Ron and Russell Mael handed their rock band to Giorgio Moroder and came back with the first all-electronic pop album, three years before the form had a name. No. 1 in Heaven was met with bafflement in 1979 and everything from Depeche Mode onward is working in its shadow. They are still going.
Ranked on the genre lists
1 record
- Number 14 on The 10 Best Synth-Pop Albums
1979
