I'm buggering the order of these albums all up, but I got curious for more after I enjoyed Computer World so much more than previous Kraftwerk albums.
This came right before computer world and right before Trans-Europe Express, and it shows. It has hints of the playfulness and future-obsession that was to come, while sticking with longer, icier composition (not to mention distorted vocals) of the band's previous work. There's less menace here, again, transitioning into the future-vulnerability found on Computer World, though the narratives still seem to be first person, still casting Kraftwerk as Daft Punk-like emissaries of the futuretimes. Musically, there's much less of TEE's harsh drums, pippy poppy synth noises sometimes keeping the beats instead.
It doesn't quite pull off whatever special thing Computer World does, and it doesn't quite have the spacing out value of legitimate early Kraftwerk, making this an awkward middle child in their discography 3.5/5
You might like this if: you found Kraftwerk too inaccessible, but want more edge than Computer World. Otherwise, look to the album after or before this one.
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