Trans Europe Express was released in 1977 and was the first album to feature what most refer to the classic 4 piece line up of founder members Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider augmented by percussionists Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flur. The next ten or so years would be considered a golden age ... Read review
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TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS
Kraftwerk: Ralf Hutter, Florian Schneider (vocals, synthesizer); Karl Bartos, Wolfgang
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Flur (electronic percussion).Engineers: Peter Bollig, Thomas Kuckkuck, Bill Halverson.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Kraftwerk reached a creative peak on ...
Advantages: Classic Minimatist Soundscapes Disadvantages: Not as Comercial as Subsiquent Releases
Trans Europe Express was released in 1977 and was the first album to feature what most refer to the classic 4 piece line up of founder members Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider augmented by percussionists Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flur. The next ten or so years would be considered a golden age for the band by many fans.
The album explores themes of travel and change within post war Europe and is a more demanding listen than their subsequent releases, ... ...journey through the countryside and Trans Europe Express is more of a journey through Europe's Industrial landscape with sinister overtones. The most obvious single from this is the rather sinister and possibly quite pervy "Showroom Dummies" which was an obvious precursor to "The Model".
One of the original intentions behind Kraftwerk's music was to create something that was uniquely German and not copy American and British groups. In following ...
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Album Notes: Kraftwerk: Ralf Hutter, Florian Schneider (vocals, synthesizer); Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flur (electronic percussion).
Titles on disc 1
1.: Europe Endless
2.: Hall Of Mirrors
Additional notes
Album Reviews: Rolling Stone (11/14/02, p.93) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...They changed pop music forever....Conceptually, Kraftwerk were as prophetic as Orwell..."
Titles on disc 1
3.: Showroom Dummies
4.: Trans Europe Express
5.: Metal On Metal
6.: Franz Schubert
7.: Endless Endless
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