List of dystopian music
# List of dystopian music

## Artists

The following lists musical artists whose discography prominently features dystopian themes.

* Rock band Big Black with their stark portrayals of the underside of American culture.

## Albums

The following lists albums that prominently feature dystopian themes.

* 2112, an album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1976. The title track is about a man living in a dystopian society.
* The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe.
* Diamond Dogs an album by David Bowie is loosely based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four especially the songs "Future Legend", "We Are The Dead", "1984" and "Big Brother".
* Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030 (Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala), is a hip hop album about a future world of battle raps with aliens, government oppression, and space travel.
* Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome by Parliament.
* In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson.
* Joe's Garage, a dystopian concept album by Frank Zappa, set in a world where music is illegal and crimes are punished preemptively.
* Kid A by Radiohead.
* Replicas by Gary Numan.
* Year Zero (2007) by Nine Inch Nails is a concept album with a strong dystopian theme and an accompanying alternate reality game.
* The Body, The Blood, The Machine, an album by The Thermals.

## Songs

* "1999" by Prince.
* "Idioteque" by Radiohead.
* "In the year 2525" by Zager and Evans.
* "Karn Evil 9" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
* "The Apocalypse Song" by St. Vincent.
* "Talkin' World War III Blues" by Bob Dylan.
* "Testify" by Rage Against the Machine.
