I don't think I have
I must remedy this immediately. Even without knowledge of these LPs I rate them enormously. 'Numbers' is the finest electro (in the 80s breakdance sense) tune ever - apart from 'Clear' by Cybotron, I reckon.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 12:27, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

The first three albums
are quite a bit more organic, none of the, 'we ar ze robots', style posturing.

Kraftwerk 1 - Contains 'Rucksuck', one of the best 'flute techno' tracks you will ever hear, also quite possibly their best ever track.

Kraftwerk 2 - Foreboding electronic ambience, decades ahead of its time. May take a bit of getting into to be fair!!

Ralf und Florian - Prepare for take off!! Contains 'Tanzmusik' (Dance Music), where handclaps and euphoric voices propel you into the stratosphere.

I envy you not having heard them, a bounty of revelations await. Listening to them really does give the rest of their catalogue more depth and meaning. 99% of folk will assume they started with Autobahn.

And how could i forget about 'Tone Float', their VERY first album. Purists kinda disregard it, but the concept is there, and Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger of Neu! fame played with them in this incarnation. Probably the weakest of teh pre-autobahn stuff, but still worth a listen.

Enjoy, and let me know what you think!!
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 12:42, Reply)