Album Genre: Synthpop

AON hit their stride with the release of this record, while showing their colors in the choices of material — while the usual offbeat AON elements were present, so was “Peter Gunn,” with Duane Eddy guesting on guitar. Another AON hit, “Legs,” was present, as was the original version of “Paranoimia,” enhanced in its single … Read more

In No Sense? Nonsense! is the third full-length album by Art of Noise, recorded in 1987 and released in September that year. By the time of its recording, the group had been reduced to a duo, with the engineer Gary Langan leaving the previous year; Langan’s mix engineering work was taken over by Bob Kraushaar … Read more

Be Yourself Tonight is the fourth studio album by the British pop duo Eurythmics, released in 1985.

Revenge is the fifth studio album by the British pop duo Eurythmics, released in 1986. The album was named after the closing track of their debut album In The Garden. Following on from their previous album, Be Yourself Tonight, Revenge continued further in this direction as the duo embraced a more commercial “rock band” style. … Read more

Savage is the sixth studio album by the British pop music duo Eurythmics, released in 1987. The album peaked at no.7 in the UK and was certified Platinum by the BPI for sales in excess of 300,000 copies.

We Too Are One is the seventh studio album by the British pop music duo Eurythmics, released in September 1989. It would be the duo’s last studio release for a decade until 1999’s Peace.

The Circus is the second album by Erasure, originally released in March 1987 on Mute Records in the UK and by Sire Records in July 1987 in the U.S. It was Erasure’s second consecutive album to be produced by Flood. The Circus became the duo’s breakthrough in the UK, spawning four hit singles and reaching … Read more

After releasing The Two Ring Circus, a remix album in 1987, The Innocents was the third proper studio release from Erasure, released in 1988. This album, produced by Stephen Hague and released by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S., was the release that catapulted Erasure to super-stardom in their home … Read more