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February 1, 1984Best Synth-Pop Albums
Explore Synth-Pop albums, classic releases, hidden gems and influential records. This page helps music lovers discover albums connected by genre, sound and musical history.
The Now Now
Gorillaz
June 29, 2018
Greatest Hits
The Human League
October 31, 1988
The Art of Falling Apart
Soft Cell
January 4, 1983
One Second
Yello
May 4, 1987
To Record Only Water for Ten Days
John Frusciante
February 13, 2001
Ph.D. (album)
Ph.D.
July 10, 1981
Whammy!
The B-52's
April 27, 1983
Very (Pet Shop Boys album)
Pet Shop Boys
September 27, 1993
Free as a Bird
Supertramp
October 23, 1987
Visage (Visage album)
Visage
November 14, 1980
45:33
Lcd Soundsystem
October 17, 2006
Hybrid CD #1
Gary Numan
February 10, 2003
Profound Mysteries III
Röyksopp
November 18, 2022
Tin Drum
Japan
November 13, 1981
Absolutely (ABC album)
ABC
April 9, 1990
Separations
Pulp
June 19, 1992
Penny Sparkle
Blonde Redhead
September 13, 2010
The Collection (Yazoo album)
Yazoo
September 10, 2012
Communards
The Communards
July 14, 1986
Peace
Eurythmics
October 18, 1999
Afternoons in Utopia
Alphaville
June 5, 1986
A Broken Frame
Depeche Mode
September 27, 1982
Good Humor (album)
Saint Etienne
May 4, 1998
Lament (Ultravox album)
Ultravox
April 6, 1984
Back for Good
Modern Talking
March 30, 1998
Mange Tout
Blancmange
May 26, 1984
Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92)
Tears For Fears
March 2, 1992
Lost Sirens
New Order
January 11, 2013
Greatest
Duran Duran
November 3, 1998
Cast in Steel
A-Ha
September 4, 2015
Snow Globe
Erasure
November 11, 2013
Torches
Foster the People
May 23, 2011
Long Distance Voyager
The Moody Blues
May 15, 1981
Victory
The Jacksons
July 2, 1984
Sugar Tax
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
May 7, 1991
Monuments to an Elegy
The Smashing Pumpkins
December 9, 2014
Greyscale
Camouflage
March 27, 2015
Sidewalk
Icehouse
June 26, 1984
E.S.P.
Bee Gees
September 21, 1987
It's My Life
Talk Talk
February 13, 1984
1989 (Taylor's Version)
Taylor Swift
October 27, 2023
High
The Blue Nile
August 30, 2004
Run
Awolnation
March 17, 2015
In This Light and on This Evening
Editors
October 12, 2009
Soul Mining
The The
October 21, 1983
Homosapien
Pete Shelley
October 15, 1982
Interior Design
Sparks
August 26, 1988
1999
Prince and the Revolution
October 27, 1982
Points on the Curve
Wang Chung
February 16, 1984
Lifeblood
Manic Street Preachers
November 1, 2004
Artpop
Lady Gaga
November 6, 2013
Big Music
Simple Minds
October 31, 2014
Junk
M83
April 8, 2016
808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West
November 24, 2008
Abracadabra
Steve Miller
June 15, 1982
Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails
October 20, 1989
Seven Lives Many Faces
Enigma
September 19, 2008
Plastic Hearts
Miley Cyrus
November 27, 2020
Haiku from Zero
Cut Copy
September 22, 2017
Talking Back to the Night
Steve Winwood
August 2, 1982
Black Moon
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
May 18, 1992
Electric Universe
Earth, Wind & Fire
November 4, 1983
Host
Paradise Lost
May 24, 1999
The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
The Dandy Warhols
July 14, 2009
Sulk
The Associates
May 14, 1982
Ti Amo
Phoenix
June 9, 2017
Forever Running
B-Movie
November 11, 1985
Time (ELO album)
Electric Light Orchestra
July 31, 1981
Body Talk Pt. 1
Robyn
June 11, 2010
Tall Stories (album)
Johnny Hates Jazz
June 11, 1991
Ghost Stories (Coldplay album)
Coldplay
May 19, 2014
Throw the Warped Wheel Out
Fiction Factory
December 31, 1984
Batman (album)
Prince
June 20, 1989
Harmonizer
Apoptygma Berzerk
February 25, 2002
A Flock of Seagulls (album)
A Flock Of Seagulls
April 9, 1982
The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
Cabaret Voltaire
October 14, 1985
New Traditionalists
Devo
September 16, 1981
Simple Man
Klaus Nomi
November 23, 1982
Shapes and Patterns
Swing Out Sister
March 5, 1997
Mirror Moves
Psychedelic Furs
May 21, 1984
Tension
Kylie Minogue
September 22, 2023
Geography
Front 242
September 3, 1982
A.K.A.
