/mu/ newfag here, I need more 80's-style Synth-Pop to listen to.
Looking for shit along the lines of A-ha, Pet Shop Bots, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nezzaJoOw
Maybe it's too obvious but this is the peak of the genre for me, Marc Almond is a hell of a songwriter
inb4 numan anon spergs
>>73730858
lmao this is some wild shit
Midge Ure era Ultravox (the John Foxxx era was better, but more on the post punk/new wave side)
The Human League (Reproduction, Dare)
Gary Numan (Replicas, The Pleasure Principle)
early Talk Talk (It's My Life)
Bronski Beat (The Age of Consent)
>>73731027
Also Telekon from Numan
>>73731027
Japan (Gentlemen Take Polaroid, Tin Drum)
Depeche Mode (any album from Black Celebration to Songs of Faith and Devotions)
New Order (Power, Corruption & Lies, Low-Life, Brotherhood)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (the first four albums)
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless, The Flat Earth
>>73731065
not as good as the previous 2, but still good.
I'm always looking for more dudes to enthuse about sophistipop with me.
Roxy Music
Bryan Ferry
OMD
ABC
Scrritti Politti
Prefab Sprout
Style Council
The Art of Noise
you are already into Kate Bush, yes?
OP Here, thanks boys
>>73731163
>Japan
>New Order
>OMD
fuckin nice
>>73731186
Telekon > anything from Tubeway Army
my opinion is fact, btw
>>73731163
Heaven 17 (Penthouse and Pavement)
Tears for Fears (The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair)
Duran Duran (Rio)
there were also a lot of synth-pop acts with GOAT singles but shitty or so-so albums
>>73731334
a few examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpHUcqe2v-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnQ2zOmb6Hg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noS1viHX6zA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_SAMrDnXOE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPC8QJF6sI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-PYqUHfTMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PybCLxm4hGM
>>73731193
also these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWTsN3ralsc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E36CB_rThb8
>>73731562
that Propaganda album is great tho
like everything on ZTT