Top 100 Synthpop albums ever?

[~Paul Fuller]

(One Day) I'm hoping to complete a Rough Guide styled book on Electro / Synth Music, within the book I am in the process of compiling an essential Top 100 Synthpop Cd's. Its my intention to not only have the classic albums of the early 80's (i.e Dare, Non Stop Erotic Cabaret); but also coming up to date with albums by Moby and APB. Its my intention to make the albums as broad as I can from the successsful to the obscure, from bubbling techno to industrial noise.

If you have bored others, (Like I have) playing the same CD's over and over again, let me know your Top 10 so as I can continue with this quest..........

[~chriswdc]

My Top 10:

Naked Eyes - Naked Eyes
Depeche Mode - Violator
Nine Inch Nail - Pretty Hate Machine
Erasure - I Say I Say I Say
Pet Shop Boys - Alternative Pet Shop Boys
Yaz - Upstairs At Eric's
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Best Of OMD
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
Saint Etienne - So Tough

[~jag]

no particular order for me ... these are all great albums

The Bolshoi - Lindy's Party
Red Flag - Niave Art
Art of Noise - In Visible Silence
Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe
The Judy's - Washarama
Ministry - Twitch
Big Audio Dynamite - This is Big audio Dynamite
ABC - How to be a Zillioniare

[~jag]

omgosh and you can't forget

Revolting Cocks - Big Sexy Land

[~kellyrenee]

Depeche Mode - Violator
Erasure - I Say I Say I Say
New Order - Substance
Yaz - Upstaris at Eric's
Electronic - Electronic
Erasure - Chorus
Mesh - The Point at Which it Falls Apart
Book of Love - Book of Love
Konkan - Move to Move
Depeche Mode - Catching up With (this cd brings back awesome Jr. high memories!! hehe)

[NoirTech]

Synthpop (in no particular order):

1. Anything Box - Peace
2. Depeche Mode - Violator
3. De/Vision - Unversed in Love
4. Iris - Disconnect
5. Wolfsheim - Spectators
6. Cetu Javu - Where Is Where
7. Information Society - s/t
8. Celebrate the Nun - Meanwhile
9. Pet Shop Boys - Actually
10. Erasure - The Innocents

I noticed some people above were listing some industrial albums as well, but I decided to keep it all synthpop. :D

[7red7]

Ten off the top of my head :D


Cause & Effect- Another Minute
Information Society- Self-Titled
Depeche Mode- Violator
Cetu Javu- Southern Lands
Alphaville- Forever Young
Visage- Self-Titled
Ultravox- Vienna
Dead Or Alive- Rip It Up
Anything Box- Worth
Seven Red Seven- Shelter

[~Gandalfe]

A few oldies that I didn't see on anyone else's list, and in no particular order:

Howard Jones - Human's LibSigue Sigue Sputnik - Flaunt It!
Blancmange - Mange Tout
Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

[test]

1. Black Celebration~depeche MODE
2. Some Great Reward~depeche MODE
3. Music For the Masses~depeche MODE
4. The Point At Which It Falls Apart~mesh
5. Who Watches Over Me?~mesh
6. Disconnect~iris
7. Futureperfect~VNV Nation
8. Welcome to Earth~Apoptygma Berzerk
9. Nightfall~Beborn Beton
10. Nordhausen~And One

[NoirTech]

Originally posted by StphLadd
1. Black Celebration~depeche MODE
2. Some Great Reward~depeche MODE
3. Music For the Masses~depeche MODE
4. The Point At Which It Falls Apart~mesh
5. Who Watches Over Me?~mesh
6. Disconnect~iris
7. Futureperfect~VNV Nation
8. Welcome to Earth~Apoptygma Berzerk
9. Nightfall~Beborn Beton
10. Nordhausen~And One


hahahaha
You got enough DM in that list? :D
Something tells me that if you were given the choice of picking only ONE DM album, you would have a tough time deciding..huh? :P

[~MGun]

Secession - A Dark Enchantment
Peter Gabriel - So
Alphaville - Prostitute
Atlantic Popes - Atlantic Popes
New Concept - Wheel Of Love
Echo Image - Compuphonic
Monaco - Monaco
Wolfsheim - Spectators
Cause & Effect - Trip
Thompson Twins - Quick Step And Side Kicks

[~MGun]

Dang!!!!! I Forgot My Favorite Of All Time.

