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* Music/SwedishHouseMafia's "Greyhound".
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* Music/HANA's "Hanadriel's Theme" and "Moonwell" are instrumentals.

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* Music/HANA's Music/{{HANA}}'s "Hanadriel's Theme" and "Moonwell" are instrumentals.
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* Music/DickDale: On his album ''Music/SurfersChoice'' several tracks are instrumentals, including the iconic "Let's Go Trippin'" and "Misirlou".

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* Music/DickDale: On his album ''Music/SurfersChoice'' several tracks are instrumentals, including the iconic "Let's Go Trippin'" and "Misirlou"."Misirlou."



* Music/StGermain: ''Music/{{Tourist}}'', save for the tracks "Rose Rouge" and "Sure Thing", which have a few sampled lyrics.
* Music/FrankZappa: Also released a number of albums with predominantly instrumental compositions, including ''Music/HotRats'', ''Music/WakaJawaka'', ''Music/TheGrandWazoo'', ''Music/OrchestralFavorites'', ''Music/ThePerfectStranger'', ''Music/FrancescoZappa'', ''Music/ShutUpNPlayYerGuitar'', ''Music/{{Guitar}}'', ''Music/LondonSymphonyOrchestra'', ''Music/JazzFromHell'' and ''Music/TheYellowShark''.

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* Music/StGermain: ''Music/{{Tourist}}'', save for the tracks "Rose Rouge" and "Sure Thing", Thing," which have a few sampled lyrics.
* Music/FrankZappa: Also released a number of albums with predominantly instrumental compositions, including ''Music/HotRats'', ''Music/WakaJawaka'', ''Music/WakaJawaka,'' ''Music/TheGrandWazoo'', ''Music/OrchestralFavorites'', ''Music/ThePerfectStranger'', ''Music/FrancescoZappa'', ''Music/ShutUpNPlayYerGuitar'', ''Music/{{Guitar}}'', ''Music/LondonSymphonyOrchestra'', ''Music/JazzFromHell'' and ''Music/TheYellowShark''.



* Music/PinkFloyd's last album, ''Music/TheEndlessRiver'' (2014), is entirely instrumental, save for the last track, "Louder Than Words".

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* Music/PinkFloyd's last album, ''Music/TheEndlessRiver'' (2014), is entirely instrumental, save for the last track, "Louder Than Words".Words."



* " [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI7XiJgt0vY Eruption]]" - Music/VanHalen (the band's first albums have plenty of these, such as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDsa4uDM3zU Spanish Fly]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2WRGVJLZu0 Cathedral]]", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJuv7cI8od4 Intruder]]", and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTs4cmiH2yg 1984]]"; in later days, there's also "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-wwuRJax1o 316]]")
* Music/{{Metallica}} have one of each of the first four albums ("Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)", "The Call Of Ktulu", "Orion" and "To Live is to Die" - though the first opens with StudioChatter, and the last, has a short spoken part), and ''Death Magnetic'' revived the tradition with "Suicide & Redemption".

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* " [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI7XiJgt0vY Eruption]]" - Music/VanHalen (the band's first albums have plenty of these, such as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDsa4uDM3zU Spanish Fly]]", Fly]]," "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2WRGVJLZu0 Cathedral]]", Cathedral]]," [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJuv7cI8od4 Intruder]]", Intruder]]," and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTs4cmiH2yg 1984]]"; in later days, there's also "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-wwuRJax1o 316]]")
* Music/{{Metallica}} have one of each of the first four albums ("Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)", Teeth)," "The Call Of Ktulu", Ktulu," "Orion" and "To Live is to Die" - though the first opens with StudioChatter, and the last, has a short spoken part), and ''Death Magnetic'' revived the tradition with "Suicide & Redemption".Redemption."



* Pretty much the output of Music/ArtOfNoise, their best known example being "Moments In Love".

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* Pretty much the output of Music/ArtOfNoise, their best known example being "Moments In Love".Love."



* Music/TheMicrophones had several instrumentals entitled "Instrumental".

