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The Best Darkwave Albums of All Time by User Score

1.

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
September 17, 1990
Dream Pop, Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
90
15,388 ratings
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4.

Cocteau Twins - Treasure
November 12, 1984
Ethereal Wave, Dream Pop
USER SCORE
85
4,138 ratings
Amazon
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7.

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
September 19, 1988
Dream Pop, Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
83
2,076 ratings
Amazon
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8.

Coil - The Ape of Naples
December 2, 2005
Post-Industrial, Darkwave, Electronic
USER SCORE
83
2,105 ratings
Amazon
Music
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10.

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
March 17, 1986
Synthpop, Darkwave
USER SCORE
82
1,747 ratings
Amazon
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12.

Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
September 28, 1987
Synthpop, Darkwave
USER SCORE
82
2,089 ratings
Amazon
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13.

Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty
September 3, 2013
Darkwave, Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
82
907 ratings
Amazon
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14.

Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss
August 7, 2015
Darkwave, Gothic Rock
USER SCORE
82
877 ratings
Amazon
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15.

Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears
September 1, 1986
Dream Pop, Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
82
576 ratings
Amazon
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17.

Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
October 24, 1983
Ethereal Wave, Gothic Rock
USER SCORE
81
1,810 ratings
Amazon
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18.

Coil - Horse Rotorvator
1986
Industrial, Darkwave
USER SCORE
81
641 ratings
Amazon
Music

20.

Ethel Cain - Inbred
April 23, 2021
Dream Pop, Slowcore, Ethereal Wave
USER SCORE
80
2,623 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

21.

May 14, 2021
Post-Industrial, Darkwave
USER SCORE
81
570 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

24.

Ethel Cain - Golden Age
December 1, 2019
Dream Pop, Ethereal Wave, Slowcore, Ambient Pop
USER SCORE
79
1,716 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

25.

Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
November 25, 1985
Neoclassical Darkwave
USER SCORE
80
392 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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