Jennifer Lopez
June 13, 2014
March
Lene Lovich
October 9, 1978
Fan the Flame (Part 2)
Dead or Alive
October 29, 2021
Electronic (album)
Electronic
May 27, 1991
The Beach Boys Love You
The Beach Boys
April 11, 1977
Who's Zoomin' Who?
Aretha Franklin
July 9, 1985
Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two
China Crisis
October 31, 1983
We Are Born
Sia
June 18, 2010
Five
White Lies
February 1, 2019
Dreamland
Aztec Camera
May 17, 1993
Shuttered Room
The Fixx
May 14, 1982
The Principle of Moments
Robert Plant
July 15, 1983
McCartney II
Paul McCartney
May 16, 1980
Replicas (album)
Tubeway Army
April 4, 1979
Unapologetic
Rihanna
November 19, 2012
Strip
Adam Ant
November 7, 1983
Quick Step & Side Kick
Thompson Twins
February 7, 1983
Hourglass
Dave Gahan
October 17, 2007
Catch as Catch Can
Kim Wilde
October 24, 1983
White Feathers
Kajagoogoo
April 18, 1983
Criminal Tango
Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Chris Thompson
June 13, 1986
Simulation Theory
Muse
November 9, 2018
The Man-Machine
Kraftwerk
April 28, 1978
Designer Music
Lipps Inc.
December 11, 1981
Level Best
Level 42
November 6, 1989
Femme Fatale
Britney Spears
March 25, 2011
Thriller
Michael Jackson
November 29, 1982
Voyage (ABBA album)
Abba
November 5, 2021
Y Kant Tori Read
Tori Amos
December 17, 1988
Under Wraps
Jethro Tull
September 7, 1984
The Riddle
Nik Kershaw
November 19, 1984
Parade
Spandau Ballet
June 25, 1984
Counterfeit EP
Martin Gore
June 12, 1989
Currents (Tame Impala album)
Tame Impala
July 17, 2015
Dog Eat Dog
Joni Mitchell
October 31, 1985
A Deeper Understanding
The War on Drugs
August 25, 2017
Bare
Annie Lennox
June 5, 2003
Outside the Gate
Killing Joke
June 27, 1988
No Gods No Masters
Garbage
June 11, 2021
Seeds
TV on the Radio
November 18, 2014
Organisation
OMD
October 24, 1980
Mr. Bad Guy
Freddie Mercury
April 29, 1985
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
March 6, 2009
Madonna (Madonna album)
Madonna
July 27, 1983
Hyperspace
Beck
November 22, 2019
90125
Yes
November 7, 1983
Peach Club
Emarosa
February 8, 2019
Beat Boy
Visage
October 26, 1984
Red (album)
The Communards
October 5, 1987
1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Eurythmics
November 12, 1984
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
October 22, 1990
The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1
Depeche Mode
November 8, 2006
Words and Music by Saint Etienne
Saint Etienne
May 18, 2012
Big Thing
Duran Duran
October 17, 1988
True North
A-ha
October 21, 2022
Prostitute
Alphaville
August 26, 1994
I Say I Say I Say
Erasure
May 16, 1994
Future Past
Duran Duran
October 22, 2021
Believe You Me
Blancmange
October 11, 1985
Fireside Favourites
Fad Gadget
November 7, 1980
The Innocents (Erasure album)
Erasure
April 10, 1988
Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing
Soft Cell
June 18, 1982
The Pacific Age
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
September 29, 1986
The Other Side of Life
The Moody Blues
April 21, 1986
Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Duran Duran
November 21, 1983
The Present
The Moody Blues
September 2, 1983
The Fury
Gary Numan
September 16, 1985
Warriors
Gary Numan
September 16, 1983
Rage in Eden
Ultravox
September 11, 1981
The Hurting
Tears for Fears
March 7, 1983
Speak & Spell
Depeche Mode
October 29, 1981
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
September 7, 1987
Songs from the Big Chair
Tears For Fears
February 25, 1985
Wonderland (Erasure album)
Erasure
May 1, 1986
Paradise State of Mind
Foster the People
August 16, 2024
Brotherhood
New Order
September 29, 1986
So Tough
Saint Etienne
February 22, 1993
Hearts and Knives
Visage
May 20, 2013
Happy Families Too...