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* Music/TheMicrophones had several instrumentals entitled "Instrumental"."Instrumental."



* Music/PinkFloyd has [[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon "On the Run", "Any Colour You Like"]], "[[Music/TheDivisionBell Marooned]]", "CarefulWithThatAxe Eugene", "Music/AtomHeartMother", and several others.

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* Music/PinkFloyd has [[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon "On the Run", Run," "Any Colour You Like"]], "[[Music/TheDivisionBell Marooned]]", Marooned]]," "CarefulWithThatAxe Eugene", "Music/AtomHeartMother", Eugene," "Music/AtomHeartMother," and several others.



** ''Music/HallOfTheMountainKing'': "Prelude to Madness", a RockMeAmadeus metal arrangement of Music/EdvardGrieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King", and "Last Dawn".
** ''Music/GutterBallet'': "Temptation Revelation" and "Silk and Steel".
** ''Music/EdgeOfThorns'': "Exit Music".
** ''Music/HandfulOfRain'': "Visions".

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** ''Music/HallOfTheMountainKing'': "Prelude to Madness", Madness," a RockMeAmadeus metal arrangement of Music/EdvardGrieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King", King," and "Last Dawn".
Dawn."
** ''Music/GutterBallet'': "Temptation Revelation" and "Silk and Steel".
Steel."
** ''Music/EdgeOfThorns'': "Exit Music".
Music."
** ''Music/HandfulOfRain'': "Visions"."Visions."



** ''Music/TheWakeOfMagellan'': "Underture" and "the Storm".

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** ''Music/TheWakeOfMagellan'': "Underture" and "the Storm".Storm."



* Music/{{Macabre}}'s [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kf2J5Yn0Jd4 Nostradamus]] from their album "Gloom".
* Music/{{Cormorant}} have "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILPv9fizGrg Voices of the Mountain]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEpvRYJ_3MA Confusion of Tongues]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az3b4r8EVCQ Eris]]".

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* Music/{{Macabre}}'s [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kf2J5Yn0Jd4 Nostradamus]] from their album "Gloom".
"Gloom."
* Music/{{Cormorant}} have "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILPv9fizGrg Voices of the Mountain]]", Mountain]]," "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEpvRYJ_3MA Confusion of Tongues]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az3b4r8EVCQ Eris]]".Eris]]."



* Music/VisionDivine has "Forgotten Worlds" from ''Vision Divine''; "Incipit" and "Nemesis" from ''Send Me An Angel''; "In The Light", "Fool's Garden" and "The Fall of Reason" from ''Stream of Consciousness''; and "Waiting for the Dawn" from ''The 25th. Hour''.
* Music/{{ABBA}}, whose trademark otherwise is their female harmony vocals, had two officially-released instrumentals, "Intermezzo No. 1" from their [[Music/ABBAAlbum self-titled album]], and the TitleTrack from ''Music/{{Arrival|Album}}''. "Gammal Fäbodpsalm", an old public domain tune, was also used to open their live shows.

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* Music/VisionDivine has "Forgotten Worlds" from ''Vision Divine''; "Incipit" and "Nemesis" from ''Send Me An Angel''; "In The Light", Light," "Fool's Garden" Garden," and "The Fall of Reason" from ''Stream of Consciousness''; and "Waiting for the Dawn" from ''The 25th. Hour''.
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* Music/{{ABBA}}, whose trademark otherwise is their female harmony vocals, had two officially-released instrumentals, "Intermezzo No. 1" from their [[Music/ABBAAlbum self-titled album]], and the TitleTrack from ''Music/{{Arrival|Album}}''. "Gammal Fäbodpsalm", Fäbodpsalm," an old public domain tune, was also used to open their live shows.



* Music/IronMaiden's "Transylvania", from their SelfTitledAlbum, and "Losfer Words(Big Orra)", from ''Music/{{Powerslave}}''.
* Vicious Pink's "8:15 to Nowhere", which serves as an EpicInstrumentalOpener to their cover of Music/JerryLeeLewis's "Great Balls of Fire".
* [[Music/GaryNuman Tubeway Army]]'s "I Nearly Married A Human".

