# Gavin Bryars — The Sinking of the Titanic

Gavin Bryars’s The Sinking of the Titanic (1975) is No. 8 in our Minimalism ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1975
- **Label:** Obscure
- **On one list:** Minimalism
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Gavin Bryars](https://waxonia.com/artist/gavin-bryars/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/gavin-bryars--the-sinking-of-the-titanic/

## What we say

### No. 8 in [Minimalism](https://waxonia.com/genre/minimalism/)

A hymn the band supposedly kept playing as the ship went down, looped and slowly drowned in reverb. Released on Eno's own label, three years before he named ambient music.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Gavin%20Bryars%20The%20Sinking%20of%20the%20Titanic) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVMRADOq5s)

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