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Electric Cafe

~ Kraftwerk (Artist)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

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1. Boing Boom Tschak
2. Techno Pop
3. Musique Non-Stop
4. Telephone Call
5. Sex Object
6. Electric Cafe

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The byproduct of a much anticipated, long-delayed, and ultimately scrapped album to have been called Technopop (and to have contained Kraftwerk's great dance single "Tour de France"), 1986's Electric Cafe suffers only slightly from lacking the thematic focus of previous Kraftwerk albums. Ironically, the '80s techno-pop wave had passed by band founders Florian Schneider and Ralf Hutter at this point, but their sly wit ("Boing Boom Tschak," "Telephone," "Sex Object") and melodic inventiveness still stand the test of time. Its segues virtually seamless, Electric Cafe plays like one mega-dance-mix, but with the tasteful restraint that has long been a Kraftwerk hallmark. This is club music for thinking men and women. --Jerry McCulley

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Follow Up To Computer World!, May 1 2004
By Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister" (Bangor,ME.) - See all my reviews
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Very much the son of it's father for Kraftwerk,except that
the foresome have now chosen to add sampling to their list of
music achievments-most notable on "Telephone Call".The closing title song (known to Saturday Night Live viewers as the theme
song to "Sprockets") takes Afrika Bambatta's electrofunk to new
heights of minimalism and starkness.The year is 1986 and THIS
could be a technological innovation today.Will these guys EVER
be beind the times?
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4.0 out of 5 stars You call could not be completed as dialed..., April 23 2004
This album isn't too bad. Sure they had way better moments such as Computer World and The Man-Machine but Electric Cafe doesn't have too many disappointments. It's worth the price just for "The Telephone Call" alone.
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3.0 out of 5 stars non-essential, Mar 26 2004
By J. Brady (PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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Aside from the side-long suite ( I say side-long, as when this was released I had it on LP ) of Boing Boom Tschak, Musique Non Stop and Techno Pop, this is a collection of really lame mid-eighties syth pop. At a time in music history when many great bands were turning out terrific synth based music, Kraftwerk offered this up, and it seemed at the time ( as it still does to me ) uninspired, and ultimately, uninspiring. By the time this was released, a four year period had passed since their last album, and the synth pop boom they had created had already passsed Kraftwerk by. I can remember playing the first side over and over, alone or even at parties. Some people thought ( as I did ) it was a weird and wonderful combination of hip-hop and synth-pop, which it really is. But everytime I would try to play the second side for a group of people, I would invariably be asked to turn it off. These Germans have never been particularly adept at writing lyrics in English, and most of the lyrics here are no exception. At times, they are just plain embarressing. " I don't want to be your sex object" indeed....As for a recommendation for the purchase of this cd, I really can't offer one. It is non-essential for casual fans, and even rabid fans of Kraftwerk ( as I am ) will find it less than rewarding.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Short review
I usually try to write thorough reviews of the albums I really love, but as even Kraftwerk fans will probably acknowlege, this is sort of a novelty album, one that I doubt arouses... Read more
Published on Mar 25 2004 by Daniel Staton

2.0 out of 5 stars "Noise...Nonstop"
Most of this album, to me, is just a lot of noise with nothing very memorable. Once the track ends, I cannot remember how it goes. Read more
Published on Dec 17 2003 by mwreview

5.0 out of 5 stars Boing Boom Tschak
I'll keep this short, as others have covered it pretty well. I enjoy all Kraftwerk, but this one is my favorite, by far. Read more
Published on Sep 5 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars a few inches from a real masterpiece
Second from an end album by deutsch electrolegends Kraftwerk is not as ill-fated as it's never released predecessor Techno Pop, but still shows lack of energy and self confidence... Read more
Published on Aug 5 2003 by Aulis Vierhovssen

4.0 out of 5 stars Electric Cafe gets better with time.
When Kraftwerk's "Electric Cafe" was first released in late 1986, I immediately picked it up on cassette. Read more
Published on May 31 2003 by Louie Bourland

4.0 out of 5 stars Definately not everyone's favorite, but great anyway...
Electric Cafè shows us Kraftwerk in the moment when their influence was so big in the music being made at the time that people didn't know anymore which bands were Kraftwerk... Read more
Published on Dec 6 2002 by Israel Casanovas

5.0 out of 5 stars true Werk of art!
So you think you like industrial/ goth/ electronic/ebm? If so then this should be in your music collection. Read more
Published on Aug 4 2002 by null242

5.0 out of 5 stars Kraftwerk at their best
Electric Cafe is a masterwork. The music is very well crafted and the lyrics are sparse yet effective. Read more
Published on Jul 31 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad
A good piece of electronic music, though a bit short for an ablum: 36 minutes or about. It is not a masterpiece of the genre, not the top achievement of Kraftwerk, but it still is... Read more
Published on Jun 16 2002 by Eugene Zaikonnikov

5.0 out of 5 stars Sly, Cunning, and Masterful.
Kraftwerk, known for their ice-cold synth-pop productions, warm things up on this, their last studio release. Read more
Published on April 26 2002 by The Groove

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