Autobahn

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Kraftwerk

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4 months, 3 weeks ago at Dec 31 22:21

markjazz

One of my favorite tracks is the epic 22+ minute track Autobahn and to me it sounds like this band had a lot of fun with making this track, which is why it's so long, they loved it so much and kept adding to it and played it live it seems. The use of horns sounds and the long key strokes to simulate cars passing by is about as genuis as their track Trans Europe Express. The does get a bit tiresome... read more

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Description: T T Amazon.com essential recording Though they'd recorded three previous albums, Kraftwerk's modern pop legacy starts with the sounds of a few footsteps and a slamming car door--the beginning of a 22-minute musically impressionistic excursion down Germany's famed superhighway. An unexpected hit on both sides of the Atlantic, Autobahn ... (more)

Manufacturer : Emd Int'l
Release date : 15 February 1996
Number of discs : 1
EAN: 0077774615327 UPC: 077774615327

Electronic (3), Concept Album (1), 1974 (1), Krautrock (1), Electronica (1), Germany (1), Electro (1), Cd (1), Chris (1)

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markjazz posted a review 4 months, 3 weeks ago

“One of my favorite tracks is the epic 22+ minute track Autobahn and to me it sounds like this band had a lot of fun with making this track, which is why it's so long, they loved it so much and kept adding to it and played it live it seems. The use of horns sounds and the long key strokes to simulate cars passing by is about as genuis as their track Trans Europe Express. The does get a bit tiresome after a while but it has it's moments that kinda force you to want to hear the whole track. I own it on vinyl so I have no choice. I just sit back and let it play. Some points it goes into a very dreamy sound with flutes and light keys. At about the half way point a creepy computer voice comes in with swishes of sounds and car horns. This is the part I like best.

The other 4 tracks are” read more