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And now let’s talk about the telephone call. Synopsis: a lover is happy to hear the voice of his beloved from kilometers away. Is that it? A silly Electro-SynthPop-Sweet Ballad? No, it's an ode to telecommunications disguised as a ballad. Let’s go back: RadioActivity: Exaltation of the power of media, ComputerWorld: an ode to the machines that will become part of our World (who can deny it?) until they transform us into Machine Men. The 1980s were a time of great technological discoveries in the field of communication: Satellite Communication (TV, Mobile Telephony), Cable Communication (Fax, Pay TV, telematic networks). What do Kraftwerk do? They compose the telephone call: a celebration of the power of the medium told in the most immediate way possible, a perfect example of everyday life, genius, right?

It's definitely a catchy record, it certainly sounds self-referential, but I would rightly add. It's proven how much the Düsseldorfers have influenced electro-Muzak (to use a Sfascia-Logismo) so in the mid-'80s (which were romantic and/or decadent) they close the parentheses opened in '78 with The Model.
Then excuse me, but there's always depth, it’s just hidden by that typically Teutonic irony. The content, if you know how to look for it, is there; otherwise, what kind of poetry would it be?
By the late '70s, the krukki realized that the world would become a slave to the image, dedicating "Das Model" to a friend of theirs. To put it in scholarly terms, they composed an ode to pure aesthetics: «i'd like to change her mind it's understood» (I would like to change her mind it's implied... but it doesn't matter) since «she's a model and she's lookin good».
In the mid-'80s, which were the exaltation of the culture of the image (let’s remember the rise of the music video during this period), our band had already gotten tired and said, «i don't want to be your sex object».

Aeneas, today you are nothing short of Salomonian!

Lele wrote: the most suitable context for Madonna is a Vestro catalog!!!
Rating for the comment: 5
My next review, on the other hand, will be published in Postal Market!

but I'm totally serious, and besides, I had voted, okay let's raise the average! :)

Then you tell me there's too much "simplicity" in the rhythms and melodies, but what were you expecting, a progressive album? Kraftwerk have always been simple in their brilliance. The review is approximate, vague; you limit yourself to making comparisons with previous Kraftwerk albums and don't contextualize these songs by comparing them to other releases from that period. Then you say the album has no historical value; really... go ask those who learned to use the sampler by listening to this album. Anyway, I won’t insist further, only because I've realized you've chosen to talk about things you actually don't know.

Daft, if by "discs" you mean "albums," Minimum Maximum does not fall into this category since it's a LIVE album. Then you talk about a long period of "simple" compilations. Apart from the fact that during the period you mention only The Mix was released, which is a remix album, and then the single Expo2000, but especially if you don’t know, as you yourself state, why add the adjective "simple"?

No, you can't sum up an album like this in just a couple of lines. Besides, "sex object" and "the telephone call" (sung by Karl Bartos) are two beautiful tracks, especially "the telephone call," one of my favorites. For me, it's not the album of decline; it's an '80s Kraftwerk album, so romantic, ironic, and always ahead of its time. Even today, I still hear dozens of electro tracks with the same (identical) telephone samples from "the telephone call"!

The photos are a bit blurry, but they give the impression of a set that must have been really cool: sheets of metal, barrels, I absolutely have to listen to them.

In fact, industrial rock would be a more accurate definition, if one wanted to define the music of NIN; still, it’s a grand album, an inconclusive review.