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* Music/IronMaiden's "Transylvania", "Transylvania," from their SelfTitledAlbum, and "Losfer Words(Big Orra)", Orra)," from ''Music/{{Powerslave}}''.
* Vicious Pink's "8:15 to Nowhere", Nowhere," which serves as an EpicInstrumentalOpener to their cover of Music/JerryLeeLewis's "Great Balls of Fire".
Fire."
* [[Music/GaryNuman Tubeway Army]]'s "I Nearly Married A Human".Human."



* Music/InformationSociety have "Charientism", recorded in 1982 but not released until the 2014 UpdatedRerelease of the ''Insoc EP'', "Chemistry" from ''Hack'', and "Ozar Midrashim" from ''Don't Be Afraid'', which was used as the RealSongThemeTune of ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver''.

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* Music/InformationSociety have "Charientism", "Charientism," recorded in 1982 but not released until the 2014 UpdatedRerelease of the ''Insoc EP'', "Chemistry" from ''Hack'', and "Ozar Midrashim" from ''Don't Be Afraid'', which was used as the RealSongThemeTune of ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver''.



* Interface has at least one per album, but ''Where All Roads Lead'' takes the cake with four instrumentals; "Message From Dystopia", "Who Watches The Watchers", "We Will Never Be Together", and "Hiraeth".

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* Interface has at least one per album, but ''Where All Roads Lead'' takes the cake with four instrumentals; "Message From Dystopia", Dystopia," "Who Watches The Watchers", Watchers," "We Will Never Be Together", Together," and "Hiraeth"."Hiraeth."



* Vandal Moon's "[[https://youtu.be/Nvw4Y275IQ4 Nevermore]]", from ''Wild Insane''.

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* Vandal Moon's "[[https://youtu.be/Nvw4Y275IQ4 Nevermore]]", Nevermore]]," from ''Wild Insane''.



* Music/{{BT}}'s "Embracing The Sunshine", "Quark", "Nocturnal Transmission", "Flaming June", "Godspeed", "Namaste", "The Rose of Jericho", etc. ''Emotional Technology'' is the only album of his that doesn't feature any instrumentals.
* Music/DaftPunk have "Da Funk", "Phœnix", "Burnin'", "Revolution 909", "Robot Rock", et al.
* Nu Shooz have "[[https://youtu.be/MNo0Sf7OcRU Montecarlo Nite]]", from ''Told U So''.
* Music/TransX's "Digital World", aside from the TitleDrop and the spoken-word line "computer control".

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* Music/{{BT}}'s "Embracing The Sunshine", "Quark", Sunshine," "Quark," "Nocturnal Transmission", Transmission," "Flaming June", "Godspeed", "Namaste", June," "Godspeed," "Namaste," "The Rose of Jericho", Jericho," etc. ''Emotional Technology'' is the only album of his that doesn't feature any instrumentals.
* Music/DaftPunk have "Da Funk", "Phœnix", "Burnin'", Funk," "Phœnix," "Burnin'," "Revolution 909", 909," "Veridis Quo," "Robot Rock", Rock," et al.
* Nu Shooz have "[[https://youtu.be/MNo0Sf7OcRU Montecarlo Nite]]", Nite]]," from ''Told U So''.
* Music/TransX's "Digital World", World," aside from the TitleDrop and the spoken-word line "computer control".control."



* Music/{{Underworld|Band}}'s "Born Slippy", the parent single to the [[MorePopularSpinoff much more famous]] vocal BSide "Born Slippy.NUXX".
* Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F", from ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''.
* Agnelli & Nelson's "Embrace", "Everyday"(original mix, most remixes are WithLyrics), "Hudson Street", and "Vegas". "El Niño" is a borderline example with spoken-word vocals.

