"Ralf and Florian":-
My personal favourite in many ways, no weak tracks for meIf you are going get an album from the "Swept Under The Carpet Years"...
...go for "Ralf and Florian":-
...try to not be too distressed by Ralf's sheep botherer look (he got his hair cut soon after).
If you are going get an album from the "Swept Under The Carpet Years"...
...go for "Ralf and Florian":-
...try to not be too distressed by Ralf's sheep botherer look (he got his hair cut soon after).
I actually think it’s a good intro to Kraftwerk for the uninitiated, much better than crashing into the Pre ‘75 releases as a introduction.I have The Mix, only for fans of remixes
Definitely Computer World is the next logical purchase, it and Man Machine are closely linked in time and style.
As said above, all of it.
I actually think it’s a good intro to Kraftwerk for the uninitiated, much better than crashing into the Pre ‘75 releases as a introduction.
Trans Europe Express, Man Machine and Computer World just changed everything. Modern electronic music started right there. It is impossible not to have heard these albums as they are three of the most sampled records on the planet! They are everywhere. I’d personally add Radio Activity into the essentials as that was such a huge influence on OMD, Human League, Gary Newman etc. It was the birth of UK synth-pop. The next three shaped rap, techno, house, trance and pretty much everything since.
PS I’ll happily argue Kraftwerk were exponentially more important and influential than The Beatles! Aside from Oasis no one copied the Beatles after about 1970. Their influence stayed in their timeframe and was gone by the time say Hendrix, Floyd, Can etc turned up. Music moved on. Kraftwerk’s influence is absolutely everywhere today 45 years later!