By: Jon Dolan

Dismissed by rock chauvinists as a trendy haven for fops, wimps, geeks, and cyborgs and beloved by fops, wimps, geeks, and cyborgs as a computer-world improvement on punk, disco, and soul, synth pop has endured and mutated for more than two decades. Though largely a singles format in its '80s heyday, it's also produced some pretty brilliant albums