Best art pop artists of the 1980s
Cheap drum machines and the first affordable samplers changed who was allowed to make a record. Hip-hop moved from a party you had to be at to a 12-inch you could buy, and MTV made how a song looked part of the argument.
Everyone who released a art pop album in the 1980s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.
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Kate Bush3 albums here4.24.3 avg · 20 ratings
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The The1 album here4.24.3 avg · 13 ratings
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Thomas Dolby2 albums here4.24.3 avg · 8 ratings
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Prefab Sprout1 album here4.14.1 avg · 11 ratings
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Tears for Fears1 album here4.14.2 avg · 5 ratings
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John Cale1 album here4.04.0 avg · 3 ratings
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Paul McCartney2 albums here3.93.9 avg · 18 ratings
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Ryuichi Sakamoto2 albums here3.93.8 avg · 3 ratings
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John Lennon1 album here3.93.9 avg · 17 ratings
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Scott Walker1 album here3.73.4 avg · 4 ratings
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XTC3 albums here3.63.2 avg · 5 ratings
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Japan3 albums here2 ratings
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Laurie Anderson1 album here2 ratings
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Todd Rundgren2 albums here2 ratings
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Daniel Lanois1 album here2 ratings
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The Blue Nile1 album here2 ratings
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Frank Sinatra1 album here1 rating
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Grace Jones4 albums here1 rating
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Ultravox1 album here1 rating
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Yellow Magic Orchestra1 album here1 rating
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Yoko Ono4 albums here
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Phil Manzanera4 albums here
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Bill Nelson21 albums here
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