Radio-Activity
Album by Kraftwerk
Released	1975
Recorded	???
Genre	Electronic
Length	37 min 38 s
Label	EMI/Capitol
Producer	Emil Schult, Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider
Professional reviews
AMG (3/5) link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040403251443301584&sql=A5kqag4fttvoz) Q (3/5) March 1995 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=125902&resource=125902&fixture_artist=145614)
Kraftwerk Chronology
Autobahn (1974)	Radio-Activity (1975)	Trans-Europe Express (1977)

Radio-Activity is a 1975 album by Kraftwerk. It was released in German as Radio-Aktivität. Unlike later albums, which featured different lyrics, only the titles differ between the English and German editions. Cover of the Kraftwerk album Radioactivity. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Kraftwerks Trans-Europe Express album (1977). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ... Capitol record by Wingy Manone Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded in 1942. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Emil Schult is a Düsseldorf artist, and was once a member of the electronic music band, Kraftwerk. ... Ralf Hütter (b. ... Florian Schneider-Esleben (born April 7th, 1947, Düsseldorf, Germany) is one of the founding members of electronic music legends, Kraftwerk. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a globally comprehensive metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Q magazine is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... Kraftwerks Trans-Europe Express album (1977). ... Autobahn (/awe-toe-ban/, German for motorway) by Kraftwerk, released 1974, is considered one of the most pivotal albums in music history. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Trans-Europe Express is a Kraftwerk album released in 1977. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Kraftwerks Trans-Europe Express album (1977). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The hyphenated album title displays Kraftwerk's typical deadpan humour, being a pun on the twin themes of the songs, half being about radioactivity, the other half about radio.

This was the first Kraftwerk album to be entirely self-produced by the Hütter & Schneider in their Kling Klang studio, and the first one to be performed by the 'classic' Hütter/Schneider/Bartos/Flür line-up. All the music was written by Hütter/Schneider, with Emil Schult collaborating on lyrics, and designing the artwork. Kling Klang is Kraftwerks studio in Düsseldorf, Germany. ...

This was the first Kraftwerk album to feature use of the distinctive Vako Orchestron keyboard (choir, string and organ sounds), which they had purchased on their recent US Autobahn tour. The band's custom-built electronic percussion also features heavily in the sound, and extensive use is made of the vocoder. The usual synthesizers are of course also present (including Minimoog and ARP Odyssey), and Ralf's Farfisa electronic piano makes a return on "Transistor". For the first time, no flute, violin or guitars are used at all. The Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by Robert Moog. ...

Track Listing

(English release titles - German release titles)

1. (01:04) "Geiger Counter" - "Geigerzähler"
2. (06:44) "Radioactivity" - "Radioaktivität"
3. (05:53) "Radioland" - "Radioland"
4. (04:53) "Airwaves" - "Ätherwellen"
5. (00:15) "Intermission" - "Sendepause"
6. (01:31) "News" - "Nachrichten"
7. (00:54) "The Voice of Energy" - "Die Stimme Der Energie"
8. (03:45) "Antenna" - "Antenne"
9. (03:38) "Radio Stars" - "Radio Sterne"
10. (01:24) "Uranium" - "Uran"
11. (02:15) "Transistor" - "Transistor"
12. (05:40) "Ohm Sweet Ohm" - "Ohm Sweet Ohm"