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The Best Electronic Albums of the 1980s by User Score
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Electronic
1980s
1980
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1982
1983
1984
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1988
1989
1
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Anri - Timely!!
December 5th, 1983
City Pop
,
Disco
USER SCORE
86
606 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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2
.
Toshiki Kadomatsu - After 5 Clash
April 21st, 1984
City Pop
,
Synth Funk
,
Disco
USER SCORE
85
56 ratings
Amazon
3
.
芸能山城組 [Geinoh Yamashirogumi] - Symphonic Suite AKIRA
July 27th, 1988
Tribal Ambient
,
Gamelan
,
Post-Minimalism
,
Electronic
USER SCORE
84
40 ratings
Amazon
4
.
Koji Kondo [近藤浩治] - Super Mario Bros. 3 Soundtrack
October 23rd, 1988
Chiptune
,
Sequencer & Tracker
USER SCORE
84
32 ratings
Amazon
5
.
Various Artists - The Shining (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Modern Classical
,
Drone
,
Dark Ambient
,
Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
83
16 ratings
Amazon
6
.
Kraftwerk - Computerwelt
May 10th, 1981
Synthpop
,
Electronic
USER SCORE
83
622 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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7
.
John Carpenter - Halloween II
Horror Synth
,
Dark Ambient
,
Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
83
10 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
.
Skinny Puppy - Rabies
November 21st, 1989
Electro-Industrial
,
Industrial Rock
USER SCORE
83
36 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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9
.
Charles Bernstein - A Nightmare On Elm Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
November 30th, 1983
Horror Synth
,
Minimal Synth
USER SCORE
83
14 ratings
Amazon
10
.
坂本龍一 [Ryuichi Sakamoto] - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
May 1st, 1983
Electronic
,
Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
83
44 ratings
Amazon
11
.
Anri - Heaven Beach
November 21st, 1982
City Pop
,
Disco
,
Yacht Rock
USER SCORE
82
58 ratings
Amazon
12
.
Nurse with Wound - Soliloquy For Lilith
Drone
,
Dark Ambient
USER SCORE
82
58 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
13
.
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
October 20th, 1989
Industrial Rock
,
Electro-Industrial
USER SCORE
82
1,527 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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14
.
Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
Progressive Electronic
,
Berlin School
USER SCORE
82
169 ratings
Amazon
15
.
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
April 19th, 1982
Art Pop
,
Experimental
,
Electronic
USER SCORE
82
311 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16
.
Roland Kayn - Tektra
Drone
,
Electroacoustic
,
Ambient
USER SCORE
82
38 ratings
Amazon
17
.
Nitzer Ebb - Belief
January 9th, 1989
EBM
USER SCORE
82
16 ratings
Amazon
18
.
Nurse with Wound - Spiral Insana
Sound Collage
,
Dark Ambient
,
Industrial
USER SCORE
82
21 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
19
.
David Lynch & Alan R. Splet - Eraserhead
January 1st, 1982
Drone
,
Dark Ambient
,
Sound Collage
USER SCORE
81
86 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
.
Per Nørgård - Expanding Space
Electronic
,
Modern Classical
,
Space Ambient
USER SCORE
81
16 ratings
Amazon
21
.
Suzanne Ciani - Seven Waves
Progressive Electronic
,
New Age
USER SCORE
81
48 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
.
Diana Ross - Diana
May 22nd, 1980
Disco
USER SCORE
81
196 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
.
Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age
May 11th, 1987
EBM
USER SCORE
81
30 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
.
John Carpenter - Escape from New York
Electronic
,
Progressive Electronic
,
Horror Synth
,
Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
81
11 ratings
Amazon
25
.
Kaoru Akimoto - Cologne
March 21st, 1986
City Pop
,
Synthpop
,
Disco
USER SCORE
80
47 ratings
Amazon
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