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Slant Magazine: The 25 Greatest Electronic Albums of the 20th Century

In celebration of the coup that failed to overthrow the music industry (but continues to flourish on dancefloors, headphones and television commercials around the globe), Slant Magazine asked 300 music journalists, DJs and record label-folk to tell us what they thought were the most important electronic albums of the 20th Century.

(found at: http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/features/2520electronicalbums.asp)
1. Trans-Europe Express
by Kraftwerk
 
2. Blue Lines
by Massive Attack
 
3. Selected Ambient Works 85-92
by Aphex Twin
 
4. The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
by The Orb
 
5. Dummy
by Portishead
 
6. Ambient 1: Music for Airports  
7. Endtroducing...
by DJ Shadow
 
8. Exit Planet Dust
by The Chemical Brothers
 
9. Dig Your Own Hole
by The Chemical Brothers
 
10. Homogenic
by Björk
 
11. Orbital 2
by Orbital
 
12. Substance
by New Order
 
13. Dubnobasswithmyheadman
by Underworld
 
14. Innovator
by Derrick May
 
15. 76:14
by Global Communication
 
16. (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise!
by Art of Noise
 
17. Utd. State 90
by 808 State
 
18. Homework
by Daft Punk
 
19. Leftism
by Leftfield
 
20. Music for the Masses
by Depeche Mode
 
21. Maxinquaye
by Tricky
 
22. Music Has the Right to Children
by Boards of Canada
 
23. Bytes
by Black Dog Productions
 
24. Everything Is Wrong
by Moby
 
25. White Room / Justified & Ancient
by The KLF
 
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