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DTITLE=Kraftwerk / Radio-Activity
DYEAR=1975
DGENRE=Electronic
TTITLE0=Geiger Counter
TTITLE1=Radioactivity
TTITLE2=Radioland
TTITLE3=Airwaves
TTITLE4=Intermission
TTITLE5=News
TTITLE6=The Voice Of Energy
TTITLE7=Antenna
TTITLE8=Radio Stars
TTITLE9=Uranium
TTITLE10=Transistor
TTITLE11=Ohm Sweet Ohm
EXTD=Originally Released 1975\nCD Edition Released September 26, 1995\n
EXTD=\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: A concept album exploring themes of broadcas
EXTD=t communications, Radio-Activity marked Kraftwerk's return to mor
EXTD=e obtuse territory, extensively utilizing static, oscillators, an
EXTD=d even Cage-like moments of silence to approximate the sense of r
EXTD=adio transmission; a pivotal record in the group's continuing dev
EXTD=elopment, the title track -- the first they ever recorded in Engl
EXTD=ish -- is their most fully realized electro-pop effort to date, w
EXTD=hile "The Voice of Energy" precipitates the robot voice so crucia
EXTD=l to their subsequent work.  -- Jason Ankeny\n\nAmazon.com essent
EXTD=ial recording\nKraftwerk built upon the international success of 
EXTD=Autobahn by expanding their conceptual conceits to an album-lengt
EXTD=h exploration of radio waves (and the band's other favorite wavel
EXTD=engths of the electromagnetic spectrum). Musically, the album rep
EXTD=resents a quantum leap of pop sensibility; though still distinctl
EXTD=y a "prog" soundscape, its brilliant melodic hooks (best represen
EXTD=ted by the title track and "Airwaves") are organized in more trad
EXTD=itional--read shorter--form. In tracks such as the minimalist aud
EXTD=io-verite "News," Kraftwerk pay homage to another of their musica
EXTD=l influences, the great modern composer/theorist Karlheinz Stockh
EXTD=ausen. "Antenna" foreshadows the techno-gods they became, with it
EXTD=s electronic washes and clever less-is-too-much lyrics, which rea
EXTD=d, in total: "I'm the antenna catching vibrations; you're the tra
EXTD=nsmitter, give information!" Radio-Activity is an underrated mast
EXTD=erpiece waiting to be rediscovered. --Jerry McCulley \n\n\nAMAZON
EXTD=.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nAn Underrated Concept Album , October 5, 20
EXTD=06\nReviewer: Josephll "Feeling The Groove" (CET)\nAfter the huge
EXTD= success with "Autobahn" Kraftwek continued with yet another conc
EXTD=ept album, this time around about Radio and communications. It fe
EXTD=autures far more songs then "Autobahn" (12 songs) but almost half
EXTD= of them are not actually songs, more like intro's. It was hard t
EXTD=o come up with a follower to such a groundbreaking album like "Au
EXTD=tobahn" and "Radio-Activity" doesn't always work. The best songs 
EXTD=are fantastic bt some songs feel a little unapreciated considerin
EXTD=g that they are just short intros. What we can clearly say howeve
EXTD=r, is that they truly capture the diffrent sounds of communicatio
EXTD=ns and broadcasting and just by that it's a very fascinating albu
EXTD=m. \n\nFirst song "Geiger Counter" is not an actual song, Just br
EXTD=oadcatsing. Title track "Radioactivity" feature everything that a
EXTD= Kaftwerk song normally does, great melody, percussion and beats,
EXTD= they sing "Radio Activity, discovered by Madade Curie". The best
EXTD= song of the album. "Radioland" is very slow and it perfectly cap
EXTD=tures the mystery and sounds of comminucations. Here you got to l
EXTD=isten to amateur radio broadcasting and robotic voices. Perhaps t
EXTD=he song the is technologically the greatest of this album, rememb
EXTD=er this was 1975. "Airwaves" continues being a great number. It g
EXTD=ot a hypnotic melody and also suits well into this concept. Next 
EXTD=two songs are intro's. "News" is very good. "Voice of Energy" is 
EXTD=a robotic voice speaking. Before it's time but not so fun. On "An
EXTD=tenna" we'll find yet another trademark "Kraftwerk" song, very ha
EXTD=ppy and uptempo wit good sounds loops. "Radio Stars" sounds like 
EXTD=an arcade video game of the late 70's early 80's. It doesn't have
EXTD= much melody and seques into the next song "Uranium", with a robo
EXTD=tic voice speaking again. "Transistor" is short, but very meliodi
EXTD=c while the closer "Ohm sweet Ohm" is one of the best, but I don'
EXTD=t know what it is suppost to represent. \n\nOverall, an often cri
EXTD=tisized album and it is far from their best, but it is a concept 
EXTD=album and all of those songs were needed to fit the concept of br
EXTD=oadcasting and communications. The greatest songs here are fantas
EXTD=tic like any Kraftwerk song, but the short intros are what makes 
EXTD=this album weaker then the average Kraftwerk project. I think it'
EXTD=s a worthwile album to buy, partly cause of the fantastic sounds 
EXTD=they created. However, don't start your Kraftwerk collection here
EXTD=, start with "Autobahn" then "Trans Europe Express".\n\n\nAMAZON.
