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Kraftwerk: Radio-Activity

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: EMI Records
Released: 1975
Time:
 37:46
Category: Electronica
Producer(s): Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.kraftwerk.com
Appears with: Karl Bartos
Purchase date: 2000
Price in €: 5,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Geiger Counter (R.Hütter/F.Schneider) - 1:04
[2] Radioactivity (R.Hütter/F.Schneider/E.Schult) - 6:44
[3] Radioland (R.Hütter/F.Schneider/E.Schult) - 5:53
[4] Airwaves (R.Hütter/F.Schneider/E.Schult) - 4:53
[5] Intermission (R.Hütter/F.Schneider) - 0:15
[6] News (R.Hütter/F.Schneider) - 1:13
[7] Voice of Energy (R.Hütter/F.Schneider/E.Schult) - 0:54
[8] Antenna (R.Hütter/F.Schneider/E.Schult) - 3:45
[9] Radio Stars (R.Hütter/F.Schneider/E.Schult) - 3:38
[10] Uranium (R.Hütter/F.Schneider/E.Schult) - 1:24
[11] Transistor (R.Hütter/F.Schneider) - 2:15
[12] Ohm Sweet Ohm (R.Hütter/F.Schneider) - 5:40

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Karl Bartos - Percussion, Electronic Percussion
Wolfgang Flur - Percussion, Electronic Percussion
Ralf Hütter - Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Voices, Electronic Sounds, Producer, Electronics
Florian Schneider - Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Voices, Electronic Sounds, Producer, Electronics

Emil Schult - Producer, Artwork, Art Direction, Cover Design
Peter Bollig - Engineer
Wolfgang Flür - Electronic Percussion

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


A concept album exploring themes of broadcast communications, Radio-Activity marked Kraftwerk's return to more obtuse territory, extensively utilizing static, oscillators, and even Cage-like moments of silence to approximate the sense of radio transmission; a pivotal record in the group's continuing development, the title track - the first they ever recorded in English - is their most fully realized electro-pop effort to date, while "The Voice of Energy" precipitates the robot voice so crucial to their subsequent work.

Jason Ankeny, All-Music Guide
 

 L y r i c s


Geiger Counter

Instrumental


Radio-activity

Radio-activity
.-. .- -.. .. --- .- -.-. - .. ...- .. - -..--
[R   A  D   I  O   A  C    T I  V    I  T Y    ]

Radioactivity
Is in the air for you and me

Radioactivity
Discovered by Madame Curie

Radioactivity
Tune in to the melody

Radioactivity
Is in the air for you and me

Morse:
    Radioactivity is in the air for you and me
    Radioactivity discovered by madame curie
    Radioactivity tune in to the ... Kraftwerk

Radio Aktivitaet
Fuer dich und mich in All entsteht


Radio Aktivitaet
Strahlt Wellen zum Empfangsgeraet


Radio Aktivitaet
Wenn's um unsere Zukunft geht


Morse:
    Radioactivity is in the air for you and me
    Radioactivity discovered by madame curie
    Radioactivity tune in to the ... Kraftwerk

Radioactivity
Is in the air for you and me

Radioactivity
Discovered by Madame Curie

Radioactivity
Tune in to the melody

Radioactivity
Is in the air for you and me


Radioland

Drehen wir am Radiophon       
Vernehmen wir den Sendeton    

Durch Tastendruck mit Blitzesschnelle 
Erreichen wir die Kurze Welle         

Nach Feineinstellung mit der Hand     
Lauschen wir dem Morseband            
Elektronenklaenge aus dem Radioland   

Translation
Turn the dials with your hand
Till you find the short wave band
Electronic music sounds from Radioland

We are turning dials of the Radio
We are hearing the sound of transmission

By pressing a button fast
We reach the short wave band

After fine tuning by hand
We are listening to the Morse band
Electronic sound from Radioland


Airwaves

When airwaves swing
Distant voices sing

Wenn Wellen schwingen
Ferne Stimmen singen


Intermission

Instrumental


News

Hier ist der West Deutsche Rundfunk mit Nachrichten
Funfzig Atomkraftwerke sollen in der Bundesrepublik
In der naechste zehn Jahren aufrichtet werden
Jedes Einzeln kann einen Millionenstadt mit Strom versorgen
...

Translation
Here is the West German Broadcasting Station with the news
Fifty nuclear power stations will be built in the West German Republic
In the next ten years
Each one can supply a city of millions with power
...


The Voice Of Energy

Hier spricht die Stimme der Energie
Ich bin ein riesiger elektrischer Generator
Ich liefere Ihnen Licht und Kraft
Und ermoegliche es Ihnen Sprache, Musik und Bild
Durch den Aether auszusenden und zu empfangen
Ich bin Ihr Diener und Ihr Herr zugleich
Deshalb huetet mich gut
Mich, den Genius der Energie

Translation
This is the Voice of Energy
I am a giant electrical generator
I supply you with light and power
And I enable you to receive Speech,
Music and Image through the Ether
I am your servant and lord at the same time
Therefore guard me well
Me, the genius of Energy


Antenna

I'm the Antenna
Catching vibration
You're the transmitter
Give information!

Wir richten Antennen ins Firmament   
Empfaengen die Tone die Niemand kennt

I'm the transmitter
I give information
You're the antenna
Catching vibration

Es Strahlen die Sender Bild Ton und Wort
Elektromagnetisch an jeden Ort

I'm the Antenna
Catching vibration
You're the transmitter
Give information!

Radio Sender und Hoerer sind wir    
Spielen im Aether das Wellenklavier 

[repeat to fade]

    I'm the antenna catching vibration
    You're the transmitter give information
    I'm the transmitter I give information
    You're the antenna catching vibration


Radio Stars

Aus des Weltalls Ferne  
Funken Radiosterne      

Pulsare und Quasare     


Uranium

Through constant decay
Uranium creates the radio active ray

Durch stetigen Zerfall
Entstehen radioaktive Strahlen aus dem Urankristall


Ohm Sweet Ohm

Ohm Sweet Ohm

Ohm Sweet Ohm

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