Top 100 Greatest Synthpop Albums
by 
Secondsoul 
Recently I've been watching a couple of excellent documentarys on the BBC iplayer and youtube about The Human League and OMD. This brought back memories of growing up in the early eighties when synthesizer bands dominated the UK charts. German band Kraftwerk were a massive influence on many of these bands. These are the best synthpop albums ever made imo. The majority will come from that early eighties period when the genre was at it's peak, but I've also thrown in a few others from later years also. This chart is limited to a maximum of three albums per artist.
- Chart updated: 04/11/2015 01:15
- (Created: 11/16/2014 01:04).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1990
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12,228
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1983
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6,421
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1981
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3,487
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1981
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2,055
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1979
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1,149
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1982
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2,256
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1981
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1,074
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1981
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914
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2013
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1,309
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1983
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Top 100 Greatest Synthpop Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 76 | 76% | |
| 1990s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2000s | 5 | 5% | |
| 2010s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Ultravox | 3 | 3% | |
| Depeche Mode | 3 | 3% | |
| Pet Shop Boys | 3 | 3% | |
| Erasure | 3 | 3% | |
| Duran Duran | 3 | 3% | |
| The Human League | 3 | 3% | |
| Gary Numan | 3 | 3% | |
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78 | 78% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Greatest Synthpop Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 69th to 71st Animotion by Animotion |
| Down 1 from 66th to 67th Empires And Dance by Simple Minds |
| Down 1 from 67th to 68th Touch by Eurythmics |
| New entries |
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| Shrines by Purity Ring |
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| ! | 11/16/2014 08:15 |  benpaco | 142 | 85/100 |
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From TheDude85 08/02/2021 12:35 | #272130
TheDude85 08/02/2021 12:35 | #272130
Spectacular chart! Synthpop has its share of detractors, but for me its a genre I keep going back to again and again. Glad to see your inclusion of Devo among the chart.
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From craola 08/11/2016 16:29 | #172753
craola 08/11/2016 16:29 | #172753
i got strng digs agnst the Order, but overall, fantasy chart. some solid remind'd and even solider rec'd. been putting down a load of synpop of late, so i'm stoken out staking the jjoint.
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From Secondsoul 06/20/2015 12:47 | #144252
Secondsoul 06/20/2015 12:47 | #144252
Check out my list of what I consider to be the Top 500 Greatest Synthpop Tracks -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEXox2R2RxZKyTTlt3kxvtJbI_Cw1K1IX
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johnner 05/03/2015 22:55 | #140785
johnner 05/03/2015 22:55 | #140785
V enjoyable chart to flick thru but am surprised PSB's Introspection is rated so low in the chart.
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From benpaco 11/16/2014 08:18 | #127129
benpaco 11/16/2014 08:18 | #127129
Awesome chart man, always great to see someone else who enjoys OMD! For a less traditional spin, may I recommend Teledrome? They made a synthpunk album this year that's pretty awesome.
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