Best Kraftwerk Album

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yeh, but ... :)

― grimly fiendish, Friday, 27 April 2007 23:08 (nineteen years ago)

uhhh...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Kraftwerk-RadioAktivitaet-German-Version-HORZU_W0QQitemZ250108821734QQihZ015QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― funny farm, Saturday, 28 April 2007 02:57 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe he didn't want to pay that much!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Saturday, 28 April 2007 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

10 bucks?
i'd pay as much as $25.

― funny farm, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

Uh no 1 buck innit?

― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

plus 9 bucks shipping, broseph.

― funny farm, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

I just listened to "Computer World" for the first time last night. ...and for the fourth.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

Sounds like a 'bad' case of Computer Liebe to me... ;-)

― willem, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

plus 9 bucks shipping, broseph.

ahïïï I see! thx for reminding me why ebay is mainly nogo for me as a norwegian...

― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

Bah! Too late! And now I can't find it again!

― I eat cannibals, Sunday, 29 April 2007 01:45 (nineteen years ago)

Did anyone go out and buy any kraftwerk after reading this thread?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Sunday, 29 April 2007 19:42 (nineteen years ago)

Answer: there is no best Kraftwerk album.

― artdamages, Sunday, 29 April 2007 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Autobahn is my favorite. It's so violent.

― filthy dylan, Sunday, 29 April 2007 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

I love Tour de France Soundtracks... Surprised to see it so low. It's a lot better than Electric Cafe, which I also like, but I would have it fifth in that list.

― Keith, Sunday, 29 April 2007 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

damnit I didn't vote but i would have chosen computer world

― Bimble, Sunday, 29 April 2007 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

Did anyone go out and buy any kraftwerk after reading this thread?

i went out of my browser and downloaded die mensch-maschine

SPAAACE-LAB

― lfam, Sunday, 29 April 2007 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

man-machine sounds infinitely more better in german.

I disagree. That line in "Das Model" where he shouts "KORREKT!" just kills the whole song for me.

― naus, Sunday, 29 April 2007 23:36 (nineteen years ago)

I think I have mp3s of the german versions. Guess it's time to give them a listen.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:56 (nineteen years ago)

the waiter shouting 'korrekt' is a düsseldorf scene in-joke. im not surprised they cut that out for the international version.

computerwelt is the only kw album ive heard the english version of. the songs all work just as good as the originals, except for the title track; you cant really translate 'computerwelt / denn zeit ist geld' or 'flensburg und das bka / haben unsere daten da'.

i doubt that 'die roboter' is as much fun without the rolling 'r's

― ☪, Monday, 30 April 2007 10:42 (nineteen years ago)

right, i need to get me these german versions. hmm, eBay. yes.

Did anyone go out and buy any kraftwerk after reading this thread?

no, but i listened to "the man-machine".

― grimly fiendish, Monday, 30 April 2007 12:22 (nineteen years ago)

come korrekt and explain joek

― JW, Monday, 30 April 2007 12:40 (nineteen years ago)

Autobahn is my favorite. It's so violent.

Violent? Are you talking about some other album called "Autobahn" here or what?

― Tom D., Monday, 30 April 2007 13:30 (nineteen years ago)

Did anyone go out and buy any kraftwerk after reading this thread?

no, but i listened to "the man-machine".

Hurrah!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 30 April 2007 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

they shuld really remaster their albums. maybe do deluxe editions, with both english and german versions. that would be schweet.

― funny farm, Monday, 30 April 2007 22:41 (nineteen years ago)

better still, they could just make a new album. a good one (sorry, keith).

― grimly fiendish, Monday, 30 April 2007 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

i change my answer: radio-activity.

― poortheatre, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:25 (eighteen years ago)

Weird that so few like Autobahn.

― Mark Rich@rdson, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:27 (eighteen years ago)

This is where I drop my usual complaint about the absence of remasters.

― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:47 (eighteen years ago)

coming soon

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:51 (eighteen years ago)

i can see it now on Amazon.com - 'buy 'The Catalogue' box set with 'Chinese Democracy' for only £22.47 (save £8.14)'

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:52 (eighteen years ago)

and everybody gets a free Crystal Pepsi if they appear in 2008!!

― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 14:03 (eighteen years ago)

crystal pepsi makes an excellent bike chain cleaner/lubricant, as it happens

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 14:04 (eighteen years ago)

Weird that so few like Autobahn.

it's actually the most listened to track of their Last.FM profile, which is unexpected, considering its length.

the first, like, eight seconds of 'antenna' are so incredible.

― poortheatre, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 21:26 (eighteen years ago)

"Autobahn", to most people, is mainly about the title track and the first side. The second side is a bit unsatisfactory, even though "Morgenspaziergang" has some funny attempts to create nature sounds with synths and the last "Kometenmelodie" is actually a funny little tune.

But "The Man Machine" is the one, really.

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 22:29 (eighteen years ago)

XP: You sure the last.fm version isn't the shorter single edit?

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 22:30 (eighteen years ago)

Is this one of the few ILM album polls in which every choice got at least one vote?

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 22:46 (eighteen years ago)

Weird that so few like Autobahn.

exactly what i was thinking just now

― stephen, Thursday, 3 April 2008 01:15 (eighteen years ago)

Geir, it sort of baffles me that you like Kraftwerk. Where do they fit into your criteria?!

― jonathan - stl, Thursday, 3 April 2008 01:16 (eighteen years ago)

robot solidarity

― m bison, Thursday, 3 April 2008 03:01 (eighteen years ago)

Well, they are very melodic. Except maybe for 'Numbers'. I wonder if Geir likes that one.

― moley, Thursday, 3 April 2008 03:03 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, I love side 2 of Autobahn. Lots of melody, including two inspired by comets.

― Mark Rich@rdson, Thursday, 3 April 2008 04:22 (eighteen years ago)

Has anybody heard 2 Live Crew's classic "Drop The Bomb" with the dope Trans Europe Express sample? I've been meaning to flip that with the original for ages now.

― Rob Threezy, Thursday, 3 April 2008 04:26 (eighteen years ago)

Geir, it sort of baffles me that you like Kraftwerk. Where do they fit into your criteria?!

-- jonathan - stl, Thursday, 3 April 2008 01:16 (4 hours ago) Link

srsly? they are very melodic!

― elan, Thursday, 3 April 2008 06:11 (eighteen years ago)

oops, i didn't read moley

― elan, Thursday, 3 April 2008 06:12 (eighteen years ago)

so baffled by the decision to play one of the four us tour dates in the suburban "club" in my dear STPL/MPLS hometown, but i'm not complaining

― John Justen, Thursday, 3 April 2008 06:16 (eighteen years ago)

Geir, it sort of baffles me that you like Kraftwerk.

Well, they use lots of synths. And only very occasionally are they non-melodic. It's not like I am a fan of pre-"Autubahn"-Kraftwerk, mind you.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 3 April 2008 08:58 (eighteen years ago)

I would have seen you as more of a Trans Europe Express guy, Geir.

― baaderonixx, Thursday, 3 April 2008 09:03 (eighteen years ago)

"Metal On Metal" is hardly my kind of thing.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 3 April 2008 12:49 (eighteen years ago)

but "Franz Schubert" must be

― baaderonixx, Thursday, 3 April 2008 13:01 (eighteen years ago)

Isn't "Franz Schubert" mainly just a reprise of "Europe Endless"? I like "Europe Endless", but "The Man Machine" is closer to 80s synthpop stylistically.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 3 April 2008 22:03 (eighteen years ago)

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