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* Music/{{Underworld|Band}}'s "Born Slippy", Slippy," the parent single to the [[MorePopularSpinoff much more famous]] vocal BSide "Born Slippy.NUXX".
NUXX."
* Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F", F," from ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''.
* Agnelli & Nelson's "Embrace", "Embrace," "Everyday"(original mix, most remixes are WithLyrics), "Hudson Street", Street," and "Vegas". "Vegas." "El Niño" is a borderline example with spoken-word vocals.



** "Strata" from ''Matter + Form''.
** "On Air", "Goodbye 20th Century", and "Photon" from ''Automatic''.
** "Generator"(an EpicInstrumentalOpener and SiameseTwinSong to "Everything"), "Lost Horizon", and "Aeroscope" from ''Transnational''.

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** "Strata" from ''Matter + Form''.
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** "On Air", Air," "Goodbye 20th Century", Century," and "Photon" from ''Automatic''.
** "Generator"(an EpicInstrumentalOpener and SiameseTwinSong to "Everything"), "Lost Horizon", Horizon," and "Aeroscope" from ''Transnational''.



* Music/{{Scooter}}'s "Sunrise (Ratty's Inferno)", which was reworked WithLyrics as "Sunrise (Here I Am)" by their Ratty side project.
* Music/DuranDuran's "Tel Aviv", from their SelfTitledAlbum.

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* Music/{{Scooter}}'s "Sunrise (Ratty's Inferno)", Inferno)," which was reworked WithLyrics as "Sunrise (Here I Am)" by their Ratty side project.
* Music/DuranDuran's "Tel Aviv", Aviv," from their SelfTitledAlbum.



* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]", an [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8g1z41?playlist=x7nyow instrumental brass rendition]] of Lestat's VillainLoveSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PuWm9t5WY8 Come to Me]]" (which was composed by Daniel Hart and sung by Creator/SamReid) plays during Louis and Lestat's dance at the Mardi Gras ball.

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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]", Still]]," an [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8g1z41?playlist=x7nyow instrumental brass rendition]] of Lestat's VillainLoveSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PuWm9t5WY8 Come to Me]]" (which was composed by Daniel Hart and sung by Creator/SamReid) plays during Louis and Lestat's dance at the Mardi Gras ball.

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* Music/DeathGrips' album ''Fashion Week'' is the only album in their discography to not feature MC Ride. Since fans were at the time were impatiently waiting for ''Jenny Death'' the album was sort of a {{Troll}} release.



* Music/{{Bjork}} has a instrumental [[BSide B-sides]], such as "Batabid" and music box versions of "Aurora" and "Pagan Poetry." "Frosti," an interlude on ''Music/{{Vespertine}}'' is an instrumental that [[SiameseTwinSongs bleeds into "Aurora" on the album.]] If you count gibberish and throat-singing as instrumental, "Ancestors" may count.

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* Music/{{Bjork}} has a few instrumental [[BSide B-sides]], such as "Batabid" and music box versions of "Aurora" and "Pagan Poetry." "Frosti," an interlude on ''Music/{{Vespertine}}'' is an instrumental that [[SiameseTwinSongs bleeds into "Aurora" on the album.]] If you count gibberish and throat-singing as instrumental, "Ancestors" may count.



* Music/BlackCountryNewRoad has several: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Instrumental,"]] "Intro," "Mark's Theme"

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* Music/BlackCountryNewRoad has several: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Instrumental,"]] "Intro," and "Mark's Theme"Theme."


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* Music/{{HEALTH}}'s "Heaven" and "Lost Time."
* Music/{{Kelela}}'s "Hallucinogen."
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* Music/AliceColtrane's (like many jazz musicians) albums are all instrumental.
* Music/CarolinePolachek released an album of official instrumentals for her album ''Pang.''
* Music/{{Yeule}}'s ''Pathos'' EP is all {{Ambient}} instrumentals.
* Music/TimHecker's albums are all instrumental, though ''Love Streams'' uses chopped up vocals.
* Music/HannahDiamond released official instrumentals for her debut album ''Reflections.''
* Music/{{Arca}}'s albums ''Xen,'' ''&&&&&,'' and ''Mutant.'' Her early work was often only instrumentals or [[{{Sampling}} sampled vocals]] since she was initially too embarrassed to try and sing on her own songs until collaborator Music/{{Bjork}} convinced her to go for it. She has many, many other instrumental songs on albums featuring lyrics such her SelfTitledAlbum and the ''Kick'' series.


