Treble (USA) - A History of Synth-Pop in 50 Essential Songs (2020)

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Jean-Michel Jarre – “Oxygene Part 4”

Suicide – “Cheree”

Donna Summer – “I Feel Love”

Kraftwerk – “The Model”

Human League – “Being Boiled”

The Normal – “Warm Leatherette”

Japan – “Life in Tokyo”

Gary Numan/Tubeway Army – “Are ‘Friends’ Electric”

Devo – “Whip It”

John Foxx – “Underpass”

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – “Enola Gay”

Visage – “Fade to Grey”

Yellow Magic Orchestra – “Behind the Mask”

Soft Cell – “Tainted Love”

Duran Duran – “The Chauffeur”

A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran (So Far Away)”

Simple Minds – “New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)”

Yaz – “Situation”

The Cure – “The Walk”

Eurythmics – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”

Herbie Hancock – “Rockit”

New Order – “Blue Monday”

Tears for Fears – “Pale Shelter”

Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy”

Fad Gadget – “Collapsing New People”

Talk Talk – “It’s My Life”

Prince – “I Would Die 4 U”

Pet Shop Boys – “West End Girls”

Ruth – “Polaroid/Roman/Photo”

Erasure – “A Little Respect”

Leonard Cohen – “First We Take Manhattan”

Depeche Mode – “Enjoy the Silence”

Magnetic Fields – “Take Ecstasy With Me”

Saint Etienne – “Like a Motorway”

Sparks – “When Do I Get to Sing ‘My Way'”

The Knife – “Heartbeats”

The Postal Service – “Such Great Heights”

Ladytron – “Destroy Everything You Touch”

Goldfrapp – “Ride a White Horse”

Chromatics – “I Want Your Love”

LCD Soundsystem – “Someone Great”

Cut Copy – “Hearts on Fire”

Robyn – “Dancing on My Own”

M83 – “Midnight City”

Grimes – “Oblivion”

Chvrches – “The Mother We Share”

Future Islands – “Seasons (Waiting on You)”

U.S. Girls – “Poem”

Jenny Hval – “Ashes to Ashes”

Sharon Van Etten – “Seventeen”

[MysticMerman]

What a cool list! I guess I have some catching up to do with Synth-pop!

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