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trans-europe express, yo.

― davie, Sunday, 22 April 2007 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

TEE, because as an album it's the most coherent ... although damn, i'm now thinking i should maybe have said radioactivity. fuck.

radio stars used to really, really bug me when i was a kid; the oscillator noise. but apart from that, it's kinda perfect.

shit. i've voted wrongly here. oh well.

― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 22 April 2007 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link

i didnt vote for any of the first 3, but ralf&florian came close, love the faux-hawaiian vibe on that shit

― 600, Sunday, 22 April 2007 23:03 (seventeen years ago) link

electric cafe is freaking great. not that i'd vote for as best, but just saying.

― Tim Ellison, Sunday, 22 April 2007 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link

i voted for the most recent one because it's the album i've listened to the most out of any of them.

― blueski, Sunday, 22 April 2007 23:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Man Machine, first one I heard. (Never heard "Autobahn" till the mid-80s, strangely enough.) "The Robots" actually became a Top 30 hit on the local far-from-adventurous AM staion. My fellow sixth-grade sci-fi geeks thought it was cool that Battlestar Galactica's Cylons were given their own hit song to sing. We'd heard vocoder before but ELO's use of it didn't sound half so alien.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 23 April 2007 01:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Where's "Exceller 8" then?

― Mark G, Monday, 23 April 2007 01:09 (seventeen years ago) link

you know, i was gonna mention exceller8. cause in retrospect that's actually the first one i heard (one of my wife's penpals had taped it for her when she was a teenager)... so it was sort of like hearing the first three and "kometenmelodie" first. in bits.

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Monday, 23 April 2007 02:27 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm amazed at the amount of people liking Radioactivity. My fave track certainly but not album.
Is this what Elvis Telecom calls the Presence of other album voting?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 23 April 2007 06:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Left Paris in the morning on TEE, babies.

― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 23 April 2007 07:02 (seventeen years ago) link

I voted for Man Machine... but Radio Activity or Trans-Europe Express could've taken it, too.

― novaheat, Monday, 23 April 2007 08:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Taking Sides:
I Vs II Vs Ralf And Florian
Autobahn Vs Trans Europe Express
Man Machine Vs Computer World.

That really is a toughie isn't it?

Every day I reckon I'd have a different answer.
Today however I would say
I
Trans Europe Express
Computer World.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 23 April 2007 13:08 (seventeen years ago) link

damn radioactivity should've been there between Autobahn and TEE.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 23 April 2007 13:08 (seventeen years ago) link

um, it is.

― Mark G, Monday, 23 April 2007 13:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I meant in my last post.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 23 April 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

It seems to be pretty universally reviled, but I'll go out on a limb and say I actually listen to The Mix a fair bit. It's one I often grab for road trips. Certainly not my favorite, though.

― Dan Peterson, Monday, 23 April 2007 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't mind the mix actually. Radioactivity is great on it.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 11:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Last day of voting.
The Man Machine and Trans Europe Express to romp home 1st and 2nd then?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 26 April 2007 11:23 (sixteen years ago) link

"Trans Europe Express" 1st. "Computer World" 2nd. "Man Machine" 3rd

― Tom D., Thursday, 26 April 2007 11:24 (sixteen years ago) link

1.Man Machine
2. Computer World
3. TEE

― baaderonixx, Thursday, 26 April 2007 12:09 (sixteen years ago) link

I had no idea that other people liked Radioactivity! I've felt alone in the wilderness!

I spent years looking for a copy of the German version, which is much better to my ears though I think it's only the vocals that are rerecorded, and eventually just gave up and found it on slsk.

― I eat cannibals, Thursday, 26 April 2007 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link

if i could find a german copy on vinyl, i would be a very happy man.

― grimly fiendish, Thursday, 26 April 2007 14:26 (sixteen years ago) link

man-machine sounds infinitely more better in german.

loved how on tour (maximum-minimum) they went back and forth between languages.

― MaGoGo, Thursday, 26 April 2007 23:02 (sixteen years ago) link

Hmm that was pretty close. Nice to see Computer World winning actually.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 26 April 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Exactly as I would have predicted -- easy to say that now. But ILM is long known for its computer love. Amazing that some like their latest best.

― Mark Rich@rdson, Friday, 27 April 2007 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link

Hold on, I never would have predicted that Radioactivity would be Autobahn, no way.

― Mark Rich@rdson, Friday, 27 April 2007 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link

i thought man machine was a cert. didn't know computer world was so well respected.

― the next grozart, Friday, 27 April 2007 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link

Me too. That's why I voted for it as I wasn't sure many would. It's the one I always dig out.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 27 April 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm quite pleased to see computer world, given that I voted for it. It is however, interesting to note the lack of chat about it. People ought to spend more time with Electric Cafe, though.

― Keith, Friday, 27 April 2007 02:02 (sixteen years ago) link

I agree with the top 3, and on different days I could put any of the three on top.

