Reviews (page 14 of 14)
Not a fan of this album. I was initially excited going into this listen because I know how influential Kraftwerk are, but damn I feel like this album is stuck in its era. It does not age well with the rest of the electronic landscape. It sounds like music from an 80s nerd sci-fi B movie. I was able to hear glimpses of inspired artist, but this was a tough listen overall. The last song The Man Machine was maybe the only kinda standout. The Model stands out in a bad way for me.
Techno trash
Painfully bad
Ross Geller with a keyboard vibes
way too repetitive for me, not interesting.
I can appreciate how innovative this must have been in 1978. But I hate it. It sounds like a less shitty version of songs I used to play on my electronic Casio keyboard. I never need to listen to this again.
Nah.
not for me.
Not my cup of tea
Nope
Can hear their influence on so many things to follow but just this is so very not for me
1. the robotz - 0 2. zpacelab - 0 3. metropoliz - 0 4. the model - 0 5. neon lightz - 0 6. the man machine - 0
Electronic music.
I had never heard of this album before. It was quite a struggle to get through. Definitely not my type of music, too repetitive with some unpleasant sounds throughout. I love lyricism, which is definitely missing.
Pretty boring and repetitive.
I wasn't a big fan.
An album that has aged in the worst way possible. Everything from the production to vocal effects of this album are very much stuck firmly in the 70’s and in a way that has not achieved the timeless sound of several other vintage albums. Listening to this music seems like listening to the draft of a collection of 70’s computers sound effects. I’ve been told I have to appreciate this album ‘for what it is’ which is not something I expect to have to do from a list of only 1001 albums everybody should hear before they die. I see how production-heads and vintage video game nerds would be all over this track but in my opinion it has not held up at all.
- finally something weird - instrumental, techno, robotic music, even machines singing - this is kinda trash though - some of the production isn’t bad but it’s goofy - better when he doesn’t “sing”…
I'll take others' word for it that it's seminal and influential for a lot of things I've enjoyed since it was released, but no thank you never again
I thoroughly did not enjoy listening to this album. Most of the tracks felt corny AF and just overall not a fun experience to listen to. – HOWEVER I do appreciate why Kraftwerk was so influential and groundbreaking at the time, so this critique is solely subjective, nearly 50 years after the album came out. I still stand by the statement that these tracks do not hold up against the test of time.
i'm never gonna listen to german elctro music man
so many beeps and boops I'm not happy about it
Terrible
Not super impressed with the album, it was pretty bland
Sounds like a sci-fi movie soundtrack. Ahead of its time in style, probably surprised a lot of listeners in ‘78.
SYNOPSIS: Genuinely very hard to listen to. Feels like a very poor mashup of techno and rock in a way? I don't understand as it still doesn't sound good even if you take it as techno or rock on their own. TOP TRACKS: None, all bad FINAL RATING: 1/10
after 2 one-star reviews, will the 3rd kraftwerk album change my mind? no
Pretty annoying
thanks I hate it
I don’t like Kraftwerk.
Lot’s of robot voice
Very dated.
I get it you like to pretend to be robots. This album was probably composed wearing cardboard boxes and dryer vents
Hated every second.
Lyrics on par with the writing skills of a 10 year old, music sounds like a bunch of loops on garage band and it was unimaginably boring, I can't tell you what to do but I recommend you don't waste your time I don't listen to it.
This album boldly asks “what if Daft Punk were terrible?” I know it’s much older than most of its genre and probably deserves some credit, but I don’t want to give it.
Mais um álbum que não faz sentido estar nesta lista
no.
1/5
1/5
Pretty terrible, especially compared to the standard of today's electronic music
Couldn’t even finish it. Not a fan of Electronic music, and this was so boring.
Wow, 1977? Electronica has been terrible for decades
Just too much for a Monday lol. I do understand this was a pioneering sound at the time, but it's too rudimentary on modern ears... hard to get around.
why does this music exist. be fr
Trash
Not my jam not my party
This was lost on me. It sounded like a cheesy, all synth soundtrack to a TV movie.
Meh
Track 2 gave me sims vibes. Not an album for me
Appreciate their werk it’s just not my kind of music
Awful, gave me headaches
I like the songs musically but the lyrics are almost comical how simple and uninspired they tend to be (this may be because this style has been parodied a lot since Kraftwerk pioneered it). I don't see myself coming back to this album. I know it was groundbreaking at the time for the genre but it just doesn't do much for me when we have so much better electronic music available. Standout Track: Neon Lights
Not my synth jam
ughhhh
Eh
I mean..: what even is this? Glad some people seem to enjoy this but i couldn’t get through 3 songs
wow this was just awful.
Couldn’t get into it.
Ok, I've tolerated a whole lot from this list, and haven't skipped a single thing. But I cannot - cannot - deal with a single more Kraftwerk album after this. Three now? For what?
Man, I don't even have an opinion. OK, aside from having a desire to quote Marvin from Pulp Fiction, I'll take Gary Neumann, the Human League, and Thomas Dolby over these fellas.
Boring
Música de fliperama
Computer noises and robotic voices. Neat...
I didn't like.
Boing boom tschak mais ça suffit pas à passer 1 étoile
too robotic for my liking
Whack. Sounds like a kid on garage band trying to make alien movie music.
I'm sure it sounded ground breaking when it came out but hearing it for the first time 40 years on its pretty simplistic and largely boring.
Awful.
I really just can't deal with this. "We are the robots"?? Come on.
Def weird but maybe this was ahead of it time for 1978
Super bad.
Probably wouldn't ever listen to it again
Music for a serial killer. But a couple beats were tolerable for the first min
This is album provides glimpse into the trial and error period that got us to the bodacious 80's. An error nonetheless.
OK
Les falta barrio.
no thank you.
Not a bad album. Does it need to be on this list?
never again
1.5, pretty bad...