Blancmange
November 3, 2013
Visage (EP)
Visage
July 6, 1981
The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte
Sparks
May 26, 2023
Brilliant (album)
Ultravox
May 25, 2012
Touch
Eurythmics
November 14, 1983
Violator
Depeche Mode
March 19, 1990
Reproduction
The Human League
October 5, 1979
Liberator
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
June 14, 1993
Wild!
Erasure
October 16, 1989
Be Yourself Tonight
Eurythmics
April 29, 1985
Is It Safe?
Ph.D.
February 11, 1983
Bouncing Off the Satellites
The B-52's
September 8, 1986
Salvation (Alphaville album)
Alphaville
September 1, 1997
Sounds of the Universe
Depeche Mode
April 17, 2009
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
September 7, 1979
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
September 28, 1987
Sweet Dreams
Eurythmics
January 4, 1983
Moments
Cut Copy
September 5, 2025
Bodega Bohemia
Camouflage
April 26, 1993
Only Yazoo
Yazoo
September 6, 1999
Demons to Diamonds
Visage
November 6, 2015
Hunting High and Low
A-Ha
June 1, 1985
The Glamour Chase
The Associates
September 15, 1988
Adolescent Sex
Japan
March 2, 1978
Yes (Pet Shop Boys album)
Pet Shop Boys
March 18, 2009
The Violet Flame
Erasure
September 22, 2014
Fascination!
The Human League
May 22, 1983
Renoise Tracks 2009–2011
John Frusciante
November 24, 2015
EBM
Editors
September 23, 2022
Tomorrow's World
Erasure
October 3, 2011
Bright Like Neon Love
Cut Copy
April 5, 2004
Sound of Water
Saint Etienne
June 22, 2000
Nightlife
Pet Shop Boys
October 8, 1999
Greatest Hits
Depeche Mode
December 31, 1987
Cowboy (album)
Erasure
March 31, 1997
Republic (album)
New Order
May 3, 1993
Crush
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
June 17, 1985
Electric (Pet Shop Boys album)
Pet Shop Boys
July 14, 2013
English Electric
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
April 5, 2013
The Anvil
Visage
March 26, 1982
Loveboat
Erasure
October 23, 2000
Berserker
Gary Numan
November 9, 1984
Mindset
Blancmange
June 5, 2021
Dare
The Human League
October 16, 1981
Hanky Panky
The The
February 14, 1995
Direction of the Heart
Simple Minds
October 21, 2022
The Fame
Lady Gaga
August 19, 2008
Erasure (album)
Erasure
October 23, 1995
Sensor
Camouflage
May 26, 2003
With Teeth
Nine Inch Nails
May 3, 2005
Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat
Sparks
June 18, 1984
Ultimate
Pet Shop Boys
November 1, 2010
Oh, No! It's Devo
Devo
October 27, 1982
Voices & Images
Camouflage
March 4, 1988
Architecture & Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
November 6, 1981
Cruelty Without Beauty
Soft Cell
October 8, 2002
History of Modern
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
September 20, 2010
Universal
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
September 2, 1996
You and Me Both
Yazoo
July 4, 1983
Super (album)
Pet Shop Boys
April 1, 2016
Semi Detached
Blancmange
March 23, 2015
It's Better to Travel
Swing Out Sister
May 11, 1987
Freeze, Melt
Cut Copy
August 21, 2020
Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Japan
November 7, 1980
Some Great Reward
Depeche Mode
September 24, 1984
Construction Time Again
Depeche Mode
August 22, 1983
Nil by Mouth III
Blancmange
March 19, 2021
A Walk Across the Rooftops
The Blue Nile
April 30, 1984
The Twelve Inch Singles
Soft Cell
May 31, 1982
1989 (album)
Taylor Swift
October 27, 2014
Catching Up with Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
November 11, 1985
One Second
Paradise Lost
July 14, 1997
Quartet
Ultravox
October 15, 1982
Low-Life
New Order
May 13, 1985
Quiet Life
Japan
December 7, 1979
Welcome to the Monkey House
The Dandy Warhols
May 5, 2003
Please (Pet Shop Boys album)
Pet Shop Boys
March 24, 1986
Extended Ultravox
Ultravox
February 16, 1998
Wide Awake
Johnny Hates Jazz
August 14, 2020
In the Garden (Eurythmics album)
Eurythmics
October 16, 1981
Introspective
Pet Shop Boys
October 10, 1988
In the Hot Seat
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
September 27, 1994
Foot of the Mountain
A-Ha
June 12, 2009
Bauhaus Staircase
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
October 27, 2023
Beauty Stab
ABC
November 14, 1983
Junk Culture
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
April 30, 1984
Nightbird
Erasure
January 24, 2005
Automatic (Sharpe & Numan album)
Gary Numan
June 22, 1989
Revelation (Ultravox album)
Ultravox
May 10, 1993
Secret Messages
Electric Light Orchestra
June 24, 1983
Meanwhile
Camouflage
March 26, 1991
Decade
Duran Duran
November 13, 1989
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
November 27, 1981
Great Southern Land
Icehouse
October 23, 1989
The Collection
Ultravox
November 2, 1984
Bankrupt!