HUBERT KAH - SOUND OF MY HEART

[~Munson]

These are in no particular order...

DM - Violator (arugably one of the best albums ever)
Anything Box - Peace (can you get any more synthy?)
Erasure - Chorus (b/c it's not as bubble gum pop as the others)
Cause & Effect - Trip
Devision - Monosex
Brave New World - Understand

Yeah I know, it's not quite ten...

Others receiving at least one vote...

Channel 69, Trans Atlantic Crush, Machine In Motion, Pyskosonik

[~zoggoz]

Here is A my 10 not really my top ten 10 I could come up with.

Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
Wolfsheim - Spectators
7 RED 7 - Shelter
Opus III - guru mother
Red Flag - naive art
Faith Assembly - Shades of Blue
Edenfeld - new horizon
De/vision - Unversed in Love
Moulin Noir - The White Room
S.P.O.C.K - assignment: earth

[Avil]

Alphaville-Forever Young
Alphaville-Afternoons in Utopia
Alphaville-Salvation
Atlantic Popes-Atlantic Popes
Mesh-In this place forever
Iris-Disconnect
L´Avantgarde-Musicment
Red Flag-The crypt

Can´t see any more perfect albums.

[~spi]

Top Ten albums:

Cause & Effect - Trip
Anything Box - Peace
Iris - Disconnect
Leiahdorus - Ashes Ashes
Mesh - Who Watches Over Me
Cosmicity - Pure
Information Society - Information Society
New Order - Technique
Duran Duran - Wedding Album
Color Theory - Life's Fairytale

And it keeps changing as I listen to more music.
-steve

[~Provision]

my top 10 ten in no real order,

Agnes Poetry - leave the light on
Depeche Mode-music for the masses
Gary Numan - Exile
Mesh - The Point At Which It Falls Apart
Echo Image - Compuphonic
Wolfsheim - Spectators
And One - Nordhausen
Seabound - No Sleep Demon
Devision - World Without End
Neuroactive - Fiber-Optic Rhythm

[~ElectroJunk]

(One Day) I'm hoping to complete a Rough Guide styled book on Electro / Synth Music, within the book I am in the process of compiling an essential Top 100 Synthpop Cd's.

Isn't this a hard task? Putting something very dynamic based on taste onto something static like a book?

[~chriswdc]

Originally posted by ElectroJunk


Isn't this a hard task? Putting something very dynamic based on taste onto something static like a book?

I think it would be tremendously difficult indeed.

[~ppo665]

depeche- violater
cause and effect- trip
neworder- teqnique
clan of xymox-clan of xymox
kon kan-vida!
b!machine-aftermath
electronic-electronic
aha - hunting high and low
alphaville -forever young
erasure - chorus

[~JonatanSweden]

Alphaville - Forever Young
Alphaville - The Breathtaking Blue
Alphaville - Prostitute
Alphaville - Salvation
Depeche Mode - Violator
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
De/Vision - Unversed in Love
De/Vision - Monosex
Camouflage - Voices and Images
Beborn Beton - Fake

[~Bedsitter]

Soft Cell-Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
Marc Almond-The Stars we Are
Marc Almond-Enchanted
Depeche Mode-Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode-Black Celebration
Yaz-You and Me Both
Yaz-Upstairs at Eric's
Erasure-Wonderland
Erasure-The Innocents
Erasure-Wild
Alphaville-Forever Young
Alphaville-Afternoons in Utopia
Ministry-With Sympathy
Ministry-Twitch (these were before they changed their sound)
Secession-A Dark Enchantment
New Order-Technique
New Order-Power Corruption and Lies