Electric Cafe is slightly underrated, which is to say that it's not as completely awful as most people say it is.
But to put it above all of their other albums? Contrarians on ILM shocka!

― Z S, Friday, 27 April 2007 02:07 (sixteen years ago) link

Typical ILM.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 27 April 2007 09:58 (sixteen years ago) link

I think I (and probably others) have linked to this before, but this youtube clip should interest old-werk fans. I especially like Wolfgang's homemade tinfoil electrodrums.

― anatol_merklich, Friday, 27 April 2007 10:37 (sixteen years ago) link

I voted for Man Machine, which beats TEE for me because I really can't bear Hall of Mirrors.

Not too fussed about Autobahn bar the title track. I really need to check out the first three albums don't I?

― Matt DC, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:00 (sixteen years ago) link

i wonder what Hutter's favourite is.

― blueski, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:01 (sixteen years ago) link

I really do think Minimum Maximum is the best thing they ever released. But it's not a studio album (or is it?)... :-/

― StanM, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:06 (sixteen years ago) link

i keep forgetting to buy Minimum Maximum. it's ridiculous.

― blueski, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:07 (sixteen years ago) link

what is? you forgetting about it? or Kraftwerk having a live album?

― StanM, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:12 (sixteen years ago) link

let's take it to a new poll

― blueski, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:21 (sixteen years ago) link

hall of mirrors is great

autobahn is my least favourite lp probably

mdc yes you should checkk the first 3...starting with ralf & florian. it sounds kind of hawaiian

― 600, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:32 (sixteen years ago) link

yay Minimum Maximum

― sexyDancer, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:18 (sixteen years ago) link

Radio-Activity should have been way way lower

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Friday, 27 April 2007 15:52 (sixteen years ago) link

I agree with Jon.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link

The live versions of Radioactivity as evidenced in MM and that round of bootlegs uncovered a while back: OTM

― sexyDancer, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link

glass candy Computer Love

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Friday, 27 April 2007 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link

I thought MM was really cool but now I dislike it.

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Friday, 27 April 2007 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link

I didn't like Minimum Maximum. They sound so smug on that cd.

― everything, Friday, 27 April 2007 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link

explain

― blueski, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link

they're not very good.

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link

Fool

― baaderonixx, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link

"if i could find a german copy on vinyl, i would be a very happy man."

One of those horrible ethical dilemmas was whether to give the vinyl back to the pal who had loaned it to me, knowing that I'd never see it again, or to break his heart by pretending to have lost it. I gave it back, and to this day I wonder if I did the right thing. That bastard doesn't even listen to it like I did!

― I eat cannibals, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link

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Radio Activity doesn't get much love here, does it? Since the first time I heard it (about a decade ago), it's been my favorite.

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 24 December 2018 14:32 (five years ago) link

... 4th favourite album in this poll, not really unloved.

― Once in Rahul Dravid's City (Tom D.), Monday, 24 December 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link

Yes, but that coupled with it not even placing on Alfred's list makes me think I'm a much bigger fan than the majority here.

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 24 December 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link

4th out of 12, getting twice as many votes as the next option

― sans lep (sic), Monday, 24 December 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link

I'm a much bigger fan than the majority here.

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 24 December 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link

So, you are a bigger fan than most of an album that gets plenty of love on ILX.

― Once in Rahul Dravid's City (Tom D.), Monday, 24 December 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link

Well seeing as most people voted for other Kraftwerk albums, he's right!

― Mark G, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 02:56 (five years ago) link

three years pass...

i'm listening to minimum-maximum for the first time hahaha this is fucking crazy!!!!!

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 22 July 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link

computer world is the best kraftwerk album though, the poll is right

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 22 July 2022 13:38 (one year ago) link

Die Mensch-Maschine hands down, perfect experimental - pop crossover.

― Nabozo, Friday, 22 July 2022 13:47 (one year ago) link

Minimum-Maximum is so good, I bought it right when I got my subs installed and it was wild to hear these songs with pounding bass

I thought that album was what turned me around on Tour de France Soundtracks, but looking back that album was great all along

― frogbs, Friday, 22 July 2022 18:15 (one year ago) link

i f&cking love minimum-maximum.
i know hardcore KW fans who hate the revised versions and hate the album with a burning passion.
but for me, it's the best of all worlds.
classic tunes, revised sonics, and the sound of the best live gig ever.
i saw their 3d tour a few years back, and yeah, it was truly brilliant,
but it was not on the same level as the m-m versions.

― mark e, Friday, 22 July 2022 19:40 (one year ago) link

Same. Seeing them on the Min-max tour in Prague remains my favorite concert ever. The Man-machine ticker intro, the sound, the visuals, the thrill at seeing those robots come back in for Robots.
Also saw them do TEE for a 3D show it somehow something was missing (perhaps lesser acoustics despite being in a modern classical venue)

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 24 July 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link

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