Best electronic album of all time?

….and slightly different tack, but I’m getting back into Public Enemy. It Takes a Nation of Millions is an astonishing album, Chuck D one of the greatest vocalists in modern music.

There’s nothing sadder than a middle-aged, white suburban hip-hop officianado

oooh, has anyone mentioned The XX yet? really simple melodies that just work, absolutely up there with the best of all time IMO. Jamie XX is a genius. can’t wait for the new album this year.

edit: Jamie XX and Gil Scott Heron: We’re New Here. Just Yes!

Autobahn or Radioactivity – Kraftwerk. Dots and loops – Stereolab

Way Out West- I’d struggle to pick a fave out of there CD’s

And a special mention to Salt Tank-Science and Nature, let’s forget the second album!

For me being a Northern Monkey it has to be New Order Substance, it has everything New Order you could want (apart from World in Motion perhaps)

But mainly for this – True Faith

This – Temptation

And of course this – Blue Monday

….and slightly different tack

If you can do that then surely Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me should get a mention too..

probably been mentioned before but exit planet dust still does it for me.

Future sound of London – Lifeforms … It just hasn’t aged which is very difficult to achieve with electronic albums and is a truly stunning piece of work to boot.

+1 on New Order’s Substance. And maybe even Technique

So many of my all-time favourite albums mentioned already… except the subdued techno loveliness of John Beltran’s 10 Days of Blue:

And Susumu Yokota’s Sakura in a similar vein:

Awesome thread, just wish I could find that Drum Club tune I used to love…

Can listen to Portisheads Dummy again and again and again………….
Wandering Stars

fuzzhead – Member
+1 on New Order’s Substance. And maybe even Technique

Yes t’was difficult to choose, perhaps the only way Substance could have been made better would have been including Fine Time off Technique. But that would be impossible as Substance predates Technique by 2 years

Always time to listen to any Portishead

Any Depeche Mode / Erasure fans should try VCMG
Vince Clark and Martin Gore do techno together

Timeless, Dummy, homework, discovery and exit planet dust for me

forgot coldcut let us paly

Surprised Crystal Method hasn’t had a mention.

Model 500 – Deep Space also a great album

Tricky – Maxinquaye deserves a shout!
To Rococo Rots first.

No one mentioned RJD2 yet? Anything he’s done is gold, but his first couple of albums were awesome.

+1 on 808 state.

Digitalism
Prefuse 73 – invaders must die is an awesome album
Aphex Twin as mentioned
Quantic

Ooohhh, and guilty pleasure – Opus III, its a fine day. LOVE that tune…..

For my 5 pennies worth, I don`t think they have been mentioned, how about:
Speedy J “Live”
Ronie Size – New forms
Orbital – Snivilization
Moby – Play
Royksopp – Melody AM
Death in Vegas – Trans love energies.
Grove Armada ? not sure which album.
The streets – original pirate material!!!

Some modern classics:
SBTRKT
Metronomy – Night Out
The Two bears

LFO – LFO

A few more.
Goldfrapp – Black Cherry, felt mountain or supernature.
Lemonjelly – lemonjelly
Juan maclean – Both
MGMT – Oracluar spectacular.

william orbit – strange cargo 3

Because I think there’s not enough drum n bass on the thread…

Squarepusher – Feed me weird things
Photek -Modus Operandi
T Power – The self evident truths of an intuitive mind

T Power in particular was a real hidden gem, a proper album years ahead of its time in a genre based almost purely on singles.

Not read all of above but DJ Shadow’s “Entroducing” should be up there

All my favourites have been mentioned, but I wil add Eat Static – Abduction and Speed J – Ginger. Oh and Sabres of Paradise – Sabresonic and Black Dog – Bytes 🙂

That T Power ^^ album does indeed still sound incredible.

Fila Brazilia – Brazilification

Haha no way, I’ll mention this to my es GF… She’s been going out with Dave McSherry for about 3 years now iirc!

In addition to those I mentioned earlier, as some of them have been mentioned so many other times as well, should also add…

Leftfield – Leftism
Leftfield – Rhythm and Stealth (not as big an album, but Phat Planet kinda shaped a whole generation of music IMO)
Chemical Brothers – Every album… Have they done a bad one? I struggle to think cos pretty much everything they’ve ever done I love.
The Prodigy – Experience, Music for the Jilted Generation & Fat of the Land… Kinda lost their way a little after that IMO.
Adam F – Colours
Justice – The Cross
Simian Mobile Disco – Attack Decay Sustain Release
Plump DJ’s – Eargasm

Best album difficult but pretty much anything by
Kraftwerk ,aphex twin,carl craig ,boards of canada,autechre

u-ziq is another big omission.

Tango n vectif or Lunatic Harness for me, but his stuff is consistently good.

binners – Member
And for retro electronic, how about OMD – Architecture and Morality? Just listen to Georgia. Superb!

Georgia is possibly my favourite OMD track, the whole A&M album is pure quality.

OMD’s Dazzle ships is an acquired taste but very interesting to listen to

Streetsounds albums take me back to my yoof with a square of lino & a can of Mr Sheen 😆

Depeche Mode: Violator, a quality bit of electronic pop

New Order: Power, Corruption & Lies, superb album

So many excellent albums have already been posted up it’s hard not to re list them (leftfield, massive attack, 808 state, chem. bros. etc…)

Surprised Crystal Method hasn’t had a mention.

Ye-es, wondered this myself; Vegas is a great album. But it’s quite derivative – like all the best parts of Exit Planet Dust.

I was thinking about this last night – Endtroducing, the Man Machine, Deadringer, In Sides (rereleased with the Saint), etc etc are all in there.
Mine would probably be the Fight Club OST, the Dust Brothers. Just fantastic, and clearly a favourite of whoever does the soundtrack for Top Gear.

+1 Simian Mobile Disco

Waveform transmissions 1, jeff mills
New electronic architecture, Christian varela

257 veiws, 1 like and 0 comments, painfully underrated.

Orbital – Snivilisation
Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works
Four Tet – any
Maybe some Roni Size, LCD and Caribou to round out the list. Autechre Ganz Graf for the win when it comes to noise.