KRAFTWERK 1981 LP Record COMPUTER WORLD German Electronic Band
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This is a KRAFTWERK 1981 LP Record titled COMPUTER WORLD German Electronic Band
Computer World (German: Computerwelt) is the eighth studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, released on 11 May 1981.
It was accompanied by four singles, including a double A-side UK no. 1 featuring "Computer Love".
The album is themed around computer technology and its rise within society.
In keeping with the album's concept, Kraftwerk showcased their music on an ambitious world tour.
As was the case with the two previous albums, Computer World was released in both German- and English-language editions.
"We live in a computer world, so we made a song about it", said mastermind Ralf Hütter.
Computer World has been described as a futuristic conceptual work that predicts the presence of computer technology in everyday life.
Featuring themes such as home computers and digital communication, the album has been seen as both a celebration of computer technology as well as a warning about its potential to exert power on society with social control and digital surveillance.
Despite its theme, the production of the album was completely analogue and did not involve any computer technology.
The cover shows a computer terminal (apparently based on the Hazeltine 1500) displaying the heads of the four band members.
The font is indicative of OCR-A.
The inner sleeve artwork, created by Emil Schult and photographed by Günter Fröhling, depicts four slightly robotic-looking mannequins (representing the band members engaged in studio activities: performing, recording, mixing), similar to the artwork of the previous album, The Man-Machine, also created by Fröhling.
In two photos, the mannequin representing Karl Bartos is seen playing a Stylophone, an instrument which is featured[citation needed] on the track "Pocket Calculator".
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