Autobahn Reviews

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 a different story, but are just as good. These tracks seem to be the driving at night to dawn ones. Kometenmelodie (Comet Melody) 1 and 2 play together as one 11+ minute track of fairly depressing sounding key strokes. Part 1 takes you on a slow journey and then part 2 picks you up with its happy sounding pace. Mitternacht (Midnight) is obviously a dark sounding track that has some experimental type sounds and low keys. There's some very light ticks and bangs used as the drums and it's probably about as dark as this group ever got. Morgenspaziergang (Morning Walk) is one of their tracks that surprised me the most when I first heard it. It features a flute mixed with some computer blips and beeps and is my least favorite track on here. It soon developes in something very Japanese sounding and doesn't seem to fit the rest of the album. Overall this is a classic album but mostly noted for its 22 minute title track, which they're most known for.