TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.5347
Kraftwerk Album Rankings
1
Although Kraftwerk's first three albums were groundbreaking in their own right,Autobahnis where the group's hypnotic electronic pulse genuinely came into its own.
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2
With their 1974 international smash hit "Autobahn," Kraftwerk had coolly demonstrated that an experimental electronic group from Dusseldorf, Germany, could kick out perfect pop on par with anything by
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3
This [is] all the Kraftwerk you need, if you didn't need all the Kraftwerk ever made
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4
When you consider just how far ahead of their time these Germans were, it blows your friggin' mind.Computer World, from 1981, resonates with the crisp sound of new advances in analog synthesizers.
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5
There's really not much I can say about this album that hasn't been said better elsewhere. It's one of those modern-day classic albums that you simply need to own if you enjoy electronic music.
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6
After so many years in limbo, a new release from Kraftwerk introduces an almost impossible set of complications for long-time listeners.
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7
Like its predecessor (similarly designed right down to the traffic cone cover, though green instead of red),Kraftwerk 2has never been properly re-released, giving it the same lost-classic aura as the
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9
What might have been simply seen as an agreeable enough debut album has since become something of a notorious legend because Kraftwerk, or more accurately the coreHütter/Schneiderduo at the heart of
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10
Although Autobahn was a left-field masterpiece, Trans-Europe Express is often cited as perhaps the archetypal (and most accessible) Kraftwerk album.
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11
The Man-Machine is closer to the sound and style that would define early new wave electro-pop -- less minimalistic in its arrangements and more complex and danceable in its underlying rhythms.
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12
This pallid response to disco music came after a six-year hiatus, during which they only released one single, "Tour De France.
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22
Instead of maintaining an icy detachment from its popularity, which might have been the best attitude to assume, Kraftwerk has attempted to duplicateAutobahn's success with a concept album.
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23
Less than three minutes intoThe Man Machine, an album that faithfully extends Kraftwerk's unmistakable brand of exquisite torture, this group has successfully drained the blood from the listener's bod
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