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Albums scored
Top 100 verified archive
ARCHIVE_REF: 2026-05-17
fredpetch6's all-time canon
Synth Textures With Shoegaze Roots
Top 100 of 902 albumsRefreshed 2026-05-17
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Imaginal Disk
#1 album
Magdalena Bay
Slowdive
Most represented
4 albums in top 100
2020s
Peak decade
39 albums land here
Archive Reading
Centre of pressure: Slowdive.
Electronic gives this top 100 its clearest route across 1988-2026.
You move between Magdalena Bay's maximalist pop constructions and Slowdive's ethereal restraint, pulling in STRFKR, Cocteau Twins, and Oneohtrix Point Never to build a library that rewards close listening across nearly four decades of music. The archive keeps one foot in the 2020s while still ranging across 1988-2026, which makes the older and newer records argue with each other rather than sit in separate piles. Because the signal is listening-led, the pattern carries weight: these are records repeatedly lived with, not just records admired from a distance.
Canonical Artists
Artists that hold this Canon together.
Canon Artists are interpreted from album placement, depth and library strength. Rankings is the raw play-count ledger.
#1 album
1
#1 album
Imaginal Disk
Magdalena Bay
266 Scrobbles
#1 Chart rank
Top track - She Looked Like Me!
Strong repeat listening
Imaginal Disk sits above everything else because it treats pop architecture as something to be dismantled and reassembled in real time, where Magdalena Bay's synthesiser textures shift function mid-song in ways that Slowdive and Cocteau Twins approach through atmosphere alone rather than structural rupture.
"She Looked Like Me!" opens with a clean melodic statement then progressively corrupts it through pitch manipulation and rhythmic displacement until the original hook sounds like a memory of itself rather than the thing itself.
Hover or tap the cover to read the album tracks behind this placement.
#2 - 10 albums
2
#2
Parallel Realms
STRFKR
3
#3
Blue Bell Knoll
Cocteau Twins
4
#4
Super Snõõper
Snõõper
5
#5
Mercurial World
Magdalena Bay
6
#6
everything is alive
Slowdive
7
#7
Tranquilizer
Oneohtrix Point Never
8
#8
Yeti Season (Deluxe Version)
El Michels Affair
9
#9
Big city life
SMERZ
10
#10
assisted memories
Night Tapes
#11 - 100
Canonical Artists
Top 100 Canon Artists
Centurion · Top 100
Canon Artist Rank is not your most-played artist list. It blends album placement, depth and library strength to identify the artists that define your Canon. For raw play counts by date range, use Rankings.
01
Slowdive
Cornerstone
albums
7
weight
100
genre
Shoegaze
02
Cocteau Twins
Deep Catalogue
albums
6
weight
100
genre
Dream Pop
03
Stereolab
Deep Catalogue
albums
7
weight
92
genre
Electronic
04
Boards of Canada
Deep Catalogue
albums
6
weight
76
genre
Ambient
05
Yo La Tengo
Deep Catalogue
albums
8
weight
72
genre
Indie Rock
06
Magdalena Bay
Canonical Signal
albums
4
weight
71
genre
Synthpop
07
Night Tapes
Catalogue Anchor
albums
4
weight
66
genre
Dream Pop
08
Khruangbin
Deep Catalogue
albums
6
weight
55
genre
Funk
09
Massive Attack
Deep Catalogue
albums
5
weight
47
genre
Trip-Hop
10
Machine Girl
Canonical Signal
albums
4
weight
47
genre
Breakcore
11
M83
Canonical Signal
albums
4
weight
46
genre
Electronic
12
Aphex Twin
Canonical Signal
albums
4
weight
42
genre
Electronic
13
Sweet Trip
Canonical Signal
albums
4
weight
42
genre
Shoegaze
14
Nourished by Time
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
41
genre
Alternative Rnb
15
Spirit of the Beehive
Canonical Signal
albums
4
weight
41
genre
Shoegaze
16
Snõõper
Peak Monument
albums
2
weight
38
genre
Rock
17
Protomartyr
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
38
genre
Crank Wave
18
Crumb
Canonical Signal
albums
2
weight
35
genre
Mixed
19
Beach House
Deep Catalogue
albums
5
weight
33
genre
Dream Pop
20
El Michels Affair
Peak Monument
albums
2
weight
32
genre
Funk
21
Vegyn
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
32
genre
Electronic
22
STRFKR
Peak Monument
album
1
weight
32
genre
Electronic
23
Hooverphonic
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
32
genre
Trip-Hop
24
Men I Trust
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
32
genre
Dream Pop
25
Oneohtrix Point Never
Peak Monument
albums
2
weight
31
genre
Ambient
26
Daniel Avery
Canonical Signal
albums
4
weight
30
genre
Techno
27
Sofia Kourtesis
Canonical Signal
albums
2
weight
29
genre
Deep House
28
my bloody valentine
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
28
genre
Shoegaze
29
Naked Flames
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
28
genre
Outsider House
30
A Tribe Called Quest
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
27
genre
Rap
31
Danny Brown
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
27
genre
Hip-Hop
32
Skee Mask
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
27
genre
Breakbeat
33
Deathbrain
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
27
genre
Trance
34
Two Shell
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
25
genre
Dubstep
35
Bowery Electric
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
25
genre
Shoegaze
36
FKA twigs
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
24
genre
Trip-Hop
37
Casino Versus Japan
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
23
genre
Idm
38
Pavement
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
23
genre
Indie
39
Avalon Emerson
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
23
genre
Techno
40
Mike
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
23
genre
Jazz Rap
41
clipping.