EXTD=COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n"Turn the dials with your hands", July 10, 2
EXTD=005\nReviewer: The Spastic Fantastic Mighty House Cat "Frosty5" (
EXTD=Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, Planet Earth)\nKraftwerk's
EXTD= 1975 album, "Radio-Activity," is an interesting album. It's sort
EXTD= of strange though. And it doesn't match the quality from some of
EXTD= their later albums, "Man Machine" from 1978, or "Computer World"
EXTD= from 1981. However, I still like "Radio-Activity." Where ever th
EXTD=ese four guys from Dusseldorf got their ideas from when puting th
EXTD=is together, I don't know. But i have to say, this is sure someth
EXTD=ing. \n\nThere are twelve tracks featured on this disc. Track one
EXTD=, "Geiger Counter," is just over a minute long. It begins with th
EXTD=ese thumping sounds. They go at around one beat per second and go
EXTD= slightly faster through the first half of the track. There are t
EXTD=hese two other sound effects, a zipper sound and some other sound
EXTD= (I don't know exactly what it is though) in the second half. Nea
EXTD=r the end of the track, the thumping sound speeds up and continue
EXTD=s through the beginning next track, the song, "Radio-Activity," f
EXTD=ading away after the first few seconds of the song. "Radio-Activi
EXTD=ty" is a very mysterious sounding tune and is the longest track o
EXTD=n the CD at 6:45. It's sung in both English and German, and inclu
EXTD=des morse code. Track three is "Radioland," a soft melody featuri
EXTD=ng both regular human vocals and robot vocals. The song also incl
EXTD=udes various radio sounds. It's sung in German and then in Englis
EXTD=h. "Airwaves" is track four. It's a more faster, more lively tune
EXTD=. It's a little weird. The Jetsons are the first thing to come to
EXTD= my mind when I hear "Airwaves," mostly because of how intergalac
EXTD=tic sounding it is. Either than that, this is my favorite song in
EXTD= the album. Tracks 5-7 are all short tracks. "Intermission" is ju
EXTD=st musical tones, "News" is just people talking (It's hard to mak
EXTD=e out what they're saying) and different sound effects, and "The 
EXTD=Voice of Energy" features only a robot talking in German. "Antenn
EXTD=a" is track eight. It's a strange song with echoing vocals and la
EXTD=ser sounds. Things get even more strange, and even spooky, when "
EXTD=Radio Stars" plays. "Radio Stars" features deep human vocals and 
EXTD=the robot vocals from "Radioland." The only other thing included 
EXTD=in the three-and-a-half-minute long track are these like broadcas
EXTD=ting signals that go on through the whole track. This isn't even 
EXTD=the spookiest track on the CD. "Uranium" has given me oodles of g
EXTD=oosebumps the first time hearing it. I was driving down this rura
EXTD=l road at night with no one else driving when I first heard this,
EXTD= a perfect time and place to be that freaked out. This track feat
EXTD=ures a whispering robot voice saying "Through constant decay, ura
EXTD=nium creates the radioactive ray" and then whispering in German. 
