Best Sophisti-Pop Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
136	The Best of Sade - Sade	1994	87	83.2	87	92	91.9	94.6	78	82
266	Love Deluxe - Sade	1992	85.7	83.2	76	90.8	90.4	93.2	79	87.2
412	Diamond Life - Sade	1984	84.7	78.6	92	88.1	85.8	89.2	79	80
549	Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout	1985	84	78.4	92	82.2	83.1	87.8	79	85.2
605	Floating into the Night - Julee Cruise	1989	83.8	79.4	78	86.3	88.4	91.2	79	84
690	Hats - The Blue Nile	1989	83.4	77.6	85	84.7	84.9	90.8	79	82
728	So - Peter Gabriel	1986	83.3	76.8	92	82	80.2	87.8	80	84
755	Promise - Sade	1985	83.2	80	80	87.8	86.5	87.8	76	84
845	Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears	1985	82.8	78.8	82	84.3	83.2	88.8	79	83.8
854	Kaputt - Destroyer	2011	82.8	75.2	85	84.6	84.8	90.6	79	80.6
1045	Gaucho - Steely Dan	1980	82.2	77.8	86	82.7	83.2	89	77	80
1113	E•MO•TION - Carly Rae Jepsen	2015	82.1	77.4	78	85.1	83.4	93.6	77	80
1131	Tin Drum - Japan	1981	82	74.2	90	77.9	84.4	87.8	78	82
1238	Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson	1989	81.8	76.6	83	86.2	83.5	88.2	75	80
1306	Breakfast in America - Supertramp	1979	81.6	77.8	75	84	85.4	87.2	82	80
1320	The Sensual World - Kate Bush	1989	81.6	76	86	86	82.5	84.8	78	78
1495	Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian	1984	81.2	74.6	81	79	83.1	88.8	78	84
1608	Secrets of the Beehive - David Sylvian	1987	81	75.2	75	79.6	81.4	91.4	79	85.4
1629	Gone to Earth - David Sylvian	1986	81	75	78	81.4	85.7	88.8	74	83.8
1641	Oncle Jazz - Men I Trust	2019	80.9	72.2	90	80.1	81.2	94	77	72
1755	I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen	1988	80.7	73.4	91	78.9	81.1	85.6	79	76
1772	The Nightfly - Donald Fagen	1982	80.7	73.8	87	78.9	79.9	90.2	77	78
1901	Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys	1990	80.4	75.4	84	80.3	77.3	89.4	77	79.6
1960	Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan	1980	80.3	73.8	80	78.6	83.8	89	75	82
2026	The Passionate Ones - Nourished By Time	2025	80.2	74.6	86	80.3	81.2	93.2	71	75
2101	Doble Vida - Soda Stereo	1988	80	70.4	80	78.5	81	92.4	76	82
2140	Charm - Clairo	2024	80	73.2	81	81.6	82.1	94.8	75	72
2187	Avalon - Roxy Music	1982	79.9	74.8	85	78.4	75.8	86.2	79	80
2256	Negro Swan - Blood Orange	2018	79.8	72	83	81.5	82.6	91.2	76	72
2259	The Art of Loving - Olivia Dean	2025	79.8	68.4	83	78.2	81.7	96.6	74	76.4
2278	Ten Summoner's Tales - Sting	1993	79.7	70.2	90	77.5	77.8	86.8	75	80.8
2287	The Lexicon of Love - ABC	1982	79.7	73	93	76.6	77.4	83	77	78
2292	Synchronicity - The Police	1983	79.7	72.6	90	77.4	73.9	85	79	80
2312	The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears	1989	79.7	71.8	87	78.9	78.6	88.4	75	78
2419	The Colour of Spring - Talk Talk	1986	79.5	77.4	68	80.9	80.4	89.6	80	80
2422	Submarine - The Marías	2024	79.5	72	77	81	83.5	95.8	73	74
2424	Rapture - Anita Baker	1986	79.5	72	90	80.7	78.8	86.8	72	76
2443	Older - George Michael	1996	79.4	74.2	70	83.4	83.8	92.2	72	80.4
2538	A Walk Across the Rooftops - The Blue Nile	1984	79.2	74.2	79	78.2	74.7	88.6	78	82
2540	Day and Night - Carly Rae Jepsen	2026	79.2	75.6	79	80.1	75.9	96.8	73	74.2
2548	Two Star & The Dream Police - Mk.gee	2024	79.2	71.4	83	79	81.9	95.2	72	72
2708	Women in Music Pt. III - HAIM	2020	78.9	69.4	85	78.8	81.3	91	75	72
2730	Forced Witness - Alex Cameron	2017	78.9	73.2	73	80	81	89.6	78	77.4
2742	Erotica - Madonna	1992	78.9	74.2	75	85.5	85.8	87.6	70	74
2758	Equus Caballus - Men I Trust	2025	78.9	70.4	90	77	75	94.6	73	72
2761	Actually - Pet Shop Boys	1987	78.8	74.2	83	78.7	73.4	86.6	76	80
2776	Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen	1987	78.8	70.2	99	78.4	76.2	81	75	72
2781	Siren - Roxy Music	1975	78.8	72.8	86	77.7	76	83.2	78	78
