Here is a list of tracks that made me want a synthesizer... and tracks that came after I bought one.
I put them in chronological order, although it's not always the order in which they reached my ears.
1972 - Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
1974 - Autobahn - Kraftwerk
1977 - Albedo 0.39 - Vangelis
1977 - Oxygene II / IV - Jean-Michel Jarre
1978 - The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
1978 - Equinoxe III - Jean-Michel Jarre
1979 - Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
1979 - Heaven And Hell - Cabaret Voltaire
1980 - Fade To Grey - Visage
1980 - Astradyne - Ultravox
1980 - Underpass - John Foxx
1980 - Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
1981 - Don't You Want Me - Human League
1981 - Kiew Mission - Tangerine Dream
1981 - Going Under - Devo
1981 - Mea Culpa - Brian Eno / David Byrne
1981 - Anyone Out There - Duran Duran
1981 - Megatron Man - Patrick Cowley
1982 - White Eagle - Tangerine Dream
1982 - I Travel - Simple Minds
1982 - After The Snow - Modern English
1983 - One Of Our Submarines - Thomas Dolby
1984 - Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire
1984 - The Black Zone - Legendary Pink Dots
1984 - The Order Of Death - Public Image Ltd
1985 - Never Give Up - Nocturnal Emissions
1986 - Stripped - Depeche Mode
1987 - Ophelia - Teargarden
1988 - Dead Eyes Opened - Severed Heads
1989 - Worlock / Choralone - Skinny Puppy
1991 - LFO - LFO
1991 - Little Fluffy Clouds - The Orb
1992 - Crystel - Autechre
1992 - Low Cool - Cabaret Voltaire
1993 - Peschi - Reload
1993 - Lush 3.1 - Orbital
1995 - The Matrix - Human Beings
1995 - Wave Jumper - Drexciya
1995 - Nightfall - Felix Da Housecat
1995 - Unseen Untold - Coptic Rain
1996 - The Big Issue - The Black Dog
1996 - Cherry Pie - Underworld
1996 - Release The pressure - Leftfield
1996 - Exform - :Zoviet*France:
1997 - Joga - Bjork
1998 - Man Next Door - Massive Attack
For current favourites (electronic and other) go to the Hitlist
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