Best Synthpop Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
70	Hounds of Love - Kate Bush	1985	88.3	83	96	89.3	85.8	90	85	89.2
75	Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution	1984	88.1	82.8	95	90.5	86.7	91	83	87.8
84	The Immaculate Collection - Madonna	1990	87.9	80.6	100	89.6	88.2	90	81	86
140	Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay	2024	86.9	82	89	90.3	88.8	96.8	83	78.4
159	Substance - New Order	1987	86.7	83.8	85	90	84.9	91.2	84	88
181	Violator - Depeche Mode	1990	86.4	81.2	86	87.8	85	93.8	83	88.2
275	The Whole Story - Kate Bush	1986	85.6	82.4	83	86.6	89.2	87.2	81	90
374	Melodrama - Lorde	2017	84.9	75.2	91	87.8	89.6	93.2	81	76.4
388	The Singles 86>98 - Depeche Mode	1998	84.8	82.4	77	87.9	87.9	91.6	79	88
481	1999 - Prince	1982	84.3	78.2	92	85.7	81.8	89.6	79	84
531	What's Your Pleasure? - Jessie Ware	2020	84.1	77.6	85	85.7	85.8	94.6	79	80.8
549	Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout	1985	84	78.4	92	82.2	83.1	87.8	79	85.2
686	The Singles 81→85 - Depeche Mode	1985	83.5	76.8	90	83.8	82.4	89.2	78	84
690	Hats - The Blue Nile	1989	83.4	77.6	85	84.7	84.9	90.8	79	82
705	Trans Europa Express - Kraftwerk	1977	83.4	78.8	94	80.7	72.9	91.2	82	84
752	69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields	1999	83.2	76.8	91	81.6	79.2	90.2	80	83.4
790	No. 1 in Heaven - Sparks	1979	83	76	92	82.4	83.7	88	79	80
845	Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears	1985	82.8	78.8	82	84.3	83.2	88.8	79	83.8
884	Currents - Tame Impala	2015	82.7	73.8	83	85.9	86.1	92.4	82	76
905	Random Access Memories - Daft Punk	2013	82.7	76	83	87.1	87.9	92.6	80	72
924	Solid State Survivor - Yellow Magic Orchestra	1979	82.6	77	83	83.2	83.2	90.8	79	82
938	Power, Corruption & Lies - New Order	1983	82.5	76.8	83	83	81.6	90.4	81	82
1012	Civilisation - Kero Kero Bonito	2021	82.3	80.4	80	83	79.7	93.2	78	82
1014	Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode	1987	82.3	76.8	82	81.9	82.7	91.8	79	82
1021	Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode	1993	82.3	76.6	79	84.3	84.6	91.2	77	83.4
1061	Give Up - The Postal Service	2003	82.2	76.4	80	84.8	84.1	90.8	79	80.4
1099	Mouth Moods - Neil Cicierega	2017	82.1	72.2	90	81.4	88.4	91.8	77	74
1113	E•MO•TION - Carly Rae Jepsen	2015	82.1	77.4	78	85.1	83.4	93.6	77	80
1119	Rio - Duran Duran	1982	82.1	73	95	80.8	83.5	86.2	76	80
1138	Black Celebration - Depeche Mode	1986	82	77.2	80	82.2	83.8	91	78	82
1157	MELTING MOMENT - POiSON GiRL FRiEND	1992	82	74.8	92	82.3	82	92.8	76	74
1167	Low-Life - New Order	1985	81.9	77.2	80	83.8	82.6	88	80	82
1189	The New Abnormal - The Strokes	2020	81.9	77.2	75	86	85.4	92.6	83	74
1211	Plastic Beach - Gorillaz	2010	81.8	77.6	82	87.3	84	90	80	72
1249	The Cars - The Cars	1978	81.8	74.6	90	79.4	79.1	88.2	81	80
1295	Pop 2 - Charli XCX	2017	81.7	77.4	81	83.1	83.1	93	78	76
1366	RINA - Rina Sawayama	2017	81.5	75.2	85	82.9	83.4	91.4	76	76.8
1439	His 'n' Hers - Pulp	1994	81.3	76.2	80	80.7	83.9	88.6	78	82
1496	E•MO•TION: Side B - Carly Rae Jepsen	2016	81.2	76.8	80	82.9	83.6	93.2	76	76
1504	Mercurial World - Magdalena Bay	2021	81.2	77.6	77	84.2	82.3	93.8	77	76.4
1532	Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast	2021	81.1	74.2	86	81.7	81.7	91	78	75.4
1582	Rival Dealer - Burial	2013	81	76.8	80	82.9	84.6	88	77	78
1731	Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails	1989	80.8	75	78	81.7	81.2	90.4	79	80
1755	I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen	1988	80.7	73.4	91	78.9	81.1	85.6	79	76
1776	Time 'n' Place - Kero Kero Bonito	2018	80.7	76.8	74	84.7	83.4	91.8	78	76
1784	Architecture & Morality - Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark	1981	80.7	75	92	79.5	78.4	83.8	76	80
1821	Slide - George Clanton	2018	80.6	77.2	72	83.5	82.2	93.6	77	78.6
1824	Silent Shout - The Knife	2006	80.6	74.2	79	80.8	78.1	89.8	79	83.2
1837	Art Angels - Grimes	2015	80.6	72.6	85	83	83.6	87.8	78	74
1855	Replicas - Tubeway Army	1979	80.5	74.6	85	78.8	80.7	87.6	77	80
