Top Modern Classical Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
596
 Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians Minimalism 1978
2
1088
 Terry Riley A Rainbow in Curved Air Minimalism Electronic 1969
3
1303
 Terry Riley In C Indeterminacy, Minimalism 1968
4
1369
 Eno Discreet Music Ambient 1975
5
1479
 Philip Glass Einstein on the Beach Minimalism Opera 1979
6
1499
 William Basinski The Disintegration Loops Minimalism Ambient, Tape Music 2002
7
1501
 Moondog Moondog Third Stream 1969
8
1774
 Karlheinz Stockhausen Kontakte Serialism Electroacoustic 1960
9
1851
 Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi Minimalism Film Score 1983
10
2413
 Gavin Bryars The Sinking of the Titanic Minimalism 1975
11
2427
 Arvo Pärt Tabula Rasa Minimalism 1984
12
2996
 John Cale The Academy in Peril Experimental 1972

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
John Cage Indeterminacy Indeterminacy Spoken Word 1959
Colin Stetson New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges Post-Minimalism Experimental 2011
Steve Reich Drumming / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ / Six Pianos Minimalism 1974
Steve Reich/Kronos Quartet/Pat Metheny Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint Minimalism 1989
Max Richter The Blue Notebooks 2004
Max Richter Sleep Post-Minimalism 2015
Nils Frahm All Melody Post-Minimalism Electronic 2018
Ornette Coleman Skies of America Avant-Garde Jazz, Third Stream 1972
Frank Zappa/Ensemble Modern The Yellow Shark 1993
Nils Frahm Spaces Ambient 2013
Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light Post-Minimalism Experimental 2013
Philip Glass Glassworks Minimalism 1982
Kelly Moran Ultraviolet Post-Minimalism 2018
A Winged Victory for the Sullen A Winged Victory for the Sullen Ambient 2011
Nico Muhly Mothertongue Experimental 2008
Nils Frahm Felt Ambient 2011
Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Landfall Chamber Music 2018
A Winged Victory for the Sullen Atomos Ambient 2014