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Best darkwave artists of the 1990s

Hip-hop moved to the center and has not left. Grunge cleared out the arena rock standing in front of it. Dance music grew an audience that listened at home rather than in a club, while sample clearance got expensive enough that producers had to get sharper about what they took.

Everyone who released a darkwave album in the 1990s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Pink Turns Blue№ 1Pink Turns Blue1 album here4.2Weighted score4.7 avg · 3 ratings
  1. 2SwansSwans1 album here4.04.0 avg · 14 ratings
  2. 3Clan of XymoxClan of Xymox2 albums here3.83.8 avg · 8 ratings
  3. 4LYCIALYCIA5 albums here1 rating
  4. 5black tape for a blue girlblack tape for a blue girl6 albums here
  5. 6This AscensionThis Ascension3 albums here
  6. 7Faith & DiseaseFaith & Disease3 albums here

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