Computer World - Kraftwerk > Reviews

Advantages: Still great material
Disadvantages: Some off the mark

...a UK number 1 with Computer Love/The Model - their biggest hit since Autobahn. Computerworld, for all its technological brilliance, was no mindless hymn to high technology. The title track, for instance, stressed the sinister ways in which computers can be used for surveillance and control by “Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard”. Here, as ever, Kraftwerk were quite subtly subversive in intent. Kraftwerk saw themselves as bridging ... Read review

Advantages: Hugely influential, years ahead of their time, wonderful melodys
Disadvantages: none

...an exultation of the new computer technology in all its forms from the opening track to the closing. Although a measly 34 minutes long, Kraftwerk have never been ones to push quantity at the public and again followed the trend here. The opening track brings back so many memories, can anyone else remember it being used as the opening theme to a BBC computer TV show? But the music, ah the music. I have had this album for almost 20 years now in various ... Read review

Advantages: Way ahead of it's time
Disadvantages: None - hard to knock Kraftwerk

There was no thought behind buying a Kraftwerk album - just purely because they are the leaders in their category (although you cannot pigeon-hole them - they are a category in their own right). Computerworld is classic Kraftwerk through and through. This is probably their best album, although it is hard to pick a "best" albumn when it comes to Kraftwerk. If you are new to Kraftwerk, then head straight for Computerworld. It sums up all that is good ... Read review