Category Archives: Top 10 British Synth-Pop Albums

Lodger (1979)

Posted on February 5, 2024 by the press music reviews

Recorded in a concrete bunker in Montreux, the perennially underrated Lodger delivers in despatches, a personal and political world view in a travelogue postcard from the itinerant D.J. himself. TRACKS 1. Fantastic Voyage: A political commentary about nuclear war resurrected … Continue reading →

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Japan – Tin Drum (1981)

Posted on November 15, 2022 by the press music reviews

Released on this day in 1981, Japan’s fifth and final studio album Tin Drum found the band embracing a new synth-heavy style, but sounded like nothing else at the time.  When English new wave band Japan released TIN DRUM (1981) ★★★★½, … Continue reading →

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David Bowie, 1981

Posted on August 23, 2022 by the press music reviews

1981: Bowie’s “gap year”. Things were seemingly coming to an end, or were they? On the face of it, 1981 was the quietest year of Bowie’s career so far. Having spent the last ten years redefining the rock landscape, there … Continue reading →

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The Human League | Reproduction

Posted on July 6, 2022 by the press music reviews

The image on the cover of The Human League’s debut album Reproduction, anticipates their definitive line-up. Before the mainstream success of ‘Don’t You Want Me’, one of the most enduringly popular songs of the 80s, and before the twin sultry … Continue reading →

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Top 10 British Synth-Pop Albums

Posted on March 31, 2022 by the press music reviews

Britain in the 1970s, when bloated supergroups and progressive rock bands roamed the Earth, young pioneers obsessed by European experimental music like Kraftwerk and punk’s attitude, were distilling these influences and dreaming of a future of pop music with guitars … Continue reading →

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