Kraftwerk - The Catalogue [11/17]

Artist:

Kraftwerk

UPC:

5099996750629

See Also:

Various Artists - 8-Bit Operators

Description:

Lyricists: Florian Schneider; Emil Schult; Ralf H?tter.
Personnel: Ralf H?tter (vocals, guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, vocoder, drum machine, electronic drums, electronics); Florian Schneider (vocals, flute, synthesizer, vocoder, electronic drums, electronics); Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Fl?r (electronic drums).
Audio Mixers: Florian Schneider; Rob St. Germain; Fran?ois Kevorkian; Ralf H?tter; Walter Quintus; Thomas Kuckuck.
Recording information: Kling Klang Studio, D?sseldorf.
Photographers: J. Stara; Maurice Seymour; Peter Boettcher; Barbara Niem?ller; G?nter Fr?hling; Robert Frank .
Unknown Contributor Role: Wolfgang Fl?r.
One of electronic music`s most crucial and lavish box sets, The Catalogue contains eight Kraftwerk albums remastered by founding member Ralf H?tter: Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Electric Cafe (aka Techno Pop, 1986), The Mix (1991), and Tour de France Soundtracks (2003). Some purists were upset with liberties taken by H?tter -- specific elements of certain songs sound sharpened, evidence of some noise reduction, and so forth -- but they are few in number and minor in effect. (The gripes were quite possibly made with the intent to prove that they know the ins and outs of these albums more than you do.) The box itself is 12 inches by 12 inches, rather hefty. The eight discs, nested in four dense foam compartments, are individually packaged in sleeves that replicate the original artwork, whether through the disc`s pouch or the slipcase in which the pouch is (tightly) housed. Each album gets its own 12-by-12 booklet with full-page images. ~ Andy Kellman

Track Listing:

DISC 1: AUTOBAHN:

1. Autobahn
2. Kometenmelodie 1
3. Kometenmelodie 2
4. Mitternacht
5. Morgenspaziergang

DISC 2: RADIO-ACTIVITY:

1. Geiger Counter
2. Radioactivity
3. Radioland
4. Airwaves
5. Intermission
6. News
7. Voice of Energy, The
8. Antenna
9. Radio Stars
10. Uranium
11. Transistor
12. Ohm Sweet Ohm

DISC 3: TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS:

1. Europe Endless
2. Hall of Mirrors, The
3. Showroom Dummies
4. Trans Europe Express
5. Metal on Metal
6. Abzug
7. Franz Schubert
8. Endless Endless

DISC 4: THE MAN MACHINE:

1. Robots, The
2. Spacelab
3. Metropolis
4. Model, The
5. Neon Lights
6. Man Machine, The

DISC 5: COMPUTER WORLD:

1. Computer World
2. Pocket Calculator
3. Numbers
4. Computer World 2
5. Computer Love
6. Home Computer
7. It`s More Fun to Compute

DISC 6: TECHNO POP:

1. Boing Boom Tschak
2. Techno Pop
3. Musique Non Stop
4. Telephone Call, The
5. House Phone
6. Sex Object
7. Electric Cafe

DISC 7: THE MIX:

1. Robots, The
2. Computer Love
3. Pocket Calculator
4. Dentaku
5. Autobahn
6. Radioactivity
7. Trans Europe Express
8. Abzug
9. Metal on Metal
10. Home Computer
11. Music Non Stop

DISC 8: TOUR DE FRANCE:

1. Prologue
2. Tour de France ?tape 1
3. Tour de France ?tape 2
4. Tour de France ?tape 3
5. Chrono
6. Vitamin
7. A?ro Dynamik
8. Titanium
9. Elektro Kardiogramm
10. La Forme
11. R?g?neration
12. Tour de France

Album Information

Release Date:

11/16/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Experimental Rock

Label:

Astralwerks

Producer:

Florian Schneider; Ralf Hutter

Catalog Number:

KLANGBOX 002

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

8

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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