Kraftwerk LP Trans-Europe Express/Capitol SW 11603/Florian Schneider PROG 1977

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Kraftwerk LP Trans Europe Express (Photo/Printed Inner Sleeve) Label:Capitol Records ?– SW 11603 Format:Vinyl, LP, Album  Country:USA Released:1977 Genre:Electronic Style:Electro
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Tracklist   A1 Europa Endlos Lyrics By – Schneider* Music By, Lyrics By – Hutter* 9:35 A2 Spiegelsaal Lyrics By – Schult*, Schneider* Music By, Lyrics By – Hutter* 7:50 A3 Schaufensterpuppen Music By, Lyrics By – Hutter* 6:10 B1 Trans Europa Express Lyrics By – Schult* Music By, Lyrics By – Hutter* 6:40 B2 Metall Auf Metall Music By – Hutter* 2:10 B3 Abzug Music By – Hutter* 4:42 B4 Franz Schubert Music By – Hutter* 4:25 B5 Endlos Endlos Music By – Schneider*, Hutter* 0:45
Companies, etc. Recorded At – Klingklang Studio Recorded At – Rüssl Studio Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles Credits Electronic Drums – Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flur* Electronics, Vocals – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter* Engineer [Klingklang Studio] – Peter Bollig Engineer [Rüssl Studio] – Thomas Kuckuck* Engineer [The Record Plant] – Bill Halverson Photography By – J. Stara, Maurice Seymour Producer, Concept By [Album Konzept] – Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter* Typography [Typografie] – Ink Studios Düsseldorf*
more... Trans-Europe Express (German: Trans Europa Express) is the sixth studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk. Recorded in mid-1976 in Düsseldorf, Germany, the album was released in March 1977 on Kling Klang Records. The album's themes were influenced by friends who suggested writing songs about the Trans Europ Express to reflect Kraftwerk's electronic music style. Critics have described the album as having two specific themes:a celebration of Europe and the disparities between reality and image. Musically, the songs on this album differ from the group's earlier Krautrock style with a focus on electronic mechanized rhythms, minimalism, and occasionally manipulated vocals.
Trans-Europe Express charted at 119 on the American charts and was placed number 30 on the Village Voice's 1977 Pazz & Jop critics poll. Two singles were released from Trans-Europe Express: "Trans-Europe Express" and "Showroom Dummies". The album has been re-released in several formats and continued to receive acclaim from modern critics. In 2014, the LA Times called it "the most important pop album of the last 40 years." 
Kraftwerk (German  "power station") is a German electronic music band formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970 in Düsseldorf. In the 1970s, they were among the first successful pop acts to popularize electronic music and are widely considered to be innovators and pioneers of the genre. The band was fronted by both Hütter and Schneider until Schneider's departure in 2008.
Kraftwerk began as part of Germany's krautrock scene in the early 1970s, releasing three albums in an experimental rock style before embracing electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers, drum machines, vocoders, and self-made instruments. On commercially-successful albums such as Autobahn (1974), Trans-Europe Express (1977), and The Man-Machine (1978), they developed a distinctive style which combined electronic music with simple pop melodies, sparse arrangements, and repetitive rhythms, while adopting a stylized visual image which often employed matching suits. Following the releases of Computer World (1981) and Electric Café (1986), member Wolfgang Flür left the group in 1987. They released their final album Tour de France Soundtracks in 2003. Founding member Schneider departed in 2008.
Kraftwerk have exerted a lasting and profound influence across many genres of modern music, including synthpop, hip hop, ambient, post-punk, techno, and dance music, and have inspired a wide and diverse range of artists.  According to The Observer, "no other band since the Beatles has given so much to pop culture."  In January 2014, the Grammy Academy honored Kraftwerk with a Lifetime Achievement Award.   As of 2016, the remaining members of Kraftwerk continue to tour.