[progo]

I always get the same thrill when listening to Theatre of Tragedy - Assembly. Particularly the song Motion at the end. The same happens with Mike Oldfield's Five Miles Out. I seem to have a weak spot at vocoder'd vocals.

What albums there are that sport a healthy dose of vocoders?

 

[bong]

First thing that comes to mind would be The Man Machine by Kraftwerk... a must have album, vocoder or otherwise. Might sound a bit dated these days but it's a classic album.

 
Another classic song comes to mind that features the vocoder is "O Superman" by performance artist Laurie Anderson. It's a 8-minute minimalist performance art exercise that unexpectedly became a huge hit in 1981.

 

[TheWuss]

Neil Young - Trans
 

 
maybe doesn't qualify as a great album, but there are a couple killer tunes -  "Transformer Man", and "Sample and Hold"...

 

[progo]

Ow man. Forgot about Kraftwerks pioneer status. Although I haven't heard the Robots before. Robots is such a classy presentation on the subject
Laurie Anderson sounds excellent as well. Oh god, so many good records to find. All these three songs sounded particularly excellent. Can be because of my good mood or it's the vocoder. Thank you.
Keep them coming!

 

[progo]

I almost forgot to show my "reference" song, what I thought of when starting this thread. Beautiful song with the vocoder!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-EdGnoZUpI (Theatre of Tragedy - Motion)

[don't know how to embed the video here ]

 

[yeahx]

Daft punk - Discovery

 

[mariogv]

If you are into metal (and given that you like ToT, I assume so) you would probably like Cynic - Focus. It's a classic. And a masterpìece.

 

[progo]

Thank you
I'm not into all metal, but ABSOLUTELY if there's a vocoder present!

 

[MorbidToaster]

Eiffel 65 - Europop
 
All Vocoder, all the time.
 
And I second the Daft Punk - Discovery recommendation.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Try ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky."

A little cheesy, but I can't help but love that song.

 

[progo]

Thanks for your suggestions.

 

[tru blu]

"Sexy Boy" - Air
 
"I Wanna Be Your Man" - Zapp & Roger

 

[melomaniac]

geno jordan - peachtree freak (peachtree street part III)
 
phil collins - in the air tonight
 
add n to x - king wasp
 
dieter moebius & conny plank - miss cacadou
 
herbie hancock - tell everybody
 
afrika bambaata - bambaata's theme
 
keith sweat - how deep is your love
 
jocelyn brown - somebody else's guy
 
afrika bambaata - looking for the perfect beat
 
new order - bizarre love triangle
 
boards of canada - in a beautiful place out in the country
 
n.w.a. - panic zone
 
cabaret voltaire - colours (club mix)
 
etc etc etc

 

[MorbidToaster]

Listen to the 'Boards of Canada' recommendation below. So good.
 
Quote:

geno jordan - peachtree freak (peachtree street part III)
 
phil collins - in the air tonight
 
add n to x - king wasp
 
dieter moebius & conny plank - miss cacadou
 
herbie hancock - tell everybody
 
afrika bambaata - bambaata's theme
 
keith sweat - how deep is your love
 
jocelyn brown - somebody else's guy
 
afrika bambaata - looking for the perfect beat
 
new order - bizarre love triangle
 
boards of canada - in a beautiful place out in the country
 
n.w.a. - panic zone
 
cabaret voltaire - colours (club mix)
 
etc etc etc

 

 

[virometal]

The Red Line by Trans Am
 
I Want it All: