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| 3.0 good | Alabaster Jones | December 28th 15 |
With this 1970 debut LP, famed German experimental electronic group Kraftwerk began to sow the seeds of their illustrious forays into electronic music. Although the album in question is quite different from their later records that would make them known as electronic godfathers, it has an art rock aspect to it that, when mixed with this penchant for the then budding electronic music genre, makes it a krautrock record through and through. Though credit must be given for their openness to experimentation, the music on this record is pretty meandering, with a sense of purpose still lost on the greater part of it. This is especially apparent on the latter half of the record, where electronic noises blip and whizz by aimlessly. It's the first half of the record that makes it a record worth hearing, though, as a wonderful balance between art rock and electronic music is struck in those tracks, giving glimpses into what Kraftwerk would eventually become.
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| 2.5 average | TheManMachine | July 6th 13 |
An interesting debut entry to Kraftwerk's discography - cool to hear the raw/abrasive/ambient at times/funky at times?!?/live instrumentation side to this band, and you can certainly see how Neu! may have started to form their sound. But it's mostly just that - interesting. I dig it for what it is, but it does suffer from being a tad irritating and unremarkable.
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| 3.5 great | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | April 1st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rick64 | March 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | krongey | June 21st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | synk | August 17th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Roidv | August 16th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Pangea | August 9th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | KuyJuk | December 29th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | TOBD | March 19th 20 |
| 3.5 great | igi78 | August 7th 19 |
| 2.5 average | bbgames | February 3rd 19 |
| 2.5 average | orakst | October 9th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Jan555 | August 1st 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | DJTommy | November 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | desertm | November 17th 15 |
| 2.5 average | alin1 | December 28th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Matski | October 5th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Topaz | July 1st 13 |
| 3.5 great | Denn3s | June 16th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Cru | July 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | KaZenPhi | December 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | aeuk | November 15th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | April 10th 08 |
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