Genre
Synthpop
Synthpop puts the synthesizer at the center of pop songwriting, a sound crystallized in the late 1970s and 1980s by acts like Depeche Mode, the Human League, and Pet Shop Boys. Cold electronic textures wrapped around warm melodies remain its signature tension.
Synthpop on Riffiter: 213 albums from artists including Depeche Mode, Charli XCX, a-ha, ranked by popularity and community ratings.
Key artists
Albums
The Singles 86>98
Depeche Mode · 1998
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
M83 · 2011
Spirit
Depeche Mode · 2017
Memento Mori
Depeche Mode · 2023
Delta Machine
Depeche Mode · 2013
(The Best of) New Order
New Order · 1994
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode · 1987
Hunting High and Low
a-ha · 1985
The Singles 81>85
Depeche Mode · 1985
Hyperdrama
Justice · 2024
Depression Cherry
Beach House · 2015
Songs of Faith and Devotion
Depeche Mode · 1993
Violator
Depeche Mode · 1990
MTV Unplugged - Summer Solstice
a-ha · 2017
Time and Again: The Ultimate a-ha
a-ha · 2016
Junk
M83 · 2016
Charli
Charli XCX · 2019
Bloom
Beach House · 2012
Sounds of the Universe
Depeche Mode · 2009
Ultra
Depeche Mode · 1997
how i'm feeling now
Charli XCX · 2020
Playing the Angel
Depeche Mode · 2005
Remixes 81...04
Depeche Mode · 2004
Exciter
Depeche Mode · 2001
Boys
Charli XCX · 2017
Number 1 Angel
Charli XCX · 2017
Sucker
Charli XCX · 2014
Music Complete
New Order · 2015
Teen Dream
Beach House · 2010
The Singles: 1984-2004
a-ha · 2004
Get Ready
New Order · 2001
Songs of Faith and Devotion: Live
Depeche Mode · 1993
Stay on These Roads
a-ha · 1988
Construction Time Again
Depeche Mode · 1983
7
Beach House · 2018
Woman
Justice · 2016
True Romance
Charli XCX · 2013
Black Celebration
Depeche Mode · 1986
Wuthering Heights
Charli XCX · 2026
Audio, Video, Disco
Justice · 2011
Remixes 2: 81““11
Depeche Mode · 2011
Low-Life
New Order · 1985
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Beach House · 2015
Touring the Angel: Live in Milan
Depeche Mode · 2006
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
a-ha · 1990
Technique
New Order · 1989
Scoundrel Days
a-ha · 1986
Movement
New Order · 1981
CRASH
Charli XCX · 2022
True North
a-ha · 2022
Lost Sirens
New Order · 2013
Saturdays = Youth
M83 · 2008
Devotion
Beach House · 2008
(The Rest of) New Order
New Order · 1995
Memorial Beach
a-ha · 1993
Please
Pet Shop Boys · 1986
Where's the Revolution (Remixes)
Depeche Mode · 2017
Personal Jesus 2011
Depeche Mode · 2011
Fragile Tension / Hole to Feed
Depeche Mode · 2009
Beach House
Beach House · 2006
