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jangle pop

Last updated: Fri Oct 31 2025 03:32:14 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Jangle pop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the mid-1980s in the United States. It is characterized by a distinctive guitar sound, which is bright and ringing, often featuring arpeggiated chords and a prominent use of chorus and other modulation effects. Jangle pop songs typically have catchy melodies, upbeat rhythms, and lyrics that are often introspective or reflective. The genre was popularized by bands such as The Byrds, R.E.M., and The Bangles, and it had a significant influence on the development of indie rock and power pop.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
53		1980	The Feelies	Crazy Rhythms	post-punk
43		1982-08	R.E.M.	Chronic Town	jangle pop
91		1983-04-11	R.E.M.	Murmur	jangle pop alternative rock
94		1984-02-20	The Smiths	The Smiths	indie pop jangle pop	alternative # 10 new wave # 30 college rock # 77 post-punk # 90 manchester # 92 indie pop # 93
86		1984-04-17	R.E.M.	Reckoning	jangle pop	college rock # 19 american underground # 86
85		1984-11-12	The Smiths	Hatful of Hollow	alternative	indie pop # 25 post-punk # 37 college rock # 50 alternative # 75 new wave # 81 manchester # 99
90		1985-02-11	The Smiths	Meat Is Murder	new wave	post-punk # 74 manchester # 89 new wave # 99
69		1985-06-11	R.E.M.	Fables of the Reconstruction	rock alternative rock jangle pop
76		1986	R.E.M.	Life's Rich Pageant	alternative jangle pop	college rock # 80
17		1986	10,000 Maniacs	In My Tribe
97		1986-06-16	The Smiths	The Queen Is Dead	post-punk alternative jangle pop new wave alternative rock indie pop	college rock # 66 alternative rock # 69 indie pop # 82 alternative # 90 british # 94 manchester # 98 post-punk # 100 new wave # 100
31		1986-07-28	R.E.M.	Lifes Rich Pageant	alternative rock
62		1986-09-16	Felt	Forever Breathes the Lonely Word	jangle pop
54		1987	Engenheiros Do Hawaii	A Revolta Dos Dandis	jangle pop rock rock nacional	rock nacional # 93
1		1987	McCarthy	I Am a Wallet	british jangle pop
29		1987	The Bats	Daddy's Highway	indie pop jangle pop
50		1987-03-16	The Smiths	Louder Than Bombs	alternative	alternative # 47 manchester # 81
51		1987-09-21	The Smiths	Strangeways, Here We Come		alternative # 48 college rock # 65 manchester # 82
49		1987-10-05	Primal Scream	Sonic Flower Groove	jangle pop
13		1987-10	The Wedding Present	George Best	jangle pop
24		1987-11-03	The Housemartins	The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death	pop	college rock # 89
26		1988	The House of Love	House Of Love	indie pop
75		1988	The Smiths	Rank	indie pop alternative rock jangle pop new wave
4		1988-03-07	14 Iced Bears	Come Get Me	jangle pop
3		1988-07	The Wedding Present	Tommy	british jangle pop post-punk
78		1988-08	The Go-Betweens	16 lovers lane	jangle pop indie pop	college rock # 62
40		1989-04	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	britpop	manchester # 67 britpop # 90
73		1989-09	The Field Mice	Snowball	jangle pop twee pop	twee pop # 86
44		1989-10	The Wedding Present	Bizarro	jangle pop post-punk
77		1990	The La's	The La's	britpop	britpop # 83
83		1990	The Smiths	Hatful of Hallow	alternative	british # 26 post-punk # 51 new wave # 78 alternative # 86 manchester # 100
84		1990	The Sundays	Reading Writing And Arithmetic	dream pop jangle pop	dream pop # 25
