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Independently chosen for3 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released
1974
Label
Philips
On
Krautrock, The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Updated
2026-08-29
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  1. Ranked No. 2 in Krautrock

    Twenty-two minutes of a car journey, and the record where Kraftwerk stop being a rock group. Detroit heard the machine precision; Britain heard the pop tune hiding inside it. Both were right.

  2. Picked by The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock

    The one Detroit heard. Derrick May's line about Kraftwerk and Parliament stuck in an elevator is the most quoted sentence in techno, and this is the record that put Kraftwerk in the lift.

  3. Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

    Twenty-two minutes about a car journey that Detroit heard as the future and Britain heard as a pop tune. Both readings were correct and both built genres.