2865	Me Chama de Gato Que Eu Sou Sua - Ana Frango Elétrico	2023	78.6	73.2	80	80.3	81.9	89	74	72
2910	MY SKYSCRAPER - Nirosta Steel	2026	78.6	71.2	95	76.2	73.9	88.6	73	72
2911	High Land, Hard Rain - Aztec Camera	1983	78.6	71.8	90	79.1	74.6	82.4	76	76
2915	Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac	1987	78.5	74	74	80.7	83.7	86.4	75	76
2954	Night and Day - Joe Jackson	1982	78.5	73.2	83	77.3	77.7	82	76	80
3014	Boys and Girls - Bryan Ferry	1985	78.3	74.4	78	77.5	79.5	84	75	80
3032	Stronger Than Pride - Sade	1988	78.3	73.6	67	80	81.4	88.2	76	82
3039	True Blue - Madonna	1986	78.3	71.4	81	80.5	79.2	85	73	78
3071	Let It Die - Feist	2004	78.2	69.8	81	79.4	81.1	87.4	75	74
3080	...Nothing Like the Sun - Sting	1987	78.2	69.8	90	76.4	74.8	84.6	74	78
3125	Faith - George Michael	1987	78.1	68.8	86	78.3	79.2	87.6	73	74
3155	Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - George Michael	1990	78.1	71	80	75.4	75.7	89.2	76	79.2
3297	An Overview On Phenomenal Nature - Cassandra Jenkins	2021	77.7	70.6	82	77	77.8	91.6	73	72
3401	Cupid Deluxe - Blood Orange	2013	77.5	70.2	75	79.4	81.7	90.2	76	70
3408	Freetown Sound - Blood Orange	2016	77.5	68.8	80	80	79.2	88.4	76	70
3412	Life - The Cardigans	1995	77.5	73.8	77	80.2	80.7	84.6	76	70
3538	SABLE, fABLE - Bon Iver	2025	77.2	68.8	82	78.1	76.8	92.6	74	68
3560	Atlanta Millionaires Club - Faye Webster	2019	77.1	69.8	79	77.9	80.2	91	74	68
3615	Essex Honey - Blood Orange	2025	77	69.8	83	78	76.9	94.4	71	66
3622	Bedtime Stories - Madonna	1994	77	71	75	82.2	81	88.8	71	70
3668	Equus Asinus - Men I Trust	2025	76.9	66	90	73.9	72.6	89.6	72	74
3683	Quiet Life - Japan	1979	76.8	70.8	74	75.5	74.3	88.2	75	80
3721	Private Dancer - Tina Turner	1984	76.7	68	88	79.6	76.1	83.4	72	70
3782	Coastal Grooves - Blood Orange	2011	76.6	69	71	77.7	81.4	90.8	76	70
3822	Various Positions - Leonard Cohen	1984	76.4	70.2	80	75.2	80.1	84.6	75	70
3836	Swoon - Prefab Sprout	1984	76.4	74.4	70	77.2	82.1	81.2	74	76
3844	Untourable Album - Men I Trust	2021	76.4	69.8	77	77.1	77.5	92.4	73	68
3912	The Soul Cages - Sting	1991	76.2	68.6	78	74.2	77.5	84.2	72	78.8
3985	The Age of Consent - Bronski Beat	1984	76	69	81	75.6	76.9	82.4	73	74
4037	Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions	1984	75.9	73.2	75	73.4	67.8	84.6	77	80
4063	Ignorance - The Weather Station	2021	75.8	66.8	85	74	73.5	87.2	74	70
4139	Being Funny in a Foreign Language - The 1975	2022	75.6	67	78	74	79.3	92.8	70	68
4202	The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting	1985	75.4	69.4	80	73.3	72.4	82.4	74	76
4387	Cape God - Allie X	2020	74.8	65.6	75	74.1	77	93.8	68	70
4391	Make It Big - Wham!	1984	74.8	67.8	80	79.2	82	83.4	67	64
4522	Hunting High and Low - a-ha	1985	74.3	69.2	68	73.5	76	84.4	73	76
4622	Face Value - Phil Collins	1981	73.9	65.6	80	73.7	73.2	82.8	72	70
4804	Angel's Pulse - Blood Orange	2019	72.8	65.6	70	73.4	74.6	89.2	71	66
4807	I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it - The 1975	2016	72.8	60.4	70	72.5	80.4	92.4	68	66
4809	True - Spandau Ballet	1983	72.8	67	65	73.7	79.8	80	74	70
4820	Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood	1980	72.7	64.8	85	65.3	64.3	78.8	73	78
4954	Picture Book - Simply Red	1985	72	65.6	75	67.5	67.8	82.8	73	72
4972	The Red Shoes - Kate Bush	1993	71.8	63.8	71	74.4	75.2	82.2	74	62
5112	Hello, I Must Be Going! - Phil Collins	1982	70.5	65.2	67	72.7	72.7	81	67	68
5155	Flesh + Blood - Roxy Music	1980	70	67	59	71.2	74.4	80.4	74	64
5163	Manifesto - Roxy Music	1979	69.9	63.8	72	71.4	71.6	78.6	72	60
5248	Notorious - Duran Duran	1986	68.4	63.6	55	67.7	78.8	80.8	69	64
5275	Whenever You Need Somebody - Rick Astley	1987	68	59.6	70	68.7	73.8	80	54	70
5314	Revenge - Eurythmics	1986	67.4	65.4	60	71.1	65.4	78.6	69	62

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