59		1990	The Sundays	Reading, Writing and Arithmeti
63		1990-01-15	The Sundays	Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
89		1990-01-15	The Sundays	Reading, Writing & Arithmetic
34		1990-03-06	The House of Love	The House of Love	indie pop
18		1991-03-08	R.E.M.	Out of Time	alternative rock	college rock # 55
70		1992	Big Star	#1 Record (Remastered)	jangle pop power pop	power pop # 8
21		1992	The Smiths	Best...I	alternative jangle pop post-punk
23		1992-06-02	The Lemonheads	It's a Shame About Ray	power pop rock	power pop # 33
64		1992-08-04	Gin Blossoms	New Miserable Experience	alternative rock power pop	power pop # 89
5		1992-10-06	R.E.M.	Automatic for the People	alternative rock	alternative rock # 10
22		1993	R.E.M.	Reckoning - Deluxe Edition	alternative rock jangle pop
10		1993-04-25	Felt	Ignite the Seven Cannons (Remastered Edition)	dream pop jangle pop post-punk
52		1994	The Wannadies	Be a Girl	britpop power pop alternative rock indie pop jangle pop	power pop # 61
33		1995-06-06	The Innocence Mission	Glow	acoustic dream pop jangle pop
6		1996-02-29	R.E.M.	Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Edition)	rock alternative
47		1997-10-13	Belle and Sebastian	3..6..9 Seconds Of Light	chamber pop jangle pop scottish twee pop	chamber pop # 9 twee pop # 76 scottish # 90
19		1998-03-01	Mary Lou Lord	Got No Shadow	indie pop indie rock jangle pop power pop
71		1999-04-06	Polaris	Music From The Adventures Of Pete & Pete	jangle pop alternative rock
25		1999-10-19	Gin Blossoms	Outside Looking In: The Best Of The Gin Blossoms	soft rock power pop
28		2000	Belle and Sebastian	Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Peasant	indie pop jangle pop
42		2000-05	The Aislers Set	The Last Match	garage rock revival jangle pop noise pop twee pop	twee pop # 68 garage rock revival # 93
82		2001-12-17	New Order	Brotherhood (Collector's Edition)	alternative dance jangle pop new wave post-punk synthpop	alternative dance # 85
12		2003	Pernice Brothers	Yours, Mine and Ours
2		2006	The Bicycles	The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly		twee pop # 28
60		2006-04-04	Voxtrot	Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives		twee pop # 82 post-punk revival # 86
30		2006-06-13	The Replacements	Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?: The Best Of The Replacements	american underground jangle pop	college rock # 92 american underground # 98
35		2006-06	Primal Scream	Velocity Girl / Broken	indie pop indie rock jangle pop
8		2007	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart	This Love Is Fucking Right!	indie pop jangle pop twee pop	twee pop # 36
27		2009	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)	jangle pop
66		2009	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart	The Pains of Being Pure at Heart EP	jangle pop
55		2010-05-31	Teenage Fanclub	Shadows	jangle pop power pop
48		2011-01-11	Minks	By the Hedge	dream pop jangle pop surf	surf # 75
38		2011-09-01	The Drums	Portamento	indie pop	indie pop # 75
95		2012-10-16	Mac DeMarco	2	indie pop jangle pop	bedroom pop # 26 psychedelic pop # 43 lo-fi # 58 indie pop # 87
9		2013-10-21	Spids Nøgenhat	Kommer med fred	jangle pop pop psychedelic rock
96		2014-04-01	Mac DeMarco	Salad Days	jangle pop indie rock	hypnagogic pop # 7 bedroom pop # 29 indie rock # 57 psychedelic pop # 76
