Electric Cafe
LP by Kraftwerk
Released	1986
Recorded	???
Genre	Electronic
Length	35 min 38 s
Record label	EMI
Producer	Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flür
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	3 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040403251443301584&sql=Agekzikp6bb69)
Q	2 stars out of 5	August 1995 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.artist.review&fixture_review=126693&fixture_artist=145614)
Kraftwerk Chronology
Computer World (1981)	Electric Cafe (1986)	The Mix (1991)

Electric Cafe is a 1986 album by Kraftwerk. It was released in English and German with the same title.

Contents

1 History 2 Track listing 2.1 English release 2.2 German release

History

in 1982, following the success of Computer World, Kraftwerk set about planning their next album. It was to be called "Techno Pop", containing a number of electronic numbers in a more mainstream style. They recorded a number of the tracks for it, including the trilogy of "Boing Boom Tschak", "Techno Pop" and "Musique Non-Stop". Rather ironically, after the release in 1983 of what would have been the first single from the album "Techno Pop", Tour de France (single), Ralf Hütter was injured in a cycling accident, and was unable to work on the project for some 6 months. By the time of his recovery, the completion of the album was seen as unfeasible given that one single had already been released. So, it was decided that "Tour de France" would be allowed to stand alone as a single, and the other three tracks would be used on a new release.

In listening to the album, there is a noticeable difference in style between the first three and last three tracks, reflecting the fact that the first half of the album was originally written and recorded in 1983, and the latter half in 1985/6.

Commercially, the album was unsuccessful. Had "Techno Pop" been seen to release, that would likely have been more successful, however the gap of almost 5 full years between the release of "Electric Cafe" and that of their previous album "Computerworld" certainly contributed to the poor sales.

Track listing

English release

1. "Boing Boom Tschak" - 2:57
2. "Techno Pop" - 7:42
3. "Musique Non-Stop" - 5:45
4. "The Telephone Call" - 8:03
5. "Sex Object" - 6:51
6. "Electric Cafe" - 4:20

German release

1. "Boing Boom Tschak"
2. "Techno Pop"
3. "Musique Non-Stop"
4. "Der Telefon Anruf"
5. "Sex Objekt"
6. "Electric Cafe"