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The Best Synthwave Albums of the 2020s by User Score

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1.

MIKE DEAN - 4:23
April 29, 2023
Synthwave
USER SCORE
54
484 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

2.

Banshee - FABLES
January 10, 2025
Synthpop, Synthwave
USER SCORE
57
86 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

5.

Desire - Games People Play
March 21, 2025
Synthpop, Synthwave
USER SCORE
62
65 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

6.

Trevor Something - Archetypes
January 9, 2024
Synthpop, Synthwave
USER SCORE
57
26 ratings
Amazon
Music

8.

The Midnight - Heroes
September 9, 2022
Synthpop, Synthwave
USER SCORE
65
76 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

9.

STABBER - TRUENO
March 15, 2024
Synthwave
USER SCORE
65
47 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

10.

Com Truise - In Decay, Too
December 4, 2020
Synthwave, Chillwave
USER SCORE
65
32 ratings
Amazon

11.

The Midnight - Syndicate
October 3, 2025
Synthwave, Synthpop
USER SCORE
68
83 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

12.

Windows 96 - 19999
March 23, 2024
Chillwave, Chillsynth
USER SCORE
68
77 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

14.

Daria Zawiałow - Wojny i Noce
June 11, 2021
Synthpop, Synthwave
USER SCORE
69
67 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

15.

The Midnight - Monsters
July 10, 2020
Synthwave, Synthpop
USER SCORE
69
105 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

16.

Kavinsky - Reborn
March 25, 2022
Synthwave, Synthpop
USER SCORE
69
290 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

18.

GosT - Prophecy
March 8, 2024
Darksynth, Horror Synth
USER SCORE
71
31 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

19.

David Bruno - Raiashopping
August 1, 2020
Pop Rap, Synthwave
USER SCORE
71
27 ratings
Amazon
Music

20.

Carpenter Brut - LEATHER TERROR
April 1, 2022
Darksynth, Synthwave
USER SCORE
69
197 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

21.

Perturbator - Age of Aquarius
October 10, 2025
Darkwave, Darksynth
USER SCORE
70
96 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

22.

The Midnight - Horror Show
March 19, 2021
Synthwave
USER SCORE
71
51 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

23.

Patricia Taxxon - Rainbow Road
March 28, 2020
Synthwave, Chillsynth
USER SCORE
73
26 ratings
Amazon

25.

Carpenter Brut - Leather Temple
February 27, 2026
Darksynth, Synthwave
USER SCORE
71
122 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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