EXTD="Uranium" is ninety seconds long. Track eleven, "Transistor," is 
EXTD=an istrumental at only two minutes and fifteen seconds long. It s
EXTD=ounds something like a theme song to maybe a TV production compan
EXTD=y. The last track in the album is "Ohm Sweet Ohm." The track begi
EXTD=ns with these robots singing "Ohmmmm... Sweet Ohmmmm" seven times
EXTD= before the music starts. The rest of the track is instrumental, 
EXTD=starting calm and getting more lively till its a happy, joyful so
EXTD=unding tune. \n\nOverall, this is a neat album. I like it. I only
EXTD= wish they didn't need to use tracks 5-7. Tracks nine and ten I s
EXTD=till like, even though I got shivers from those two tracks. I fin
EXTD=d this an enjoyable album.\n\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nan 
EXTD=overlooked classic, January 21, 2005\nReviewer: J. Brady (PAWLEYS
EXTD= ISLAND, SC United States)\n\nThis is my favourite of all the Kra
EXTD=ftwerk albums and is a classic of the genre. Here they are still 
EXTD=deftly straddling the line between very memorable pop melodies an
EXTD=d electronic experimentalism. An absolute essential listen for fa
EXTD=ns of electronic and ambient music. They would go on to record mo
EXTD=re commercially successful albums like Trans Europe Express and t
EXTD=he Man Machine ( a HUGE hit in Great Britain ) but they would nev
EXTD=er again achieve the perfect balance that they have here with Rad
EXTD=ioactivity. The opener " Geiger Counter" flows into the title tra
EXTD=ck with effortless ease, and each track following pretty much sti
EXTD=cks to a pattern of one song being ambient or experiemental and t
EXTD=he next being more uptempo and/or more traditional in approach to
EXTD= the songwriting. My favourite tracks are "Antennae" "Ohm Sweet O
EXTD=hm" and the aforementioned opening two tracks. I also really like
EXTD= " Airwaves" -it is a precursor to the techno-pop explosion of th
EXTD=e late seventies/early eighties. Radioactivity is not only a crim
EXTD=inally overlooked classic of electronic music, but it is also ver
EXTD=y influential and obviously way ahead of its time.\n\n\nAMAZON.CO
EXTD=M CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe First Album of the 80's, August 4, 2003\nR
EXTD=eviewer: Jenn "jennk140" (The Land of CD/MP3 Player Bliss)\nFor w
EXTD=hatever reason, when critics list the important albums in rock hi
EXTD=story, this relatively obscure little album by Kraftwerk is rarel
EXTD=y (if ever) mentioned. Even in the context of the band's own cano
EXTD=n, this album is often overlooked, most likely because it is over
EXTD=shadowed by the album the preceded it ("Autobahn" which was an un
EXTD=expected worldwide hit) and the one that followed ("Trans-Europe 
EXTD=Express" which was championed quite vocally by David Bowie and th
EXTD=e music press in general.) It is this album though that was the r
EXTD=eal breakthrough. Originally released in 1975, here was the sound
EXTD= that would come to define pop music of the 1980's arriving fully
EXTD= formed and beautifully complete 5 years before the fact.\nFor th
EXTD=is album, Kraftwerk has found the perfect balance of hardcore ele
EXTD=ctro minimalism (the album's opening track "Geiger Counter" is 60
EXTD= seconds of electronic pops and clicks - hence the title) and ful
EXTD=ly realized songs complete with gorgeous melodies and arrangement
EXTD=s sounding like nothing that had come before or since (some of th
EXTD=ese songs are the most beautiful this band would ever record.)\nT
EXTD=he music contained on this CD is timeless. Unlike the worst of 80
EXTD='s synth music (i.e. the majority of it) this album sounds still 
EXTD=sounds remarkably vibrant. The structure of brief vignettes coupl
EXTD=ed with more developed proto-techno workouts calls to mind the re
EXTD=cent work of Scotland's Boards of Canada. This is the closest Kra
EXTD=ftwerk ever came to perfection on record. If you have somehow man
EXTD=aged to never hear this amazing album do yourself a favor and giv
EXTD=e it a play.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nturning point., Jan
EXTD=uary 24, 2003\nReviewer: jesper nordstrm (sweden)\nThis album is
EXTD= really a turning point in the history of Kraftwerk.\nI consider 
EXTD=this to be one of their first really conceptual albums. This albu
EXTD=m is about radioactivity and shows the doublenature of this band.
