EXCELLER 8

Kraftwerk

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Progressive Electronic

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1.57 | 16 ratings | 2 reviews | 12% 5 stars

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Boxset/Compilation, released in 1975

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Ruckzack (7:32)
2. Autobahn (3:09)
3. Tongebirge (2:51)
4. Kristallo (6:20)
5. Comet Melody 2 (Kometenmelodie II) (2:51)
6. Klingklang (9:26)
7. Vom Himmell Hoch (4:01)
8. Stratovarius (1:36)

Total Time: 37:46

Line-up / Musicians

- Florian Schneider & Ralf Hutter / multi instruments (all tracks)
- Wolfgang Flur / electronic percussion (tracks 2 & 5)
- Klaus Dinger & Andreas Hohmann / drums (tracks 1, 7 & 8)

Releases information

LP Mercury (Canada) 6449 004 (1975)

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KRAFTWERK Exceller 8 ratings distribution

1.57
(16 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(12%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(19%)
Good, but non-essential (19%)
Collectors/fans only (12%)
Poor. Only for completionists (38%)

KRAFTWERK Exceller 8 reviews

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Review by Chris S
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Sadly this is very poor compilation of Kraftwerk's earlier work. Released in 1975 the songs are also shortened to unexpected lengths which do the songs no justice. ' Ruckzack' for me is the best piece on this release and even the notorious ' Autobahn' has been shortened to an unnacceptable length. I cannot fathom why the songs were reduced to these lengths as you could push 50+ minutes on vinyl anyways. One good point is the vinyl pressing is of exceptionally good quality. This album is for collectors only.

Latest members reviews

1 stars Ok, I'm the first one to review this one. It's not very strange though since this is a fairly uncommon LP in the second hand stores. This is a Canadian "greatest hits" covering the period up to and including "Autobahn", but a total playing time of 38 minutes makes it impossible to cover enough ... (read more)

Report this review (#59427) | Posted by 1971 | Wednesday, December 7, 2005 | Review Permanlink

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