 | Don't Say You Love Me by Erasure
Buy new: $4.98 / Used from: $0.97 Just skip the imports which only have 2 or 3 tracks each and get this domestic with all tracks. It's one of the best songs from the "Nightbird" album, and the mixes are great!
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 | Odyssey by Fischerspooner
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.48 This band is one of the ones that kick-started the term "electroclash" in the early 2000's, suddenly becoming an unexpected hit. Simple, yet satisfying.
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 | Odyssey by Fischerspooner
Buy used from: $9.07 Oh, and if you want a few extra bonus tracks, here's the limited edition. Bleepy, synthy, sassy, and successful.
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 | Matter + Form by VNV Nation
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $4.49 Here's a new album by one of the founders of the "futurepop" sound. Sometimes noisy, sometimes melodic, sometimes quirky, sometimes dark, and they always leave a mark. One of their better albums.
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 | Definitive: Best Of Cosmicity 1997-2004 by Cosmicity
Buy used from: $54.38 As Mark Nicholas retires the "Cosmicity" name, here is a collection of fan favorite songs from the last few albums, plus a low-fi DVD bonus disc with a light-hearted documentary of the band's history.
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 | Best of Westside by Various Artists
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $19.90 Yeah baby! This is a collection of tracks by bands that have become hidden gemms of the synthpop underground since the late 80's. Celebrate the Nun, Moswka TV, MCL, Camouflage, etc. Rare mixes!
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 | The Fixx: An Electronic Tribute by Various Artists
Buy new: $13.99 You maybe wouldn't expect a synthpop tribute to The Fixx, but this one is REALLY good. It doesn't sound amateur or cheap. The styles are diverse, and most of the songs really shine.
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 | La Mitad by Silica Gel
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $1.69 This is one of the most promising Spanish-language synthpop bands I've heard in years. Very exciting, with a modern edge and top-notch vocalist. Excellent whether you speak Spanish or not.
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 | Stereo Hits by Moenia
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $4.70 Moenia is purhaps Mexico's most popular synthpop act. This album features their cover versions of many Spanish alternative and synthpop hits from the past. It's well performed, though a bit light.
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 | ROCKET: A tribute to Dead or Alive by Various Artists
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $9.49 This Dead or Alive tribute is presented by the same new label that unleashed the tribute to The Fixx. Like the other tribute, some songs really shine, while others are just adequate cover versions.
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 | Elevators and Oscillators by Solvent
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.25 Solvent is one of the best old-school electro bands on the scene, taking the foundation built by Kraftwerk and pumping it up a notch for the modern market. Bleepy synthpop goodness!
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 | Rawq by Kilowatts and Vanek
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $6.79 I heard a demo for this album last year and was really impressed. It's very unique in it's approach, mixing indie rock with synthpop in a very refreshing, unique, talented way. Different is good!
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 | Golden by Elkland
Buy used from: $0.01 These guys got a serious kick-start to their synthpop career by opening for Erasure on their north American tour. Definitely an 80's flavor. Did you know they were originally called Goat Explosion?
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 | Perfect Remixes, Vol. 3 by Various Artists
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $8.44 If you're in the mood for some really nice, uptempo, yet soothing trance music, this collection of mixes by DJ Tiesto is really nice. Technically not "synthpop", but cool synth-dance music.
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 | Minimum-Maximum by Kraftwerk
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $5.49 Ah, the pioneers of synthpop present a live album! Go robots! Go!
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 | Mainland by Rupesh Cartell
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.83 This is simply one of the most amazing new synthpop debuts I've heard in years. I'm SO hooked that I've been listening daily. Possibly the most exiting modern synthpop act since IRIS.
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 | Synthphony REMIXed! Vol. 4 by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $61.11 Wow, these exclusive remix collections are coming out FAST! This is the 4th one this year, featuring tracks from several bands as mixed by the futurepop act from Italy called XP8.
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 | Fixed by Colony 5
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $37.98 Colony 5 is a band from Sweden that sounds a bit like a hyper version of De/Vision. But on this (their 3rd regular album) they touch on a few different styles, including some retro synthpop vibes.
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 | Synthpop Lives! by Various Artists
It's cheap, but it's a nice introduction to the more melodic side of synthpop from the mid 90's to 2005. Plenty of Erasure-esque type synthpop for a low price.
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 | So Alive by Pristina (featuring Sarah Masen)
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $2.25 Excellent stuff produced by Joey B. from The Echoing Green, with vocals by Sarah Masen and Alicia Luma, with great mixes. Watch out Delerium!
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 | She's Full of Secrets by Somegirl
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.49 Somegirl's 2nd album features the new vocalist Anada with a mix of poppy, sultry, and seductive synthpop songs.
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 | Poison by Monica Schroeder
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $1.99 Personally, I think Monica Schroeder from Canada is the next Sarah McLachlan, and this is an electronic, dance version of her wonderful song "Poison", VERY good stuff for Delerium fans too.
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 | Cold by A Blue Ocean Dream
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $4.25 This band has a nice old-school Kraftwerk-like base, but with a modern edge and a bit more substance to the lyrics. Cool 3-inch CD single too. Cute!
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 | Dreamweb by Mind in a Box
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $7.91 This was a very pleasant surprise for me. Though I enjoyed the first album, I didn't expect a new album so quickly, and didn't expect it to be so cool. Perfectly blends industrial dance and synthpop.
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 | One Day Silver, One Day Gold by Blue October
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $33.41 This is the 3rd studio album from the British synthpop act Blue October. Once again, the focus is on more mellow, romantic, introspective synthpop.
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