EXTD= It's romantic about radiotransmissions and holds the sort of sub
EXTD=lime beauty of listening to the shortwave a really cold winternig
EXTD=ht with stars glistning above, but it's also dark and tragic, war
EXTD=ning about radiation. The title is really a quite dry pun. Active
EXTD= in Radio or Radioactive? And then there's of course the even mor
EXTD=e dry pun: the track called "Ohm sweet Ohm" that really evokes th
EXTD=e classic german music tradition this band relies on, since the m
EXTD=elody brings to mind the melancholy and monotony of Franz Schuber
EXTD=t. I would really stress that this is the best Kraftwerk album an
EXTD=d recommend it as an introduction to the band; it keeps the warm 
EXTD=rock feeling from earlier days when the band played Hammonds and 
EXTD=electric flutes but also points forward to the more cold and clas
EXTD=sic Kraftwerk sound. In fact, it's quite common that people who l
EXTD=istens mainly to more "serious" music such as classical and moder
EXTD=n art music - e.g american minimalism such as Steve Reich and Phi
EXTD=lip Glass - holds this to be their best album.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CU
EXTD=STOMER REVIEW\nAn ambient electronic masterpiece!, September 10, 
EXTD=2002\nReviewer: Paul Minot (Clinton, ME United States)\n\nThis wa
EXTD=s Kraftwerk's first all electronic album, and the last album befo
EXTD=re they invented electronic dance music on "Trans-Europe Express.
EXTD=" Using some techniques of the avant-garde electronic tradition (
EXTD=e.g. Sotckhausen), including radio broadcast material, static, an
EXTD=d various blips and bleeps, they create a masterpiece of electron
EXTD=ic meditative music. In its own way it's as prescient as their da
EXTD=nce music, anticipating the post-dance music development of the a
EXTD=mbient chill-out scene. The lyrics capture Kraftwerk at their mos
EXTD=t droll and involuted--the dispassionate delivery of the electron
EXTD=ic sexual metaphor of "Antenna" is simply hilarious even 27 years
EXTD= later, as is the meditative yet mock-meditative "Ohm Sweet Ohm."
EXTD= Everything on this album is simply perfect, and EVERY student of
EXTD= contemporary electronic music should own this CD. It is notable 
EXTD=that Kraftwerk never revisited this sort of music. I allege that 
EXTD=if they ever did, they couldn't possibly do it better, because ev
EXTD=en for Kraftwerk this is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement that ye
EXTD=t to be surpassed. Essential!!!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n
EXTD=Beyond Classic... There's nothing like it anywhere..., August 22,
EXTD= 2002\nReviewer: David Greenwood "moroboshi" (Hanover, MD United 
EXTD=States)\nThe first time I heard Radio-Activity, it annoyed the he
EXTD=ck out of me, I suppose because I was too busy waiting for someth
EXTD=ing to happen. But the next morning, I woke up with an urge to li
EXTD=sten to it again, and suddenly loved it. Since then, I've been ho
EXTD=oked. Out of Kraftwerk's albums, this one is bar none my favorite
EXTD= (with Autobahn close behind). \nRadio-Activity is a concept albu
EXTD=m, and like most of the band's albums, it seems divided among two
EXTD= themes. One is a love of radio and communication. The other is a
EXTD= commentary on mankind's embracing of technology, especially radi
EXTD=oactive energy (i.e. nuclear plants). \n\nThose only familiar wit
EXTD=h Kraftwerk's dancier material will be caught off guard, as there
EXTD= really aren't any danceable beats to be found here. It's a very 
EXTD=slow album, sparse and calm, with not much going on most of the t
EXTD=ime. Most tracks have a simple, soothing backdrop with a repeatin
EXTD=g melody, and a lot of random radio noises, geiger counters, and 
EXTD=whatever else they threw in there. But there are downright beauti
EXTD=ful melodies at the core of this album, and they will stay with y
EXTD=ou long after the initial listen.\n\nAnd if you choose to think m
EXTD=ore carefully about the album's "concepts", it's even better. The
EXTD= title track sums up both themes succinctly, likely one of the mo
EXTD=st powerful tracks Kraftwerk has ever recorded. "Radioland" takes
EXTD= us on a random, soothing tour through the airwaves ("Turn the di
EXTD=als with your hand / Till you find the shortwave band"). "Airwave
EXTD=s" shows random static and beeps coming together into what resemb
EXTD=les a song ("When airwaves swing, distant voices sing"). Then a b
