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Computerwelt by Kraftwerk
Computerwelt is an album by Kraftwerk, released in 1981. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Computer World”, on 2 lists with a best position of #264.
Computerwelt, Kraftwerk's eighth studio album, came out on 11 May 1981 on their own Kling Klang label, in German and in English as Computer World, and it's the Düsseldorf men-machines turning their gaze on the computer itself. The whole album is about computer technology and how it was creeping into daily life, and Ralf Hütter, who produced, sets it to the band's trademark "robot pop": pristine synthesizer melodies, spare, clockwork rhythms and vocoder voices that sound both cold and oddly tender.
Hütter and Florian Schneider were joined by Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flür on the electronic drums, the matching-suits lineup at its sharpest. Four singles came off it, among them a double A-side featuring "Computer Love" that went to number one in Britain, and the band took the whole concept around the world on an ambitious tour.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Computerwelt on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer World | 2 | #264 | – | 1992–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.