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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.
On commercially successful albums such as Autobahn (1974), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), and Computer World (1981), Kraftwerk developed a self-described "robot pop" style that combined electronic music with pop melodies, sparse arrangements, and repetitive rhythms, while adopting a stylized image including matching suits.
Topics about Kraftwerk albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories This category contains albums by Kraftwerk . See also: Category:Kraftwerk songs , Category:Kraftwerk album covers , and Category:Kraftwerk members
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.
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.
Reprising a series the group first played at New York’s Museum of Modern Art more than a decade ago, Kraftwerk will be highlighting each of its landmark albums throughout the coming week ...
Kraftwerk performing in Zürich on 10 March 1976, before starting production on Trans-Europe Express. After the release and tour for the album Radio-Activity, Kraftwerk continued to move further away from their earlier krautrock style of improvised instrumental music, refining their work more into the format of melodic electronic songs. [7]
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 ]