EXTD=rief newsbreak discusses nuclear power plants opening around the 
EXTD=world. The centerpiece of the album is "The Voice of Energy", a s
EXTD=hort speech delivered by energy itself ("I am your slave and mast
EXTD=er at the same time / Therefore, guard me well"). It definitely p
EXTD=ays to look up an English translation of some of the lyrics.\n\nT
EXTD=he second side isn't as thematically powerful, but still an enter
EXTD=taining listen, with the exception of "Radio Stars", which is a t
EXTD=hree minute waste of time that I always skip. But "Antenna", "Ura
EXTD=nium", and "Transistor" are great, and the closer, "Ohm Sweet Ohm
EXTD=" is probably tied with "Autobahn" for my favorite Kraftwerk song
EXTD= ever. It starts seeming a bit boring, but it builds, until about
EXTD= 3 minutes in, when it becomes a full-fledged classical masterpie
EXTD=ce.\n\nThis album affects me on a deeply emotional level. It's a 
EXTD=great album to listen to at night, when you're all alone in the h
EXTD=ouse, in a room lit only by the light of your stereo. The overwhe
EXTD=lming message is that despite the possible perils, technology is 
EXTD=a wonderful and amazing thing. Radio-Activity is an album by peop
EXTD=le who clearly spent nights at home listening to the comforting v
EXTD=oice of the radio. This album is like an old friend to me, and I 
EXTD=can't wait for it to be rediscovered...\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER 
EXTD=REVIEW\nSimple and Punchy..., October 27, 2000\nReviewer: George 
EXTD=M. (Vancouver Island)\nThis release proves that, electronic music
EXTD= does not have to be obscured, complicated or disjoint to be good
EXTD=. Here is a sample of simple, smooth, and ever-pulsating space mu
EXTD=sic, easily accessible and enjoyable. Still, by the standards of 
EXTD=1975, this is also a progressive work, a kind of electronic conce
EXTD=pt album that appears deceptively simple and easy to make. Well, 
EXTD=not quite, for there is more depth here (especially in the title 
EXTD=track 'Radioactivity' and in 'Ohm Sweet Ohm') than in Kraftwerk's
EXTD= previous album, Autobahn, also a good album in its own terms. I 
EXTD=do like, though, Radioactivity (and Trans-Europe Express) better 
EXTD=than Autobahn (personal preference, I guess). The synthesizers (n
EXTD=ot overbearing) and the electronic percussion are delightfully or
EXTD=chestrated, and the vocals do not take away anything from the alb
EXTD=um's atmosphere, they rather add to it... This CD can work as a b
EXTD=ackground music, too, but its themes are so distinct and unique t
EXTD=hat they eventually demand the listener's attention: You really h
EXTD=ave to listen to this CD, both relaxing and stimulating, to enjoy
EXTD= it!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nVery atmospheric, June 27, 
EXTD=2000\nReviewer: Joel Maye (Amarillo, Texas USA)\n\nI 'borrowed' t
EXTD=he atmospheric description from another reviewer, because I could
EXTD= find no adjective better. Kraftwerk abandoned acoustic instrumen
EXTD=ts and non-electronic noise sources for this album, and appropria
EXTD=tely so - an album about radiation and radio waves and energy sho
EXTD=uld not be acoustic- or natural-sounding. This album followed AUT
EXTD=OBAHN by three years and whereas I have no idea why the three-yea
EXTD=r gap, it does sound like AUTOBAHN used up a lot of ideas and it 
EXTD=took a while to create another album. Kraftwerk is at their best 
EXTD=with instruments or electronically 'washed' vocals - normal vocal
EXTD=s, especially on "Radioactivity" sound strained, thin, and a litt
EXTD=le self-conscious. AUTOBAHN introduced the world to German electr
EXTD=onic music; RADIOACTIVITY showed the world the direction in which
EXTD= the music would head, and while the ultimate destination would b
EXTD=e repetitious dance-hall electronic pop, RADIOACTIVITY was perfec
EXTD=t where it was.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nKraftwerk's firs
EXTD=t ALL ELECTRONIC album. A MASTERPIECE, October 12, 1999\nReviewer
EXTD=: Gary Pedoto (America)\n\nTo me, Kraftwerk could not have picked
EXTD= a better idea for a concept album and no other band could have g
EXTD=iven the subject a better treatment. I've been a shortwave radio 
EXTD=listener and a radio hobbyist for as long as I can remember and I
EXTD= couldn't believe it when I first heard this album. Just as Autob
EXTD=ahn was a journey on the famous German highway, Radio-Activity is
EXTD= a trip through the world of radio waves, frequencies and wonderf
