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This is a list of 1980s music albums that multiple music journalists, magazines, and professional music review websites have considered to be among the best of the 1980s and of all time, separated into the years of each album's release. The albums listed here are included on at least four separate "best/greatest of the 1980s/all time" lists ...
This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology. A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. [ 1 ]
Synthwave is a microgenre [9] [10] of electronic music [1] that draws predominantly from 1980s films, video games, and cartoons, [11] as well as composers such as John Carpenter, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Tangerine Dream. [12] [13] Other reference points include electronic dance music genres including house, synth, and nu-disco. [14]
One of the early representatives of the 1980s genre was the British group Imagination and with their series of hits throughout 1981 and 1982. In the United States, Donna Summer was the only 1980s Eurodisco singer, and the term hi-NRG was used there instead. 1980s Eurodisco variations soon appeared later in France, Germany, Spain and Greece.
Late 1970s – early 1980s Japan Dance-pop: Late 1970s – early 1980s United States, United Kingdom Italo disco: Late 1970s – early 1980s Italy, Spain: Electro: Early 1980s Japan , [4] United States (New York & Detroit) Electronic body music (EBM) Early 1980s Germany, Belgium: House: 1983 United States Garage house: 1983
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
[84] [85] Artists in the new music genre included Saki Kubota. [86] Rock bands included Rebecca and the Southern All Stars. [87] Artists in the electronic music genre included Yellow Magic Orchestra. The song "Hana" (1980) by Shoukichi Kina was a hit overseas, and sold 30 million copies. [88] Eiichi Ohtaki released A Long Vacation. [89]
The Singles 81→85 is a greatest hits album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 14 October 1985 by Mute Records. [6] [7] The compilation was not originally released in North America, where it was replaced by its counterpart Catching Up with Depeche Mode.