SHUGA SAYS:
Kraftwerk’s fourth album found them commercial success for the first time in their career as the band introduced vocals and non electronic instruments into their compositions. It opens with the iconic title track, meant to recreate the drive of the original autobahn infastructure, spanning from Köln to Bonn. You can practically feel the German machinery pulsing under your body at full throttle while you take a casual drag off your cigarette. It’s considered a klassisch electronic album for a good reason. Sehr empfehlenswert! VROOM VROOM!!
Kraftwerk – Autobahn
Tracklist
A | Autobahn | 22:30 |
B1 | Kometenmelodie 1 (Comet Melody 1) | 6:20 |
B2 | Kometenmelodie 2 (Comet Melody 2) | 5:44 |
B3 | Mitternacht (Midnight) | 4:40 |
B4 | Morganspaziergang (Morning Walk) | 4:00 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram, Inc.
- Copyright (c) – Phonogram, Inc.
- Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk
- Manufactured By – Phonogram, Inc.
- Distributed By – Phonogram, Inc.
- Published By – Intersong USA, Inc.
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Credits
- Engineer – Konrad Plank*
- Lacquer Cut By – G.K.*
- Mastered By [Mastering] – Gilbert Kong
- Music By, Concept By, Producer [Production] – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter
- Painting [Coverpainting] – Emil Schult
- Percussion – Wolfgang Flür
- Performer [Kraftwerk] – Florian Schneider, Klaus Roeder*, Ralf Hütter, Wolfgang Flür
- Photography By [Backcoverphoto] – Barbara Niemöller
- Violin, Guitar – Klaus Roeder*
- Vocals, Electronics – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter
- Written-By [All Songs Written By] – F. Schneider*, R. Hütter*