Our favorite Fruit Bat checks in with a list that reconciles his loves of soft rock and ambient music. But isn’t ambient really just the softest rock of all?
Ron: “Very well, you ASKED for it….a couple of these were unavoidably ‘rehearsed’ into most-played status… As for the rest, I probably could have told you w/out looking whose discography would easily dominate my top 25”
| Name | Artist | Album | Plays | |
| 1 | First Light | Brian Eno | Ambient #2: The Plateau of Mirrors | 199 |
| 2 | Steal Away | Brian Eno | Ambient #2: The Plateau of Mirrors | 193 |
| 3 | the Plateau of Mirror | Brian Eno | Ambient #2: The Plateau of Mirrors | 173 |
| 4 | Above Chingmai | Brian Eno | Ambient #2: The Plateau of Mirrors | 158 |
| 5 | An Arc of Doves | Brian Eno | Ambient #2: The Plateau of Mirrors | 129 |
| 6 | Not Yet Remembered | Brian Eno | Ambient #2: The Plateau of Mirrors | 114 |
| 7 | The Chill Air | Brian Eno | Ambient #2: The Plateau of Mirrors | 113 |
| 8 | Among Fields of Crystal | Brian Eno | Ambient #2: The Plateau of Mirrors | 108 |
| 9 | Wind in Lonely Fences | Brian Eno | Ambient #2: The Plateau of Mirrors | 102 |
| 10 | Failing Light | Brian Eno | Ambient #2: The Plateau of Mirrors | 95 |
| 11 | Australia | The Shins | Wincing the Night Away | 87 |
| 12 | 1/1 | Brian Eno | Ambient 1 Music For Airports | 80 |
| 13 | Late October | Brian Eno & Harold Budd | The Pearl | 79 |
| 14 | A Stream With Bright Fish | Brian Eno & Harold Budd | The Pearl | 78 |
| 15 | Steal Away | Robbie Dupree | Backseat: MTC Soft Hits | 77 |
| 16 | The Silver Ball | Brian Eno & Harold Budd | The Pearl | 73 |
| 17 | guilty | Barbera Streisand /Barry Gibb | 72 | |
| 18 | Baby I’m-A Want You | Bread | Rhino Hi-Five: Bread – EP | 72 |
| 19 | Welcome To the Working Week | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True | 71 |
| 20 | Phantom Limb | The Shins | Wincing the Night Away | 68 |
| 21 | Against the Sky | Brian Eno & Harold Budd | The Pearl | 67 |
| 22 | Just Remember I Love You | Firefall | Backseat: MTC Soft Hits | 66 |
| 23 | Sleeping Lessons | The Shins | Wincing the Night Away | 65 |
| 24 | How Much I Feel | Ambrosia | Backseat: MTC Soft Hits | 64 |
| 25 | Sin City | The Flying Burrito Brothers | Out Of The Blue (Disc 1) | 63 |
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