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100 Greatest Electronic Music Albums
It's not voted by a bunch of artists or producers, or even voted by people and the fans, or put together by elite of or in the industry and their peers... Not sorted by a reputable EDM magazine, trendy blog or website compilation. Only a list put together on the internet by some guy on a shady site. Just a link I came across...
But I thought it could start up a good discussion on what everyone thought of some of the best, popular, influential, etc... of Electronic(a) or Dance Music albums. What are yours, what do you like, where any of these albums your first taste of this music, etc...
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| 100 Greatest Electronic Music Albums http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pag...electronic.html 1. Trans-Europe Express (1977) - Kraftwerk 2. Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1993) - Aphex Twin 3. Blue Lines (1991) - Massive Attack 4. Oxygene (1977) - Jean Michel Jarre 5. Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) - Brian Eno 6. Phaedra (1974) - Tangerine Dream 7. Autobahn (1974) - Kraftwerk 8. Switched-On Bach (1968) - Wendy Carlos 9. Endtroducing... (1996) - DJ Shadow 10. Leftism (1995) - Leftfield 11. Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1993) - Underworld 12. Orbital 2 (Brown Album) (1992) - Orbital 13. Dig Your Own Hole (1997) - The Chemical Brothers 14. Homework (1997) - Daft Punk 15. The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991) - The Orb 16. Screamadelica (1991) - Primal Scream 17. Dummy (1994) - Portishead 18. Irrlicht (1972) - Klaus Schulze 19. Music for the Jilted Generation (1995) - The Prodigy 20. Play (1999) - Moby 21. Pretty Hate Machine (1989) - Nine Inch Nails 22. Music Has the Right to Children (1998) - Boards of Canada 23. Timeless (1995) - Goldie 24. Homogenic (1997) - Bj�rk 25. Tri Repetae++ (1995) - Autechre 26. Mezzanine (1998) - Massive Attack 27. Maxinquaye (1995) - Tricky 28. The White Room (1991) - The KLF 29. Planet Rock (1986) - Afrika Bambaataa 30. Violator (1990) - Depeche Mode 31. (Who's Afraid of) the Art of Noise! (1984) - The Art of Noise 32. Remedy (1999) - Basement Jaxx 33. Exit Planet Dust (1995) - The Chemical Brothers 34. 76:14 (1994) - Global Communication 35. Bytes (1992) - Black Dog Productions 36. New Forms (1997) - Roni Size & Reprazent 37. Clear (1990) - Cybotron 38. You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) - Fatboy Slim 39. The Fat of the Land (1997) - The Prodigy 40. Richard D. James Album (1996) - Aphex Twin 41. Substance (1987) - New Order 42. Tubular Bells (1973) - Mike Oldfield 43. Computer World (1981) - Kraftwerk 44. Second Toughest in the Infants (1996) - Underworld 45. Dare (1981) - Human League 46. Big Fun (1989) - Inner City 47. Discovery (2001) - Daft Punk 48. Solid State Survivor (1979) - Yellow Magic Orchestra 49. Everything is Wrong (1995) - Moby 50. U.F.Orb (1992) - The Orb 51. Utd. State 90 (1990) - 808 State 52. Experience (1992) - The Prodigy 53. Moon Safari (1998) - Air 54. Innovator (1997) - Derrick May 55. In Sides (1996) - Orbital 56. Keep On Movin' (1989) - Soul II Soul 57. Musik (1994) - Plastikman 58. Rubycon (1975) - Tangerine Dream 59. Lifeforms (1994) - The Future Sound of London 60. Chill Out (1991) - The KLF 61. Kid A (2000) - Radiohead 62. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981) - Brian Eno & David Byrne 63. Music for the Masses (1987) - Depeche Mode 64. Future Days (1973) - Can 65. Low (1977) - David Bowie 66. Faces & Phases (1997) - Kevin Saunderson 67. Tango N' Vectif (1993) - �-Ziq 68. Autoditacker (1997) - Mouse on Mars 69. Debut (1993) - Bj�rk 70. Ray of Light (1998) - Madonna 71. Godfather of House Music: Trax Classics (2000) - Frankie Knuckles 72. More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art (1997) - Carl Craig 73. Hard Normal Daddy (1997) - Squarepusher 74. Amber (1994) - Autechre 75. Gonna Make You Sweat (1990) - C+C Music Factory 76. Dark Side of the Moon (1973) - Pink Floyd 77. 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979) - Throbbing Gristle 78. Fear of a Black Planet (1990) - Public Enemy 79. Throbbing Punch (1994) - Wagon Christ 80. Cluster 71 (1971) - Cluster 81. Silver Apples (1968) - Silver Apples 82. Blade Runner (1982) - Vangelis 83. From Here to Eternity (1977) - Giorgio Moroder 84. Paul's Boutique (1989) - Beastie Boys 85. Let the Music Play (1984) - Shannon 86. 2X45 (1982) - Cabaret Voltaire 87. Classic Fingers (1995) - Larry Heard 88. Sonic Seasonings (1972) - Wendy Carlos 89. Suicide (1977) - Suicide 90. Incunabula (1993) - Autechre 91. Beaucoup Fish (1998) - Underworld 92. Moby (1992) - Moby 93. En-Tact (1990) - Shamen 94. Another Green World (1975) - Brian Eno 95. Front By Front (1988) - Front 242 96. Neu! (1972) - Neu! 97. Moondawn (1976) - Klaus Schulze 98. The Downward Spiral (1994) - Nine Inch Nails 99. Faust (1971) - Faust 100. Tago Mago (1971) - Can |
Pretty damned good list imo
Somehow I knew Aphex Twin would show up.