EXTD=ul sounds of distant voices that can be tuned in while lying in b
EXTD=ed alone in the dark and scanning the radio spectrum. It sounds l
EXTD=ike a cold subject to most people but, Kraftwerk's wonderful melo
EXTD=dies and distinctive sound make even the average person take noti
EXTD=ce of the miracle of radio transmission. Radio-Activity is a mast
EXTD=erpiece and the pieces of "static", ringing tone intervals and ne
EXTD=ws clips pieced in between the songs gives the listener the feeli
EXTD=ng of searching for that distant radio station waiting to be disc
EXTD=overed. Kraftwerk's Radio-Activity is typical of the band always 
EXTD=being ahead of it's time. Whether you are a radio hobbyist, a Kra
EXTD=ftwerk fan or both, I think you will find this to be a fascinatin
EXTD=g and inventive recording.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe b
EXTD=est concept album ever, November 26, 1998\nReviewer: Ryan Henness
EXTD=y "vinylboy20" (Wolcott, CT United States)\n\nTo me, this is Kraf
EXTD=twerk's masterpiece. They were past the Autobahn stage where they
EXTD= still wanted to give their songs an emotional touch, but they we
EXTD=ren't at the Man-Machine stage where they got completely into the
EXTD= robot music sound. They were somewhere in between.\nI've actuall
EXTD=y learned things from this album. Sure, it tells you about how ur
EXTD=anium works and how stars emit radio signals, but I learned thing
EXTD=s about radio broadcasting. After listening to all the bleeps and
EXTD= buzzes of differing frequencies, you start to realize that that'
EXTD=s all radio signals are. They're not songs being beamed through t
EXTD=he air. It could never be that romantic. They're just waves of so
EXTD=und, manipulations of the air, if you will.\n\nRadioacticity also
EXTD= gives one a faint chill about radioactivity itself. The first bu
EXTD=nch of songs make radioactivity out to be a bad thiing that can e
EXTD=ndanger all of us. But by the end of the cd, we hear a voice repe
EXTD=ating "Ohm, sweet ohm," that's followed by music that sounds almo
EXTD=st gleeful, ignorant, and accepting.\n\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nC
EXTD=onsidered by many fans to be the German duo's first classic album
EXTD=, 1975's RADIO-ACTIVITY marked a major change of persona for Kraf
EXTD=twerk. Cutting their hair, shaving their beards and dressing in p
EXTD=lain suits, Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider reinvented themselv
EXTD=es as ascetic sound engineers as opposed to performers. Taking cu
EXTD=es from minimalist composers like Steve Reich or Terry Riley, RAD
EXTD=IO-ACTIVITY explores the creative uses of repetition and limitati
EXTD=on. Several songs are built on a single pulsing chord, and other 
EXTD=tracks are less songs than they are brief sound pictures. Titles 
EXTD=and lyrics pun off of both nuclear energy and radio waves, also h
EXTD=elping to give the album a conceptual unity missing from their fi
EXTD=rst few records. "The Voice of Energy" and the title track are am
EXTD=ong the band's finest works. As with many of Kraftwerk's records,
EXTD= RADIO-ACTIVITY was issued in a German-language version in the ba
EXTD=nd's homeland.\n\nIndustry Reviews\n3 Stars - Good - ...An absorb
EXTD=ing record, minimalist in texture and monochrome in hue...\nQ (05
EXTD=/01/1995)\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nInstead of maintaining an ic
EXTD=y detachment from its popularity, which might have been the best 
EXTD=attitude to assume, Kraftwerk has attempted to duplicate Autobahn
EXTD='s success with a concept album. Like most concept albums, it's l
EXTD=oaded with dead spots. Cuts like "Geiger Counter," "Intermission"
EXTD= and "News" are plain stupid, and no cut on the album comes near 
EXTD=the melodic/harmonic sense that pervaded Autobahn or the creative
EXTD= use of electronics on the much earlier album Ralf and Florian, w
EXTD=hich Vertigo released recently. Only Radio-Activity's final two n
EXTD=umbers, "Transistor" and "Ohm Sweet Ohm," give any indication of 
EXTD=what these guys can do, and the latter is almost a carbon copy of
EXTD= "Autobahn" 's techniques.\n\nKraftwerk is a talented ensemble, a
EXTD=s its earlier Vertigo records clearly show. The novelty aspect of
EXTD= Radio-Activity may well spur plenty of radio activity, but one h
EXTD=opes Kraftwerk goes back to music-making soon. (RS 206 - Feb 12, 
EXTD=1976)  -- ED WARD
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