What is the best art-pop album of all time?

Art-pop pushes boundaries between pop and avant-garde — which album is the most daring and iconic of the genre?

Hounds of Love

Kate Bush's 1985 two-sided concept album, a pinnacle of artistic ambition in pop.

1/13

Homogenic

Björk's 1997 album fusing Icelandic strings, electronic beats, and pure vocal invention.

2/13

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

David Bowie's 1972 glam-pop concept album introducing rock's most compelling alien persona.

3/13

Hunky Dory

David Bowie's 1971 art-pop gem spanning piano balladry, glam, and existential wit.

4/13

Remain in Light

Talking Heads' 1980 Afrobeat-funk-art-pop masterpiece co-produced with Brian Eno.

5/13

Post

Björk's 1995 album colliding trip-hop, big band jazz, and alien pop into something wholly original.

6/13

Strange Mercy

St. Vincent's 2011 art-pop breakthrough with jagged guitar and unsettling beauty.

7/13

LP1

FKA twigs' 2014 debut blending R&B, avant-garde pop, and raw intimacy.

8/13

Visions

Grimes' 2012 DIY art-pop album that blurred genre lines and made her a critical icon.

9/13

MASSEDUCTION

St. Vincent's 2017 glam-pop treatise on power, desire, and modern celebrity.

10/13

Heaven or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins' 1990 ethereal art-pop album, their commercial and critical peak.

11/13

Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

Caroline Polachek's 2023 art-pop tour de force combining flamenco, maximalism, and vocal pyrotechnics.

12/13

Lungs

Florence + the Machine's 2009 art-pop debut built on dramatic baroque pop and orchestral thunder.

13/13