Richard's just so damned talented/genius.
These was hugely influential for me in in the early 90s for me when i was spent many of summers in England and first really started hearing the "rave" music and were some of my first CDs of electronica....
This compilation which introduced me to many other artists...
The in other years following I got to hear more and more stuff like Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
At that time I knew I enjoyed the music, mainly from all the retro, alternative (before it meant grunge), new wave and industrial music that was out which I later began to know more and more about.
This album was suggested to me by a guy at our local record shop and changed my world...
Daft Punk's Homework and Chemical Brother's Dig Your Own Hole are truly epic albums that solidified my interest in the music as well.
I'm not sure how some of them qualify as electronic music unless one is taking the absolute broadest meaning of the words (produced using equipment requiring electricity). Dark Side of the Moon for instance... fantastic album; however, calling it electronic music is a pretty big stretch, no?
the list seems kind of random. and very British. no doubt these are good, but it seems like someone was going through their collection at home and picked out favourites.
I like the fact there isn't a single album from 2000 onward.
yeah, this person has a certain style of music and just put down his favorite albums.
some of them are definitely not electronic.
and if tiesto or pvd is not on the list, it's not complete.
Not bad - even though CC's "More Songs..." made the list, I would have also thrown (gettit?) Paperclip People's The Secret Tapes Of Doctor Eich in there somewhere.
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| Originally posted by Moral Hazard I'm not sure how some of them qualify as electronic music unless one is taking the absolute broadest meaning of the words (produced using equipment requiring electricity). Dark Side of the Moon for instance... fantastic album; however, calling it electronic music is a pretty big stretch, no? |
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| Originally posted by ChemEnhanced I like the fact there isn't a single album from 2000 onward. |
It's a just a lit to inspire discussion, I'm not sure who made it, what circumstances, qualifying requirements, etc...
A lot of influential albums on the list. Nice to see Vangelis on it.
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| Originally posted by StereoPrincess yeah, this person has a certain style of music and just put down his favorite albums. some of them are definitely not electronic. and if tiesto or pvd is not on the list, it's not complete. |
this list is missing czeslaw niemen, polish/european electronic music innovator of the 70's who has used massive electronic elements in most of his albums.
This list isn't geared towards any 'dance' genres (ie. trance, house, etc) more so towards the 'Electronica' sound. Tho I agree that artists like PVD, Oakenfold and some of the 'pioneers' should be up there if you are looking at Electronic music as a whole, this guy certainly was not looking in that direction at all.
Don't recognize a lot of the albums mentioned, but he's got DJ Shadow's "Endtroducing" in the top 10 so in my mind it is at least somewhat credible. 
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| Originally posted by ChemEnhanced I like the fact there isn't a single album from 2000 onward. |
as long as The Orb is in the top 20, I'm OK with this list
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| Originally posted by LKD as long as The Orb is in the top 20, I'm OK with this list |
No Sasha - Airdrawndagger??!?!?
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| Originally posted by malek No Sasha - Airdrawndagger??!?!? |
interesting list that definitely is on one side of the spectrum.
some very good stuff in there though
ive only hered like 4 or 5 albums on that list......but with edm it all begins and ends with Daft Punk.....for me of course lol
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| Originally posted by ItalianPoiSon but with edm it all begins and ends with Daft Punk..... |
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| Originally posted by ChemEnhanced I like the fact there isn't a single album from 2000 onward. |
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