- Audio CD (17 April 1995)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Capitol
- ASIN: B000026GAG
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 103,366 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Computer World |
| 2. Pocket Calculator |
| 3. Numbers |
| 4. Computer World..2 |
| 5. Computer Love |
| 6. Home Computer |
| 7. It's More Fun To Compute |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
This is the album pundits like to point to when they accuse Kraftwerk of being digital-age visionaries; an all-too-easy assessment to make in the face of tracks such as "Home Computer" and "Computer Love". But to saddle the band with the reputation of sages is to completely miss the low-key wit and all-too-human playfulness of this album. "Pocket Calculator" and "Numbers" (the lyrics are the numbers one to eight) could be read as tongue-in-cheek ripostes to too much bad "educational" programming, but that would smack of creeping punditry. Computer World is Kraftwerk's most loveable bundle of contradictions: at once its most technologically obsessed album and its most human. --Jerry McCulley
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a must for all synth loving music fanatics,
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This review is from: Computer World (Audio CD)
i remember having this, first time around and it blew my mind then as it still does now.tracks like :computer love[excellent electronics,ahead of their time],this is a must in any electro collecters c.d. cabinet. every track a musical must
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
From Deutchland to Detroit,
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This review is from: Computer World (Audio CD)
It seems incredible to think that a bunch of white guys from Industrial Germany could make such an impression on Black american music culture with a bunch of calculators and a perverse sense of humour. Hiphop, Detroit techno, it all stemmed from this album, as too did the modern dance scene. We all have Kraftwerk to thank for this, even if, by producing this album they signalled their own musical demise. Computer world was Krafwerks finest (half) hour. A blend of pop melodies that will drive you mad and innovative electronica. You should buy it if you have even the slightest appreciation for modern dance music and a good tune.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
How to make a techno-album.,
This review is from: Computer World (Audio CD)
Some will criticise this LP for sounding over-clean, perhaps clinical. This is understandable, make no mistake, but this LP also lays some vital foundations for much of music in 2001. The vision of the album, with its almost Orwellian take on life in the future, is painted vividly in music. The title track was the closest they got to a protest song, about the introduction of computerised identity cards in Germany. "Pocket Calculator" and "Homecomputer" are entirely accurate snapshots of the rise of computers for the people and the internet, in fact, why this site is here! Perhaps most important is the construction of the record. Kraftwerk always had a reputation of producing incredibly detailed, stylish records and this is no exception. Their pioneering use of synthesizers, sequencers and sampling technologies put this LP well ahead of the competition at the time it was released. It's clever without a hint of smugness, and detailed with none of the overbearing pomp that led to the (rightful) death of the ghastly prog-rock movement. Now, twenty years after its release, "Computer World" can still stand next to modern techno releases and sound fresh. While today's musicians may have the advantage of cheap technology at their disposal, Kraftwerk got there first. Buy this album and listen to it, enjoy it's utterly funky, dancey sounds. Then listen to anything from the last ten years in a similar vein, and hear how many samples of Kraftwerk there are. Techno-pioneers? JA.
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