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Tag: Synth Pop
Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party: #214 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s a dead man’s party, who could ask for more? Everybody’s coming, leave your body at the door.
Depeche Mode – Violator: #244 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Words are very unnecessary – they can only do harm.
David Bowie – Let’s Dance: #262 of best 1,000 albums ever!
And I’ve been putting out the fire with gasoline.
Devo – Freedom of Choice: #284 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Freedom of choice is what you got. Freedom from choice is what you want.
Yaz – Upstairs at Eric’s: #360 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Can’t stop now, don’t you know I ain’t never gonna let you go, don’t go.
Duran Duran – Rio: #376 of best 1,000 albums ever!
In touch with the ground, I’m on the hunt I’m after you. A scent and a sound, I’m lost and I’m found, and I’m hungry like the wolf.
Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now: #391 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Safe in the heat of the moment, a stillness that comes to me when I’m close to you.
Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret: #525 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Sometimes I feel I’ve got to run away. I’ve got to get away from the pain you drive into the heart of me.
Duran Duran – Seven and the Ragged Tiger: #650 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Every little thing the reflex does leaves you answered with a question mark.
Duran Duran – Duran Duran (The Wedding Album): #662 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Destroyed by MTV, I hate to bite the hand that feeds me.
Class Actress – Journal of Ardency: #699 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The most incredible ‘80s album… of 2010.
Pet Shop Boys – Please: #774 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Chic, posh, and pulsing synth pop are tops for the lads of the furry, fluffy, feathered and/or aquatic creature shop.
Pulp – His ‘n’ Hers: #890 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Britpop that’s deeply soaked in 1970s and 1980s influences spanning post-punk to glam rock to synth pop to dance music.
Berlin – Pleasure Victim: #893 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Riding on the Metro.
The Human League – Dare!: #910 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t you want me to tell you? Read on.
La Roux – La Roux: #990 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Love love “Bulletproof,” and the whole album has a high-octane dance pop energy.