Number 8 on The 10 Best Synth-Pop AlbumsSynth-Pop / Electronic Pop
The Pleasure Principle
1979
Beggars Banquet · BEGA 10
Why it's here
No guitars, a Polymoog, and a persona built out of alienation and cheekbones. The critics were vicious and the record was right: Cars is the hit, but the album is a colder and more coherent thing than it gets credit for.
Tracklist
- A1Airlane3:18
- A2Metal3:33
- A3Complex3:14
- A4Films4:09
- A5M.E.5:37
- B1Tracks2:52
- B2Observer2:53
- B3Conversation7:38
- B4Cars3:53
- B5Engineers4:00