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Feb 15, 2024 · Any list of male and female electropop artists has to include the names Kraftwerk, New Order, Owl City, Chvrches, Pet Shop Boys, M83, Lykke Li, and of course, British superstar Ellie Goulding. These electropop moguls (both A-list and indie) are widely known as being the best in the genre, and with good reason.
- 15Heaven 17 – Penthouse and Pavement
- 14808 State – 90
- 13new Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
- 12The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
- 11Massive Attack – Blue Lines
- 10Yazoo – Upstairs at Eric’s
- 9Moby – Play
- 8Omd – Architecture & Morality
- 7Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
- 6The Human League – Dare
The debut from Heaven 17 – the group formed by Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware after leaving The Human League – comprises two albums for the price of one. The first half is packed with the group’s hectic take on slap bass-infused funk. In contrast, the closing tracks take a more avant-garde approach, akin to fellow Sheffield experimentalists Cabare...
There’s no mistaking the opening aquatic bird call sample and the saxophone riff from 808 State’s instrumental Pacific State (included here in the guise of Pacific 202), which transports you straight back to the acid house era – of which this album is surely the high-water mark. With tracks such as Cobra Bora, with its insistent bassline, and the i...
No one else sounds quite like New Order and the group arguably reach peak New Orderishness with their second album. While there are traces of Joy Division in Peter Hook’s trademark bass and Bernard Sumner’s understated guitar, sequencers are brought to the forefront on tracks such as 5 8 6 and Your Silent Face. Such was the band’s confidence, Blue ...
From the opening “the brothers gonna work it out” sample, The Chemical Brothers’ debut long-player is a visceral treat of bombastic electronica. There are elements of hip-hop, rock and psychedelia, all propelled by the duo’s trademark big chunky beats. Collaborations with Tim Burgess (on Life Is Sweet) and Beth Orton (Alive Alone) demonstrate how t...
A mash-up of soul vocals, hip-hop, ambient electronica and dub basslines, Massive Attack’s first album borrows numerous elements from disparate genres to create something new. Resolutely downtempo tracks such as Safe From Harm and Daydreaming are as striking as they are darkly atmospheric. But it’s the indelible Unfinished Sympathy, sung by Shara N...
Opener Don’t Go sets out Yazoo’s stall early: succinct electro-pop combining Vince Clarke’s bleepy synths and insistent drum-machine patterns with Alison Moyet’s soulful vocals. Not all the tracks are here to fill dancefloors, though. Songs such as the mournful piano ballad Winter Kills and the haunting In My Room demonstrate the duo’s range. But j...
After the commercial failure of Animal Rights, Moby’s approach to his next album, Play, couldn’t have been more different. In place of thrashy guitars was a masterful fusion of field recordings of 30s gospel singers with catchy techno-pop. The result was infectious: every one of its 18 songs were eventually licensed for advertising or films, and th...
From its opening salvo of abstract sounds combined with the unmistakable thwunk of a Roland TR-808 kick drum, to the wistful keyboards that close OMD’s third album, Architecture & Morality is both a fully realised work of art and a superlative example of synth-pop. Souvenir, Joan Of Arc and Maid Of Orleans were all Top 5 hits, while She’s Leaving, ...
As Soft Cell, instrumentalist Dave Ball and singer Marc Almond invented the concept of the synth-pop duo and their delightful debut full-length is at once danceable, dark and daring. It spawned three Top 5 singles (Tainted Love, Bedsitter and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye) but this isn’t a record solely with its eye on the mainstream. Sex Dwarf is a subv...
Following the departure of founding members Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware, singer Philip Oakey became the creative driving force behind The Human League. Out went the experimental approach of their previous two albums – in its place was slick, commercial pop enhanced by the vocals of Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall. Open Your Heart, The Sou...
- Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure. October 22, 2021. Electropop, Alt-Pop. Critic Score 93 18 reviews. Amazon. Music. Spotify.
- Robyn - Honey. October 26, 2018. Synthpop, Electropop, House, Dance-Pop, Art Pop. Critic Score 88 29 reviews. Amazon. Music. Spotify.
- Sugababes - Overloaded: The Singles Collection. November 10, 2006. Electropop. Critic Score 87 5 reviews. Amazon. Spotify.
- Robyn - Robyn. April 27, 2005. Electropop, Synthpop, R&B, Dance-Pop, Europop. Critic Score 86 16 reviews. Amazon. Music. Spotify.
Jun 4, 2023 · In recent years, electropop has emerged as one of the most popular music genres in the mainstream. Although the roots of this genre developed in the ‘80s, the electropop explosion began post-2000. A number of electropop bands and artists have had phenomenal chart-topping success with their brand of hypnotic, dance-oriented songs.
But now that we're a good two decades into an '80s revival that shows no signs of letting up, electro pop has transcended the realm of retro kitsch to form the root DNA of everything from contemporary indie to Top 40 to EDM. These classic tracks shaped the movement's unshakeable foundation. MORE. Song. Artist. Time. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
May 26, 2021 · A look at the The Best Electropop Albums of 2021 by User Score. Rate your favorite albums to have your say in this list of the top user rated albums.
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