Canonical Signal
albums
2
weight
23
genre
Hip-Hop
42
Turnstile
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
22
genre
Hardcore Punk
43
SM
SMERZ
Peak Monument
album
1
weight
22
genre
Mixed
44
JK
James K
Consistency Signal
album
1
weight
22
genre
Mixed
45
The Verve
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
21
genre
Mixed
46
Ninajirachi
Consistency Signal
album
1
weight
21
genre
Mixed
47
Duster
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
21
genre
Slowcore
48
Blonde Redhead
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
21
genre
Indie
49
Tamaryn
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
20
genre
Shoegaze
50
BD
BDRMM
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
20
genre
Dream Pop
51
PI
PinkPantheress
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
20
genre
Pop
52
TF
The Fall
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
20
genre
Post-Punk
53
Low
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
19
genre
Slowcore
54
CM
Cult Member
Consistency Signal
album
1
weight
19
genre
Outsider House
55
PO
Portishead
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
19
genre
Mixed
56
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Canonical Signal
albums
3
weight
19
genre
Mixed
57
JB
James Blake
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
19
genre
Dubstep
58
TC
The Chameleons
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
19
genre
Post-Punk
59
PG
PASTEL GHOST
Consistency Signal
album
1
weight
19
genre
Synthpop
60
HT
Hotline TNT
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
18
genre
Mixed
61
CU
CunninLynguists
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
17
genre
Mixed
62
BI
Bar Italia
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
17
genre
Indie Rock
63
MK
Michael Kiwanuka
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
17
genre
Mixed
64
GO
Goon
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
17
genre
Ska
65
EC
Erika de Casier
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
17
genre
Downtempo
66
SO
Sea Oleena
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
16
genre
Dream Pop
67
Fugazi
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
16
genre
Post-Hardcore
68
George Clanton
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
16
genre
Chillwave
69
QA
Queens of the Stone Age
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
16
genre
Mixed
70
MK
Mount Kimbie
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
16
genre
Mixed
71
AN
Anthony Naples
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
16
genre
Mixed
72
TH
The Hellp
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
15
genre
Electroclash
73
AL
Alvvays
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
15
genre
Mixed
74
JU
Justice
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
15
genre
Electronic
75
CA
Caribou
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
15
genre
Mixed
76
DD
DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
15
genre
Outsider House
77
BL
Blawan
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
15
genre
Mixed
78
SK
Skrillex
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
15
genre
Mixed
79
BS
Bianca Scout
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
15
genre
Mixed
80
AG
Art School Girlfriend
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
14
genre
Mixed
81
MG
Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
14
genre
Electronic
82
TS
TR/ST
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
14
genre
Mixed
83
DA
Darkside
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
14
genre
Mixed
84
AR
Aesop Rock
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
14
genre
Mixed
85
NU
Nujabes
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
14
genre
Hip-Hop
86
RL
Real Lies
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
14
genre
Electronic
87
MD
Mos Def
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
14
genre
Hip-Hop
88
HL
Have a Nice Life
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
14
genre
Mixed
89
JX
Jamie xx
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
14
genre
Mixed
90
CL
Cindy Lee
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
14
genre
Hypnagogic Pop
91
AN
Andrea
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
14
genre
Techno
92
VB
Viagra Boys
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
14
genre
Mixed
93
DC
Dry Cleaning
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
13
genre
Mixed
94
AG
Alex G
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
13
genre
Mixed
95
WE
Wednesday
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
13
genre
Mixed
96
FM
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
13
genre
Mixed
97
SO
Soulwax
Hidden Pillar
albums
2
weight
13
genre
Mixed
98
PB
Panda Bear
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
13
genre
Mixed
99
YA
Yagya
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
13
genre
Dub Techno
100
ML
MJ Lenderman
Hidden Pillar
album
1
weight
13
genre
Mixed
