Radioactivity (album) - Definition and Overview

Radio-Activity
LP by Kraftwerk
Released	1975
Recorded	???
Genre	Electronic
Length	37 min 38 sec
Record label	Capitol/EMI
Producer	Emil Schult, Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	3 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040403251443301584&sql=A5kqag4fttvoz)
Q	3 stars out of 5	March 1995 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=125902&resource=125902&fixture_artist=145614)
Kraftwerk Chronology
Autobahn (1974)	Radio-Activity (1975)	Trans-Europe Express (1977)

Radio-Activity is a 1975 album by Kraftwerk. It was released in German as Radio-Aktivität. While there are hints of "radioactivity" in the nuclear sense, the album centres around radio as a medium, the name is a play on the notion of "activity on radio". Unlike later albums, which featured different lyrics, only the titles differ between the English and German editions.

Track Listing

English release

1. "Geiger Counter" - 1:04
2. "Radio-activity" - 6:44
3. "Radioland" - 5:53
4. "Airwaves" - 4:53
5. "Intermission" - :15
6. "News" - 1:13
7. "The Voice of Energy" - :54
8. "Antenna" - 3:45
9. "Radio Stars" - 3:38
10. "Uranium" - 1:24
11. "Transistor" - 2:15
12. "Ohm Sweet Ohm" - 5:40

German release

1. "Geigerzähler" - 1:07
2. "Radio-aktivität" - 6:42
3. "Radioland" - 5:53
4. "Ätherwellen" - 4:55
5. "Sendepause" - 0:14
6. "Nachrichten" - 1:31
7. "Die Stimme Der Energie" - 0:55
8. "Antenne" - 3:43
9. "Radio Sterne" - 3:33
10. "Uran" - 1:28
11. "Transistor" - 2:15
12. "Ohm Sweet Ohm" - 5:38