Computer World by Kraftwerk

Steve Tupai Francis

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Bloomsbury Academic USA
30 June 2022

Music; Music reviews & criticism; Electronic music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Series: 33 1/3

Computer World was Kraftwerk’s most concise and focused conceptual statement, their most influential record and crowning achievement. Computer World transformed the way pop music was composed, played, packaged and released and, in the process, helped create entire new genres of music including hip-hop, techno, trance, electro, industrial and synth-pop. They influenced the influencers.

Upon its release on 10 May 1981, the record was a revelation. It was unlike anything created for mainstream consumers of music at that time, an electronic suite of assured and industrious propulsive forward movement. Kraftwerk set off a sonic detonation that is still being felt today.

This book explores Kraftwerk’s revolutionary sonic template, their conceptual and artistic preoccupations and lyrical obsessions to provide new insights into one of the greatest records ever made.

By: Steve Tupai Francis
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 165mm, Width: 121mm,
ISBN: 9781501378980
ISBN 10: 1501378988
Series: 33 1/3
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 30 June 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Steve Tupai Francis has over 25 years' experience in writing in a range of contexts including music, academia and civil society. Steve is obsessed with music, with David Bowie, Kate Bush, Prince, Japan and Kraftwerk taking pride of place in his collection of over 3,000 records.

Reviews for Computer World by Kraftwerk

Steve Tupai Francis pops the hood on Kraftwerk's Computer World and delivers a lovingly exhaustive examination of the road to realizing their perfect sonic vision, the reverberations of which are still felt today ... Artfully balancing key elements from the band's previous work while shedding light on the various tools that helped create Computer World, (shoutout Speak and Spell!), Francis does an exceptional job of managing an avalanche of information, and keeping it moving and relevant. -- Wayne Jessup * The Owl Mag *