Paste: The 50 Greatest Synth-Pop Albums of All Time

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#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1979	No. 1 in Heaven	Sparks	Album	4.15	10
2	1982	PHILHARMONY	細野晴臣	Album	5	7
3	1978	Die Mensch·Maschine	Kraftwerk	Album	4.25	29
4	1990	Violator	Depeche Mode	Album	4.35	41
5	1981	Architecture & Morality	Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark	Album	3.7	21
6	1979	Solid State Survivor	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Album	4	13
7	1983	Power, Corruption & Lies	New Order	Album	4.4	25
8	2012	Kill for Love	Chromatics	Album	4	9
9	1988	The Innocents	Erasure	Album	4	14
10	1987	Actually	Pet Shop Boys	Album	4.15	21
11	1982	Upstairs at Eric’s	Yazoo	Album	4.4	22
12	1979	Quiet Life	Japan	Album	3	12
13	1979	The Pleasure Principle	Gary Numan	Album	4.15	9
14	2010	Body Talk	Robyn	Album		14
15	1981	Non‐Stop Erotic Cabaret	Soft Cell	Album	4.5	19
16	2011	Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming	M83	Album	4.15	10
17	1981	Dare	The Human League	Album	3	18
18	1983	Madonna	Madonna	Album	4.2	38
19	2017	Afternooners	Patrick Cowley	Album + Compilation		2
20	1985	Songs From the Big Chair	Tears for Fears	Album	4.45	39
21	1984	It’s My Life	Talk Talk	Album	3.65	14
22	2021	A Way Forward	Nation of Language	Album	4	3
23	1982	Oh, No! It’s DEVO	DEVO	Album	4.35	5
24	2012	Visions	Grimes	Album	4.3	22
25	2017	Melodrama	Lorde	Album	4.25	12
26	1977	Love You	The Beach Boys	Album	3	3
27	1984	The Age of Consent	Bronski Beat	Album	3.25	23
28	2006	The Warning	Hot Chip	Album	3.35	9
29	1994	Holiday	The Magnetic Fields	Album	3.6	5
30	2018	A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships	The 1975	Album	3.95	11
31	1979	Real to Real Cacophony	Simple Minds	Album	5	8
32	1984	Gag	Fad Gadget	Album	4	3
33	2009	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix	Phoenix	Album	3.9	16
34	2015	Currents	Tame Impala	Album	3.9	14
35	1982	The Lexicon of Love	ABC	Album	3.45	22
36	2018	Little Dark Age	MGMT	Album	3.85	5
37	1983	Touch	Eurythmics	Album	3	15
38	1987	Code	Cabaret Voltaire	Album	4.35	6
39	2003	Give Up	The Postal Service	Album	4.2	16
40	2022	Dawn FM	The Weeknd	Album	4.15	43
41	1983	Burning Bridges	Naked Eyes	Album	4	3
42	2012	Gossamer	Passion Pit	Album	1	10
43	1981	Penthouse and Pavement	Heaven 17	Album	2	10
44	2023	GREY FACTOR: 1979-1980 A.D. - Complete Studio Recordings	Grey Factor	Album + Compilation		1
45	2016	Love You to Death	Tegan and Sara	Album	4.5	6
46	1980	Vienna (album)	Ultravox	Album	3.4	27
47	1977	Suicide	Suicide	Album	3.5	11
48	2014	Singles	Future Islands	Album	4.35	4
49	2015	VEGA INTL. Night School	Neon Indian	Album	3	4
50	2003	Deep Cuts	The Knife	Album	4.65	16

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