Albums & Artists

The following list of albums are just a few examples of the many that feature the sound of Oberheim synthesizers and drum machines. To hear some examples from these albums Click Here to open a Spotify playlist.

1970

Leonard Rosenman
Beneath the Planet of the Apes

1972

Don Ellis
Connection

1974

Julian Priester
Love, Love
Richard Grayson & Tom Oberheim
Live Electronic Music

1975

Herbie Hancock
Man-Child
Jan Hammer
The First Seven Days

1976

Herbie Hancock
Secrets
Weather Report
Black Market
Wah Wah Watson
Elementary

1977

Weather Report
Heavy Weather
Bob James
Heads
Gary Wright
The Light of Smiles
Billy Cobham
Magic
Tangerine Dream
“Sorcerer” Soundtrack
Jeff Beck & Jan Hammer
Live
Bennie Maupin
Slow Traffic to the Right
Noel Pointer
Phantazia
Supertramp
Even In the Quietest Moments
Bob James
BJ4
Little Feat
Time Loves a Hero
Herbie Hancock
V.S.O.P.
Earth, Wind & Fire
All ’n All
Norman Connors
This Is Your Life
Styx
The Grand Illusion

1978

Herbie Hancock
Sunlight
Chick Corea
The Mad Hatter
Tangerine Dream
Cyclone
Jean Michel Jarre
Equinoxe
Yutaka Yokokura
Love Light
Prince
For You
Stanley Clarke
Modern Man
The Manhattan Transfer
Pastiche
Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Group
Lenny White
Streamline
Don Ellis
Live at Montreux
Rush
Hemispheres
Styx
Pieces of Eight
Doobie Brothers
Minute By Minute

1979

George Duke
Brazilian Love Affair
Tony Williams
The Joy of Flying
George Harrison
George Harrison
George Duke
Follow the Rainbow
Earth, Wind & Fire
I Am
Roy Ayers
Fever
The Beach Boys
L.A.
Peter Tosh
Mystic Man
Michael Jackson
Off the Wall

1980

Herbie Hancock
Monster
Parliament
Trombipulation
Kazumi Watanabe
To Chi Ka
Michael Henderson
Wide Receiver
Nara Leão
Com Açúar Com Afeto
Rush
Permanent Waves
Chick Corea
Tap Step
Grover Washington Jr
Skylarkin’
David Matthews and the Electric Birds
Cosmic City
Herbie Hancock
Mr. Hands
Pharaoh Sanders
Journey to the One
Queen
The Game
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Rick James
Garden of Love
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Double Fantasy
Chaka Khan
What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me
Prince
Dirty Mind
Earth, Wind & Fire
Faces
Billy Joel
Glass Houses
Grace Slick
Dreams
Eberhard Weber Colours
Little Movements

1981

Rush
Moving Pictures
Jefferson Starship
Modern Times
Gilberto Gil
Luar
Eberhard Schoener
Eberhard Schoener
Prince
Controversy
Earth, Wind & Fire
Raise
Electric Light Orchestra
Time
Kool & The Gang
Something Special
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls

1982

George Duke
Dream On
Rodney Franklin
Learning to Love
Prince
1999
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Kool & The Gang
As One
Joni Mitchell
Wild Things Run Fast
Roxy Music
Avalon
Rush
Signals
Michael Jackson
Thriller

1983

Kool & The Gang
In the Heart
Madonna
Madonna

1984

Pat Metheny Group
First Circle
Prince
Purple Rain
Kool & The Gang
Emergency
Herbie Hancock
Sound System
Malcolm X
No Sell Out
Van Halen
1984
Pointer Sisters
Break Out
Chaka Khan
I Feel For You

1985

Pat Metheny Group
The Falcon and the Snowman
John Parr
St. Elmo's Fire

1986

Klaus Schulze
Dreams

1989

Roy Ayers
Wake Up

1992

808 State
TimeBomb

1997

Depeche Mode
Ultra

2004

Mark Mothersbaugh
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2011

Tycho
Dive

2012

Ben Salisbury and Geoff
Barrow
DROKK

2014

Ben Salisbury and Geoff
Barrow
Ex Machina

2015

Ólafur Arnalds and Nils
Frahm
Collaborative Works

2016

Ólafur Arnalds and Nils
Frahm
Trance Frendz
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
Stranger Things Vol. 1