Great lost lps...the 80s....synth pop and others..


the Church-Blurred crusade-A great lp by one of the most criminally underated band of the 80s...they flirted with the bigtime years later on "starfish"...nice clean production as well...

Real Life-Heartland-a lost synth pop classic from another Aussie band....

Thomas Dolby...first two lps....

The Woodentops....any lp...

Close Lobsters...Foxtails....
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Til Tuesday's "Welcome Home" is an incredible album both from a sonic and performance perspective.

Also check out That Petrol Emotion's "Chemicrazy"!
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Cabaret Voltaire is also a favorite of mine; they do a great job even on the ballads.

By the way, if any of you are looking for a great 80's synth pop radio station, Soma FM has recently put up a stream called Underground 80s:

http://somafm.com/play/u80s

It's the best 80's stream I've heard, and I've listened to many of them.

David
Maybe more in the "and others" category and not quite the eighties. Ok, I missed the mark, but "Remote Control" by the Tubes popped into my head and, so, there it is. Produced by Todd Rundgren and released in 1979, this was the Great Tubes Album. Most songs could only be classified as rock, but synth was heavy throughout. Although I considered it a lost gem, I just found that the Tube's official website title is "Remote Control".
I thought I was the only one who knew about the Woodentops! A real influence on much of what came out of the next decade. Dolby's LPs were fantastic.

Let's not forget these other 80s synth-pop kings:

Wang Chung
Naked Eyes
Re-Flex
The Cars / Ric Ocasek
ABC
Lene Lovich
Howard Jones
Peter Godwin

and plenty I can't think of right now!