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* Music/HANA's "Hanadriel's Theme" and "Moonwell" are instrumentals.
* Music/{{Bjork}} has a instrumental [[BSide B-sides]], such as "Batabid" and music box versions of "Aurora" and "Pagan Poetry." "Frosti," an interlude on ''Music/{{Vespertine}}'' is an instrumental that [[SiameseTwinSongs bleeds into "Aurora" on the album.]] If you count gibberish and throat-singing as instrumental, "Ancestors" may count.
* Music/WeyesBlood's "In Holy Flux" and "Nearer to Thee."
* Music/EthelCain's "Televangelism" is just eerie piano, and "August Underground" only has non-lyrical singing.
* Music/MacDeMarco's instrumental guitar version of "My Kind of Woman."
* Music/BlackCountryNewRoad has several: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Instrumental,"]] "Intro," "Mark's Theme"
* Music/{{SOPHIE}}'s "Eeehhh."
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* Zanias's ''Ecdysis'' is her first album to completely lack lyrics, the only vocals being wordless {{One Woman Wail}}s.
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* Music/EricJohnson's biggest hit was the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward-winning instrument "Cliffs of Dover"; most of his other singles have been instrumental as well.

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* Music/EricJohnson's biggest hit was the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward-winning MediaNotes/GrammyAward-winning instrument "Cliffs of Dover"; most of his other singles have been instrumental as well.
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* "[[http://www.goear.com/listen/e6428c2/YYZ-rush YYZ]]" - Music/{{Rush}} (1981)

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* "[[http://www.goear.com/listen/e6428c2/YYZ-rush YYZ]]" - Music/{{Rush}} Music/{{Rush|Band}} (1981)
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* Music/DuranDuran's "Tel Aviv", from their SelfTitledAlbum.
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* Music/{{Scooter}}'s "Sunrise (Ratty's Inferno)", which was reworked WithLyrics as "Sunrise (Here I Am)" by their Ratty side project.
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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]", an [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8g1z41 instrumental brass rendition]] of Lestat's VillainLoveSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PuWm9t5WY8 Come to Me]]" (which was composed by Daniel Hart and sung by Creator/SamReid) plays during Louis and Lestat's dance at the Mardi Gras ball.

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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]", an [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8g1z41 com/video/x8g1z41?playlist=x7nyow instrumental brass rendition]] of Lestat's VillainLoveSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PuWm9t5WY8 Come to Me]]" (which was composed by Daniel Hart and sung by Creator/SamReid) plays during Louis and Lestat's dance at the Mardi Gras ball.
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* Basically all of Music/BradPaisley albums are bound to have at least one, with a rather more fast-paced approach. Oddly, the one on his Christmas album that should have vocals, Jingle Bells, is instrumental.
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* "Nightmare" by Brainbug(the Club 69 remix adds a TitleDrop).
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* Pretty much the output of The Art of Noise

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* Pretty much the output of The Art of NoiseMusic/ArtOfNoise, their best known example being "Moments In Love".
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** "Generator", "Lost Horizon", and "Aeroscope" from ''Transnational''.

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** "Generator", "Generator"(an EpicInstrumentalOpener and SiameseTwinSong to "Everything"), "Lost Horizon", and "Aeroscope" from ''Transnational''.
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* Music/VNVNation do this at least [[OncePerEpisode once per album]], including:
** "Saviour" from ''Empires''.
** "Strata" from ''Matter + Form''.
** "On Air", "Goodbye 20th Century", and "Photon" from ''Automatic''.
** "Generator", "Lost Horizon", and "Aeroscope" from ''Transnational''.
** "In The Temple" and "Under Sky" from ''Electric Sun''.

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