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While their initial albums featured mostly German lyrics, in 1975 Kraftwerk began writing lyrics that combined both German and English verses. Beginning with " Trans-Europe Express " (1977), most songs by the group were created as duplicate versions sung in English or German; some French, Japanese, Italian or Spanish versions were made.
Kraftwerk was released in November 1970. [8] In early 1971, Hutter left the group and Schneider was left alone with drummer Dinger and newcomer guitarist Michael Rother. [9] The 3-member Kraftwerk line up of Schneider, Dinger and Michael Rother made an appearance on Radio Bremen, [10] and also on the TV shows Beat-Club and Okidoki. [11]
In April 2017, Kraftwerk announced 3-D The Catalogue, a live album and video documenting performances of all eight albums in The Catalogue that was released 26 May 2017. It is available in multiple formats, the most extensive of which being a 4-disc Blu-ray set with a 236-page hardback book.
It was eventually released in the UK, combined with the first Kraftwerk album as a double LP package, by the Vertigo label in March 1973, more than a year after its German release in January 1972. No material from this album has been performed in the band's live set since the Autobahn tour of 1975, and to date, the album has not been officially ...
A 12-minute animated video of "Autobahn" directed by Roger Mainwood was released in 1979. [9] "Autobahn" is widely considered to be one of Kraftwerk's greatest songs. In 2020, Billboard and The Guardian ranked the song number six and number five, respectively, on its lists of the greatest Kraftwerk songs. [10] [11]
Autobahn is the fourth studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk, released in November 1974 by Philips Records.The album marked several personnel changes in the band, which was initially a duo consisting of Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter; later, the group added Klaus Röder on guitar and flute, and Wolfgang Flür on percussion.
The Catalogue (German: Der Katalog) is a box set consisting of the eight albums by German electronic music band Kraftwerk that were released from 1974 to 2003. All albums are digitally remastered, with most of the cover art redesigned, including rare photographs in the liner notes that were not part of each album's original release.
The images give the video an unsettling feeling. Also another iconic image that does appear in some sequences is a "magnetophon" machine (a tape recorder) in which the tape spools are spinning and the tape is running; because supposedly there is being recorded or being played from some telephone message.