Phoenix
April 22, 2013
101 (album)
Depeche Mode
March 13, 1989
Freedom of Choice (album)
Devo
May 16, 1980
Relocated
Camouflage
August 28, 2006
Primitive Man
Icehouse
September 20, 1982
The Singles
Soft Cell
December 22, 1986
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
M83
October 18, 2011
Vienna (album)
Ultravox
July 11, 1980
No. 1 in Heaven
Sparks
March 1, 1979
Analogue
A-ha
November 4, 2005
Saturdays = Youth
M83
April 11, 2008
The Circus (Erasure album)
Erasure
March 30, 1987
Greatest Hits (Eurythmics album)
Eurythmics
March 18, 1991
The Fall of a Rebel Angel
Enigma
November 11, 2016
New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)
Simple Minds
September 17, 1982
Blanc Burn
Blancmange
March 7, 2011
Graffiti Soul
Simple Minds
May 25, 2009
Enjoy Yourself
Kylie Minogue
October 9, 1989
Nil by Mouth
Blancmange
September 25, 2015
Love
Aztec Camera
November 9, 1987
Rio (Duran Duran album)
Duran Duran
May 10, 1982
Micro-Phonies
Cabaret Voltaire
October 29, 1984
Live in Berlin
Depeche Mode
November 14, 2014
Hybrid
Gary Numan
February 10, 2003
Music of the Spheres
Coldplay
October 15, 2021
The Best of Simple Minds
Simple Minds
November 5, 2001
The Best of OMD
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
February 29, 1988
Flaunt the Imperfection
China Crisis
April 29, 1985
Get in Touch with Yourself
Swing Out Sister
June 13, 1992
Midnights
Taylor Swift
October 21, 2022
The Party's Over (Talk Talk album)
Talk Talk
July 12, 1982
The Very Best of The Human League
The Human League
September 15, 2003
Release (Pet Shop Boys album)
Pet Shop Boys
April 1, 2002
Magnetized (album)
Johnny Hates Jazz
May 24, 2013
Don't Stop the Music
Robyn
October 30, 2002
The Breathtaking Blue
Alphaville
April 4, 1989
Savage
Eurythmics
November 9, 1987
Stella
Yello
January 29, 1985
Romantic?