1887	Fever Ray - Fever Ray	2009	80.5	72.8	82	81.1	77.4	91.2	78	80.8
1901	Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys	1990	80.4	75.4	84	80.3	77.3	89.4	77	79.6
1902	Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? - of Montreal	2007	80.4	74.6	76	81.5	83.5	88.2	79	80.2
1906	Nurture - Porter Robinson	2021	80.4	74.8	77	85.1	81.8	95	74	75.2
1924	The Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan	1979	80.4	74	86	78.8	77.5	87.4	77	82
1960	Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan	1980	80.3	73.8	80	78.6	83.8	89	75	82
1968	Honey - Robyn	2018	80.3	70	88	79.9	83.4	90.8	76	74
2002	Spirit Phone - Lemon Demon	2016	80.2	73.8	80	81.4	83.2	93.2	74	76
2026	The Passionate Ones - Nourished By Time	2025	80.2	74.6	86	80.3	81.2	93.2	71	75
2051	Once Twice Melody - Beach House	2022	80.1	74.8	81	81.1	79.7	90.4	80	74
2076	Be the Cowboy - Mitski	2018	80.1	71.8	85	80.6	84.4	89.8	77	72
2077	Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra	1978	80.1	74.6	80	80.3	81.1	88.6	76	80
2105	Pure Heroine - Lorde	2013	80	73	77	83.1	86.1	91	76	74
2111	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa	2020	80	71	87	80.5	82	90.6	75	74
2133	After Laughter - Paramore	2017	80	72.4	84	80.9	82.5	92	76	72
2138	Technique - New Order	1989	80	75.4	80	81.1	80.2	87	78	78
2145	Introspective - Pet Shop Boys	1988	79.9	77	75	82.9	82.1	87.6	77	78
2166	Serotonin II - yeule	2019	79.9	75.2	75	83.1	82.9	92.2	75	76
2170	Fantasy Black Channel - Late of The Pier	2008	79.9	73.4	78	82.8	82.2	90	75	78
2192	The Hurting - Tears for Fears	1983	79.9	76	75	81.6	80.3	88.2	78	80
2206	Control - Janet Jackson	1986	79.8	74.2	90	81.8	76.9	85	71	80
2247	Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe	2018	79.8	69.8	87	80.2	83.7	90.8	77	70
2268	Forever Young - Alphaville	1984	79.7	71.8	90	77.6	79.8	86	73	80
2287	The Lexicon of Love - ABC	1982	79.7	73	93	76.6	77.4	83	77	78
2301	Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade	1985	79.7	74.8	86	81.4	81.4	89.2	69	76
2404	Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. - M83.	2011	79.5	69.6	75	81.6	83.8	90.6	77	79
2416	The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan	2023	79.5	70.4	82	80.7	83.9	93.4	76	70
2447	After Hours - The Weeknd	2020	79.4	72	79	82.5	82.6	91.8	74	74
2500	Trench - twenty one pilots	2018	79.3	70.6	79	83.5	82.1	93	75	72
2512	Please - Pet Shop Boys	1986	79.3	74.8	80	78.9	81.1	88.2	76	76
2513	Man On The Moon: The End Of Day - Kid Cudi	2009	79.3	73.2	72	83.5	82.5	90.8	77	76
2524	Ultra - Depeche Mode	1997	79.3	74.6	74	80.7	83.4	90.2	76	76
2536	STARFUCKER - Slayyyter	2023	79.2	70	90	78.7	77.6	97.4	71	70
2538	A Walk Across the Rooftops - The Blue Nile	1984	79.2	74.2	79	78.2	74.7	88.6	78	82
2625	In Ghost Colours - Cut Copy	2008	79.1	71.6	77	80.4	80.8	88.6	77	78
2636	Little Dark Age - MGMT	2018	79	74.2	76	80.5	78.7	89.8	80	74
2664	Bonito Generation - Kero Kero Bonito	2016	79	72.2	82	80.8	79.9	89	75	74
2705	Brotherhood - New Order	1986	78.9	73.6	79	80.7	79.2	86	78	76
2720	Charli - Charli XCX	2019	78.9	72.6	78	81.5	80	91.2	77	72
2721	Erotic Probiotic 2 - Nourished By Time	2023	78.9	73.4	91	78.2	74.3	91.4	72	72
2728	Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo	1985	78.9	77.2	60	83.9	84.7	90.4	76	80
2730	Forced Witness - Alex Cameron	2017	78.9	73.2	73	80	81	89.6	78	77.4
2761	Actually - Pet Shop Boys	1987	78.8	74.2	83	78.7	73.4	86.6	76	80
2763	A Secret Wish - Propaganda	1985	78.8	73.6	80	74.6	80.9	86.8	78	78
2809	Clinging to a Scheme - The Radio Dept.	2010	78.7	71.8	77	80.8	79.8	90.8	77	74
2830	TRST - Trust	2012	78.7	71.8	73	79.6	86.2	92.4	70	78
2832	Some Great Reward - Depeche Mode	1984	78.7	73.8	74	78.7	83.1	88.4	77	76
2839	Too Bright - Perfume Genius	2014	78.7	69.6	84	80.4	79.1	84.8	77	76
2860	Flamboyant - Dorian Electra	2019	78.7	68	80	76.9	77.3	92.6	80	75.8
2897	Holiday - The Magnetic Fields	1994	78.6	74.6	79	78.1	75.5	87.8	76	79

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