
11.19.25 | Cool list! First two are obviously GOAT, I'd add also these:
Ulver - Perdition City
Bowery Electric - Beat
The For Carnation - s/t | Demon of the Fall
11.19.25 | 1 is 1. "Third" is 2. Lamb is 3. Good call on "Beat" above.
all the below are (at minimum) contenders for my top 250 albums of all-time. Son Lux being top 30...
Son Lux - At War With Walls & Mazes
Laika - Sounds of the Satellites
Perry Blake - Still Life
DJ Krush - Jaku
Esthero - Breath From Another
under-appreciated wider genre outside of the obvious greats, for sure | cloakanddagger
11.19.25 | Love all the albums on this list. My personal additions would be:
Esthero - Breath From Another
Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
Archive - Londinium | markjamie
11.21.25 | Maxinquaye >>> everything else | Grimlin
11.21.25 | As much as I love Mezzanine, over time I've grown to prefer 100th Window a little more | Asdfp277
11.21.25 | mezzanine remains a 3.5 |
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