The Human League
September 17, 1990
SDGXXV
Apoptygma Berzerk
March 15, 2019
Rocket Science
Apoptygma Berzerk
January 23, 2009
Into the Gap
Thompson Twins
February 17, 1984
Hysteria (The Human League album)
The Human League
May 7, 1984
In Outer Space
Sparks
April 2, 1983
Commuter 23
Blancmange
March 11, 2016
Select
Kim Wilde
May 10, 1982
Fundamental (Pet Shop Boys album)
Pet Shop Boys
May 22, 2006
Astronaut
Duran Duran
September 28, 2004
Real to Real Cacophony
Simple Minds
November 23, 1979
Elysium
Pet Shop Boys
September 5, 2012
Happiness Not Included
Soft Cell
May 6, 2022
The Light at the End of the World
A Flock Of Seagulls
March 14, 1995
Nukleopatra
Dead Or Alive
October 21, 1995
Electric Café
Kraftwerk
October 27, 1986
Chorus
Erasure
October 14, 1991
Body Talk Pt. 2
Robyn
September 6, 2010
The Lexicon of Love
ABC
June 21, 1982
The Punishment of Luxury
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
September 1, 2017
Hats
The Blue Nile
October 16, 1989
Code
Cabaret Voltaire
October 24, 1987
Methods of Silence
Camouflage
June 5, 1989
We Too Are One
Eurythmics
September 11, 1989
Claro Que Si
Yello
July 28, 1981
Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk
March 4, 1977
Light at the End of the World
Erasure
May 14, 2007
You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess
Yello
June 16, 1983
Forever Young
Alphaville
September 27, 1984
Close to the Bone
Thompson Twins
April 6, 1987
World Be Gone
Erasure
May 19, 2017
Exit Popularity Contest
Apoptygma Berzerk
October 7, 2016
Adore (album)
The Smashing Pumpkins
June 2, 1998
Shout (Devo album)
Devo
October 8, 1984
Islands
Kajagoogoo
May 21, 1984
Solid Pleasure
Yello
October 15, 1980
Telekon
Gary Numan
September 5, 1980
Zonoscope
Cut Copy
February 4, 2011
Travelogue (The Human League album)
The Human League
May 16, 1980
Love Moves
Kim Wilde
May 14, 1990
Angst in My Pants
Sparks
March 29, 1982
Free Your Mind
Cut Copy
November 1, 2013
Memorabilia – The Singles
Soft Cell
May 20, 1991
Black Celebration
Depeche Mode
March 17, 1986
Dazzle Ships
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
March 4, 1983
Computer World
Kraftwerk
May 11, 1981
Stay on These Roads
A-Ha
May 3, 1988
Duran Duran (1981 album)
Duran Duran
June 15, 1981
Lifelines
A-Ha
April 24, 2002
Playing the Angel
Depeche Mode
October 17, 2005
The Age of Illusion
B-Movie
October 4, 2013
Singles
New Order
October 3, 2005
Upstairs at Eric's
Yazoo
August 20, 1982
Lover
Taylor Swift
August 23, 2019
Body Talk
Robyn
November 22, 2010
I, Assassin
Gary Numan
September 10, 1982
Octopus
The Human League
January 23, 1995
Day-Glo (Based on a True Story)
Erasure
August 12, 2022
Danse Macabre
Duran Duran
October 27, 2023
Wild and Lonely
The Associates
March 24, 1990
Enclosure
John Frusciante
April 8, 2014
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
February 22, 1980
Balance of Power
Electric Light Orchestra
March 3, 1986
Scoundrel Days
A-Ha
October 6, 1986
The Singles 81→85
Depeche Mode
October 14, 1985
Private View
Blancmange
September 30, 2022
The Best of A Flock of Seagulls
A Flock Of Seagulls
October 13, 1986
Robyn
Robyn
April 27, 2005
Soli Deo Gloria
Apoptygma Berzerk
November 11, 1993
Human Racing
Nik Kershaw
February 27, 1984
Unfurnished Rooms
Blancmange
September 29, 2017
Walk Between Worlds
Simple Minds
February 2, 2018
Sexistential
Robyn
March 27, 2026
Strange Attractor (album)
Alphaville
April 7, 2017
Spirit
Depeche Mode
March 17, 2017
Memento Mori
Depeche Mode
March 24, 2023
Ultimate Collection
Eurythmics
November 7, 2005
Waiting for the Sirens' Call
New Order
March 28, 2005
Outland
Gary Numan
March 18, 1991
Nil by Mouth II
Blancmange
November 22, 2019
Turn Back the Clock
Johnny Hates Jazz
January 11, 1988
Radio Musicola
Nik Kershaw
October 24, 1986
Exciter (Depeche Mode album)
Depeche Mode
May 14, 2001
Dance
Gary Numan
September 4, 1981
Wanderlust
Blancmange
October 19, 2018
Live at the London Troxy
New Order
December 21, 2011
Credo
The Human League
March 21, 2011
The Annie Lennox Collection
Annie Lennox
February 17, 2009
American Dream
LCD Soundsystem
September 1, 2017
Hybrid CD #2
Gary Numan
February 10, 2003
Other People's Songs
Erasure
January 27, 2003
Minor Earth Major Sky
A-Ha
April 14, 2000
U-Vox
Ultravox
October 13, 1986
Commercial Break
Blancmange
September 24, 2021
Italian X Rays
Steve Miller
October 9, 1984
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix
May 25, 2009