Kraftwerk Radio-Activity Release Date: 1975 Running Time: 37:38 Label: Sony Music Distribution
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A concept album exploring themes of broadcast communications, Radio-Activity marked Kraftwerk's return to more obtuse territory, extensively utilizing static, oscillators, and even Cage-like moments of silence to approximate the sense of radio transmission; a pivotal record in the group's continuing development, the title track -- the first they ever recorded in English -- is their most fully realized electro-pop effort to date, while "The Voice of Energy" precipitates the robot voice so crucial to their subsequent work. Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | | 1 | Geiger Counter | Schneider, Hütter, Hutter, Schult | 1:07 | | 2 | Radioactivity | Schneider, Hütter, Hutter, Schult | 6:42 | | 3 | Radioland | Hütter, Schult, Schneider, Hutter | 5:51 | | 4 | Airwaves | Hutter, Schneider, Hütter, Schult | 4:40 | | 5 | Intermission | Schneider, Hutter, Hütter, Schult | :39 | | 6 | News | Schult, Hutter, Schneider, Hütter | 1:17 | | 7 | Voice of Energy | Schult, Hütter, Hutter, Schneider | :55 | | 8 | Antenna | Schneider, Schult, Hütter, Hutter | 3:42 | | 9 | Radio Stars | Schneider, Hütter, Hutter, Schult | 3:34 | | 10 | Uranium | Schult, Schneider, Hutter, Hütter | 1:27 | | 11 | Transistor | Hutter, Schneider, Hütter, Schult | 2:14 | | 12 | Ohm Sweet Ohm | Schneider, Hütter, Hutter, Schult | 5:38 |
Releases:
| Year | Type | Label | | 2006 | CD | Sony Music Distribution | | 1993 | CD | Cleopatra | | 2009 | CD | Astralwerks | | 1995 | CD | Capitol Records | | 2005 | LP | Capitol Records | | 2003 | CD | EMI Music Distribution | | 2009 | CD | Car | | 2004 | CD | Astralwerks | | 1996 | CD | Alliance |
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