Trans-Europe Express

Kraftwerk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00000DQSZ
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,647 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Europe Endless

2. The Hall Of Mirrors

3. Showroom Dummies

4. Trans-Europe Express

5. Metal on Metal

6. Franz Schubert

7. Endless Endless

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Truly Beautiful Album, January 28, 2001

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M. Scagnelli (Brandon, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trans-Europe Express (Audio CD)

When one hears that Kraftwerk uses basically all computers and synthesisers to make their msic, you might expect a very jagged and metalic sound. Trans - Europe Express, however, is suprisingly beautiful and very melodic. This album proves that Kraftwerk weren't just brilliant musical engineers and sound creators, but also incredible musically. This is Kraftwerk at their best. All the songs are great and flow beautifully. My personal favorites are Europe Endless and the title track. After almost 25 years, this album still sounds like it was made in the future. Trans - Europe Express is, at least, a very interesting album to listen to and at most a brilliant album, mixing melody with technology.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beware - This version is dubbed from an LP!, December 6, 2006

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Harry Housley (Tennessee, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trans-Europe Express (Audio CD)

Years ago I purchased the EMI version of Trans Europa Express and have enjoyed it so much I decided to add the Capitol version to my last shopping cart so I culd have the English lyrics. When I played it I noticed lots of low-frequency rumble, especially on the first track - Europe Endless. I popped the EMI version in and it is totally quiet! I guess for $10.98 you get what you pay for but I find this recording unacceptable so I ordered the $15.98 version to see if the problem disappears. Here are the details of the "flawed" version:

Audio CD (September 26, 1995)
Original Release Date: 1977
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Capitol
ASIN: B00000DQSZ

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trans-Europe Express - 25 Years Later., November 17, 2002

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The Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trans-Europe Express (Audio CD)

The title track to Kraftwerk's 1977 LP is among the most influential and vital singles of the modern era. It's a hauntingly beautiful exercise in electronic minimalism, stripped down to eerie synths, crisp drum machines, and a seductive monotone vocal. When it segues into the next track "Metal on Metal," with its click-clack beats, the recording approaches its very climax. "Trans Europe Express" was released in an era when disco was hitting its peak in popularity and while classic rock bands like Boston were ruling airwaves. Its arrival may have stuck out like a sore thumb, and naysayers may dismiss the album as cold, detatched, and synthetic. But the truth remains that this album, a classic in its own right, is the "Sgt. Pepper" of electronic music, and it deserves to be on as high a pedestal as any beloved rock and roll album. It was powerful enough to transcend many barriers, including hip hop, as Afrika Bambatta stole the title track's synth line for the single "Planet Rock." Beautiful and attention-grabbing in every which way, "Trans Europe Express" is a classic that's also essential listening.