Tuesday 27 October 2009

Kraftwerk, 1970-1973. Pre-Autobahn

Kraftwerk, 1970

A

  1. "Ruckzuck" – 7:47
  2. "Stratovarius" – 12:10

B

  1. "Megaherz" – 9:30
  2. "Vom Himmel Hoch" – 10:12


Kraftwerk 2, 1972


A

  1. "Kling-Klang" ("Ring Sound", although something like "Tinkle-Tone" might capture the alliteration of the German title better) – 17:36
  2. "Atem" ("Breath") – 2:57

B

  1. "Strom" ("Stream" or "[Electric] Current" - the same wordplay as is possible in English) – 3:52
  2. "Spule 4" ("Reel 4") – 5:20
  3. "Wellenlänge" ("Wavelength") – 9:40
  4. "Harmonika" ("Harmonica") – 3:17


Ralf und Florian, 1973



A

  1. "Elektrisches Roulette" ("Electric Roulette") – 4:20
  2. "Tongebirge" ("Mountain of Sound") – 2:50
  3. "Kristallo" ("Crystals") – 6:20
  4. "Heimatklänge" ("The Bells of Home") – 3:45

B

  1. "Tanzmusik" ("Dance Music") – 6:35
  2. "Ananas Symphonie" ("Pineapple Symphony") – 13:55

Saturday 24 October 2009

Loop, Heaven's End, 1987



1. Soundhead
2. Straight to Your Heart
3. Forever
4. Heaven's End
5. Too Real to Feel
6. Fix to Fall
7. Head On
8. Carry Me



Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974


1. Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
2. Back in Judy's Jungle
3. Fat Lady of Limbourg
4. Mother Whale Eyeless
5. Great Pretender
6. Third Uncle
7. Put a Straw Under Baby
8. True Wheel
9. China My China
10. Taking Tiger Mountain





Brian Eno Curious Fact 1

In 1994 Microsoft corporation designers Mark Malamud and Erik Gavriluk approached Brian Eno to compose music for the Windows 95 project. The result was the six-second start-up music-sound of the Windows 95 operating system, The Microsoft Sound. Windows sucks, anyway.

Thursday 22 October 2009

The Modern Lovers, 1976



Side one

1. "Roadrunner" – 4:04
2. "Astral Plane" – 3:00
3. "Old World" – 4:00
4. "Pablo Picasso" – 4:15

Side two

1. "She Cracked" – 2:53
2. "Hospital" – 5:31
3. "Someone I Care About" – 3:37
4. "Girl Friend" – 3:51
5. "Modern World" – 3:40

2003 CD reissue bonus tracks

1. "Dignified & Old" – 2:29
2. "I'm Straight" – 4:18
3. "Government Center" – 2:03
4. "I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms" - 2:32
5. "Dance With Me" - 4:26
6. "Someone I Care About" (alternative version) - 2:58
7. "Modern World" (alternative version) - 3:16
8. "Roadrunner" (alternative version) - 4:55