Best Kraftwerk Album

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Maybe he didn't want to pay that much!

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

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

funny farm, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Uh no 1 buck innit?

anatol_merklich, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link

plus 9 bucks shipping, broseph.

funny farm, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link

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

The Reverend, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link

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

willem, Saturday, 28 April 2007 22:42 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

I eat cannibals, Sunday, 29 April 2007 01:45 (seventeen years ago) link

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

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

Answer: there is no best Kraftwerk album.

artdamages, Sunday, 29 April 2007 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Autobahn is my favorite. It's so violent.

filthy dylan, Sunday, 29 April 2007 20:23 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

Bimble, Sunday, 29 April 2007 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

come korrekt and explain joek

JW, Monday, 30 April 2007 12:40 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

grimly fiendish, Monday, 30 April 2007 22:50 (seventeen years ago) link

eleven months pass...

i change my answer: radio-activity.

poortheatre, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:25 (sixteen years ago) link

Weird that so few like Autobahn.

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

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

baaderonixx, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:47 (sixteen years ago) link

coming soon

blueski, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:51 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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

baaderonixx, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 14:03 (sixteen years ago) link

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

blueski, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 14:04 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

"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 (sixteen years ago) link

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

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

Weird that so few like Autobahn.

exactly what i was thinking just now

stephen, Thursday, 3 April 2008 01:15 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

robot solidarity

m bison, Thursday, 3 April 2008 03:01 (sixteen years ago) link

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

moley, Thursday, 3 April 2008 03:03 (sixteen years ago) link

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

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

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

oops, i didn't read moley

elan, Thursday, 3 April 2008 06:12 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

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

baaderonixx, Thursday, 3 April 2008 09:03 (sixteen years ago) link

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

Geir Hongro, Thursday, 3 April 2008 12:49 (sixteen years ago) link

but "Franz Schubert" must be

baaderonixx, Thursday, 3 April 2008 13:01 (sixteen years ago) link

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 (sixteen years ago) link

i like the first two albums, but i can't understand someone who would choose either as their favorite compared to any of the others

poortheatre, Thursday, 3 April 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link


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