Alfred Soto has been publishing album & movie reviews, pop culture essays, gay life observations, and political opinions for over twenty years in both national and niche publications. And blogging all of the above and more on the WordPress site humanizing the vacuum since 2007. One such 2018 post was simply titled The best synth pop albums and contained this brief statement:
I suppose some of these are predictable, and the line blurs between dance, R&B, and the like, but my criteria depended on a lulling quality — jarring and dissonant or otherwise. Here are thirty-six:
Below is Soto's chronologically ordered and numbered list of 26 albums. And one single. It is a study guide for the history of synth pop through a long-player lens.
1. A Clockwork Orange
soundtrack (1972)
2. Tangerine Dream
Phaedra (1974)
3. Kraftwerk
Autobahn (1974)
4. Brian Eno
Discreet Music (1975)
5. Jean-Michael Jarre
Oxygène (1976)
6. Patrick Cowley
School Daze (1973-1981)
7. Suicide
Suicide (1977)
8. David Bowie
Low (1977)
9. Ultravox
Systems of Romance (1978)
10. Tubeway Army
Replicas (1979)
11. Sparks
No. 1 In Heaven (1979)
12. John Foxx
Metamatic (1980)
13. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Organisation (1980)
14. The Human League
Dare (1981)
15. Soft Cell
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981)
16. George Clinton
"Atomic Dog" (1982)
17. Eurythmics
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983)
18. Tears for Fears
The Hurting (1983)
19. Heaven 17
The Luxury Gap (1983)
20. New Order
Power Corruption and Lies (1983)
21. Scritti Politti
Cupid & Psyche ’85 (1985)
22. Pet Shop Boys
Please (1986)
23. Depeche Mode
Violator (1989)
24. Saint Etienne
Foxbase Alpha (1992)
25. Pulp
Different Class (1995)
26. The Magnetic Fields
Holiday (1995)
27. Stereolab
Dots and Loops (1997)
28. Air
Moon Safari (1998)
29. The Knife
Deep Cuts (2003)
30. Goldfrapp
Supernature (2006)
31. Chromatics
Night Drive (2007)
32. Cut Copy
In Ghost Colours (2008)
33. Robyn
Body Talk (2010)
34. Tegan and Sara
Heartthrob (2013)
35. Sky Ferreira
Night Time, Right Time (2013)
36. Grimes
Art Angels (2015)
37. Susanne Sundfør
Ten Love Songs (2015)
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