I find myself not too interested in the history of the band, Kraftwerk. That's why you may have noticed that my previous post on them relatively cut straight to the chase of my listening session of the album.
Rather, what intrigues me more is the massive list of other 80's artists they inspired along the way: Depeche Mode, New Order, Giorgio Moroder, Whodini, David Bowie, and more. It intrigues me to want to hear some of their work which was specifically influenced by Kraftwerk.
However, before I do that, I need to wrap up the band's final 80's album, Electric Café (AKA Techno Pop). Much like my previous listening session of Computerwelt (AKA Computer World), it was a good experience, but again, being who they are, there weren't exactly hits among the bunch.
Mind you, I didn't hear anything bad. It's just that the nature of their music doesn't really allow for top Forty radio hits. They're mostly instrumental, intercut with speaking here and there, and when it does occur, singing is limited.
I'm glad I picked up their two albums from the decade, and even more happy to have finally heard them. They're enjoyable, if for nothing else how different they are from all the standard pop rock of the period. They're just not something I'm going to go back to frequently. As I noted yesterday, listening to them in front of someone would probably raise more questions than I would want to answer.
I can definitely see how their music would inspire other artists, specifically this comes through in Depeche Mode's music. Beyond that, I don't honestly have much to say about Kraftwerk.
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