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The Best Darkwave Albums of the 1990s by User Score
1990s
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Type
Featured
LP
EP
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Single
Compilation
Live
Soundtrack
DJ Mix
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Darkwave
1990s
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
1
.
Der Golem - Zmet
1999
Darkwave
,
Post-Industrial
USER SCORE
71
52 ratings
Amazon
2
.
Lacrimosa - Elodia
July 6, 1999
Gothic Metal
,
Neoclassical Darkwave
USER SCORE
73
26 ratings
Amazon
3
.
Jarboe - Thirteen Masks
January 30, 1991
Experimental Rock
,
Darkwave
USER SCORE
73
32 ratings
Amazon
Music
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4
.
Swans - Love of Life / Amnesia
1992
Darkwave
,
Gothic Rock
,
Post-Punk
USER SCORE
73
76 ratings
Amazon
5
.
Diva Destruction - Passion's Price
December 18, 1999
Darkwave
,
Gothic Rock
USER SCORE
76
38 ratings
Amazon
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6
.
Miranda Sex Garden - Fairytales Of Slavery
May 9, 1994
Ethereal Wave
,
Gothic Rock
USER SCORE
79
29 ratings
Amazon
Music
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7
.
Bel Canto - Shimmering, Warm & Bright
September 22, 1992
Dream Pop
,
Ethereal Wave
,
Synthpop
USER SCORE
76
58 ratings
Amazon
Music
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8
.
Lycia - The Burning Circle and Then Dust
April 3, 1995
Ethereal Wave
,
Darkwave
USER SCORE
78
37 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Soul Whirling Somewhere - Hope Was
May 19, 1998
Ethereal Wave
,
Slowcore
USER SCORE
79
34 ratings
Amazon
Music
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10
.
The Legendary Pink Dots - The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse
June 1990
Experimental Rock
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Darkwave
USER SCORE
77
50 ratings
Amazon
Music
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11
.
Cocteau Twins - Dials / Crushed / The High Monkey-Monk / Oomingmak
1991
Dream Pop
,
Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
75
85 ratings
Amazon
12
.
This Mortal Coil - Blood
April 22, 1991
Dream Pop
,
Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
75
105 ratings
Amazon
Music
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13
.
Strange Boutique - The Loved One
1991
Gothic Rock
,
Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
75
113 ratings
Amazon
14
.
Lycia - Cold
1996
Ethereal Wave
,
Darkwave
USER SCORE
77
59 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
London After Midnight - Psycho Magnet
1995
Gothic Rock
,
Darkwave
,
Industrial
USER SCORE
77
63 ratings
Amazon
Music
16
.
Switchblade Symphony - Serpentine Gallery
September 11, 1995
Gothic Rock
,
Darkwave
USER SCORE
78
59 ratings
Amazon
Music
17
.
Love Spirals Downwards - Ardor
1994
Dream Pop
,
Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
81
36 ratings
Amazon
18
.
Cranes - Wings of Joy
September 16, 1991
Ethereal Wave
,
Dream Pop
USER SCORE
76
107 ratings
Amazon
Music
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19
.
Love Spirals Downwards - Idylls
July 20, 1992
Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
80
48 ratings
Amazon
20
.
Black Tape For A Blue Girl - Remnants of a Deeper Purity
June 7, 1996
Neoclassical Darkwave
USER SCORE
79
76 ratings
Amazon
Music
21
.
Soul Whirling Somewhere - Pyewackit
1997
Dream Pop
,
Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
80
68 ratings
Amazon
Music
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22
.
Jarboe - Sacrificial Cake
June 9, 1995
Darkwave
,
Experimental
USER SCORE
77
183 ratings
Amazon
Music
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23
.
Dead Can Dance - Aion
June 11, 1990
Neo-Medieval Folk
,
Neoclassical Darkwave
USER SCORE
76
210 ratings
Amazon
Spotify
24
.
Cranes - Loved
October 11, 1994
Dream Pop
,
Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
78
134 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Love Spirals Downwards - Flux
1998
Dream Pop
,
Ethereal Wave
,
Ambient Pop
,
Atmospheric Drum and Bass
USER SCORE
77
224 ratings
Amazon
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