74		2014-06-12	Las Ligas Menores	Las Ligas Menores	argentina indie pop jangle pop twee pop	twee pop # 87 argentina # 89
46		2014-07-22	Alvvays	Alvvays	indie pop dream pop	twee pop # 5 indie pop # 65 dream pop # 71
67		2014-10-01	Kino	Чёрный альбом	coldwave jangle pop new wave post-punk	coldwave # 86
58		2014-10-28	Ultimate Painting	Ultimate Painting	indie pop indie rock jangle pop
37		2015	Ultimate Painting	Green Lanes	indie pop indie rock jangle pop
56		2015-01-13	Patio Solar	Temporada	dream pop jangle pop post-punk
92		2015-08-07	Mac DeMarco	Another One	lo-fi	lo-fi # 93
20		2016-06-15	Terry vs. Tori	Terry vs. Tori	alternative dream pop female vocalists indie pop jangle pop pop spain	spain # 87
65		2016-11-18	Terno Rei	Essa Noite Bateu Com Um Sonho	dream pop indie rock jangle pop shoegaze
93		2017-01-27	Strawberry Switchblade	1982 4 Piece Demo	dream pop jangle pop lo-fi post-punk twee pop	dream pop # 68 lo-fi # 87 post-punk # 88 twee pop # 99
88		2017-09-08	Alvvays	Antisocialites	indie pop	twee pop # 23 indie pop # 43
80		2018-03-28	Castlebeat	VHS	dream pop indie pop jangle pop lo-fi indie post-punk	lo-fi indie # 98
16		2018-03-30	The Vaccines	Combat Sports	power pop alternative rock indie rock	power pop # 44 garage rock revival # 79
39		2018-05-25	Hatchie	Sugar & Spice	dream pop	twee pop # 64
45		2019	Stella Donnelly	Beware of the Dogs	singer-songwriter twee pop	twee pop # 92
99		2019	Strawberry Guy	f song	bedroom pop dream pop ethereal wave jangle pop psychedelic pop	dream pop # 96 psychedelic pop # 98 bedroom pop # 99 ethereal wave # 100
100		2019-03-29	Dominic Fike	Don't Forget About Me, Demos		alternative # 91 alternative rnb # 91 indie rock # 93 alternative pop # 97
14		2019-07-26	Strange Ranger	Remembering The Rockets	dream pop jangle pop
79		2020-07-17	Dehd	Flower Of Devotion	american chicago indie pop jangle pop post-punk	american # 54 chicago # 97
98		2021	Current Joys	Kids	bedroom pop indie pop jangle pop lo-fi slacker rock	indie pop # 95 bedroom pop # 98 lo-fi # 100 slacker rock # 100
11		2021-06	Hawaiian Gremlins	Girls	dream pop jangle pop surf rock	surf rock # 38
7		2021-12-03	montegrande	aeropuerto	indie pop jangle pop
81		2022	Terno Rei	Gêmeos	jangle pop
72		2022-09-30	Origami Angel	re: turn	acoustic rock indie folk indie rock jangle pop	acoustic rock # 96
57		2022-10-07	Alvvays	Blue Rev	indie pop noise pop shoegaze dream pop	twee pop # 35 shoegaze # 72 noise pop # 93
87		2023	Jonatan Leandoer96	Nectar	acoustic indie pop indie rock jangle pop singer-songwriter	acoustic # 22
68		2023-05-05	The Lemon Twigs	Everything Harmony	baroque pop folk pop jangle pop power pop soft rock	power pop # 5 baroque pop # 51 folk pop # 63
36		2024-02-02	Ducks Ltd.	Harm's Way	jangle pop
15		2024-05-03	The Lemon Twigs	A Dream Is All We Know	pop rock sunshine pop	sunshine pop # 89
61		2024-08-30	EKKSTACY	EKKSTACY	alternative rock bedroom pop dream pop indie pop indie rock jangle pop pop punk post-punk post-punk revival punk pop shoegaze	bedroom pop # 43 post-punk revival # 87 punk pop # 98
41			The Lemon Twigs	Foolin' Around / Tailor Made	glam rock jangle pop pop rock power pop psychedelic pop psychedelic rock soft rock	glam rock # 1
32			The Bangles	All Over The Place	jangle pop rock

Related genres

• indie pop
• indie rock
• dream pop
• alternative rock
• alternative
• post-punk
• power pop
• twee pop
• shoegaze
• rock