Ten Favorite Well-Known Electronic Pop Albums
(There won’t be too many surprises here—for that you should look at my “Ten Favorite Semi-Obscure Electronic Pop Albums” list—but these albums are all gems, and all deserve their listenership. (They were also all released between 1981 and 1986, because I can’t help it.) I’ve listed them alphabetically by artist.)
Hunting High and Low by a-ha (representative track)
Big Science by Laurie Anderson (representative track)
Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? by Art of Noise (representative track)
Black Celebration by Depeche Mode (representative track)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics (representative track)
Metamatic by John Foxx (representative track)
Klaus Nomi by Klaus Nomi (representative track)
Burning Bridges by Naked Eyes (representative track)
Architecture and Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (representative track)
Upstairs at Eric’s by Yaz (representative track)
— November 15, 2020