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** "Computerliebe" mentions the Bildschirmtext, an online videotext system developed by Deutsche Bundespost whose first trial was conducted in the band's hometown of Düsseldorf earlier that year.
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''Computer World'' (original German title: ''Computerwelt'') is a 1981 album by Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, the eighth studio album in their catalogue. Released through Kling Klang in Germany, Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in the US, and Creator/{{EMI}} internationally, it had hit singles such as "Pocket Calculator" and "Computer Love"
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''Computer World'' (original German title: ''Computerwelt'') is a 1981 album by Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, the eighth studio album in their catalogue. Released through Kling Klang in Germany, Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in the US, North America, and Creator/{{EMI}} internationally, it had hit singles such as "Pocket Calculator" and "Computer Love"
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''Computer World'' (original German title: ''Computerwelt'') is a 1981 album by Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, the eighth studio album in their catalogue. It's well received as one of their best albums and had hit singles such as "Pocket Calculator" and "Computer Love"
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''Computer World'' (original German title: ''Computerwelt'') is a 1981 album by Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, the eighth studio album in their catalogue. It's well received as one of their best albums Released through Kling Klang in Germany, Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in the US, and Creator/{{EMI}} internationally, it had hit singles such as "Pocket Calculator" and "Computer Love"
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* CyberGreen: The album cover depicts a PC monitor displaying yellow-green outlines of the band members' heads.
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* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Among the instruments used on this album were a Texas Instruments Language Translator and a Mattel Bee Gees Rhythm Machine toy.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Pocket Calculator", a song about an operator and the things he can do with his pocket calculator.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Pocket Calculator", a song where a man ("the operator") talks about an operator and the various things he can do with his pocket calculator.
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* TranslatedCoverVersion: Different language versions of "Pocket Calculator" were recorded, including "Taschenrechner" (German), "Mini Calculateur" (French), "Mini Calcolatore" (Italian) and "Dentaku" (Japanese).
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* TranslatedCoverVersion: Different language versions of "Pocket Calculator" were recorded, including "Taschenrechner" (German), "Mini Calculateur" (French), "Mini Calcolatore" (Italian) (Italian; originally created for a performance on the show ''[=Discoring=]'') and "Dentaku" (Japanese).
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The record is a ConceptAlbum about the rise of computers within society, and is arguably their most stripped-back and mechanical album to date, anticipating the {{Techno}} and Electro music that would emerge during the decade. Coincidentally, this was released the same year IBM released their first personal computer.
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The record is a ConceptAlbum about the rise of computers within society, and is arguably their most stripped-back and mechanical album to date, anticipating the {{Techno}} and Electro music scenes that would emerge during the decade. Coincidentally, this was released the same year IBM released their first personal computer.
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The record is a ConceptAlbum about the rise of computers within society, and is arguably their most stripped-back and mechanical album to date, anticipating the rise of {{Techno}} and Electro music.music that would emerge during the decade. Coincidentally, this was released the same year IBM released their first personal computer.
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The record is a ConceptAlbum about the rise of computers within society, and is arguably their most stripped-back and mechanical album to date, anticipating the rise of Techno {{Techno}} and Electro music. Coincidentally, this was released the same year IBM released their first personal computer.
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The record is a ConceptAlbum about the rise of computers within society, and is arguably their most stripped-back and mechanical album to date.date, anticipating the rise of Techno and Electro music. Coincidentally, this was released the same year IBM released their first personal computer.
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* ShoutOut: "Home Computer":
-->''I program my home computer\\
[[Franchise/StarTrek Beam myself into the future]]''
-->''I program my home computer\\
[[Franchise/StarTrek Beam myself into the future]]''
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--> ''Another lonely night, stare at the TV screen''
--> ''I don't know what to do''
--> ''I need a rendez-vous. Computer love''
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I need a rendez-vous. Computer love''
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---> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
---> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
---> ''Business, numbers, money, people''
---> ''(...) Crime, travel, communication, entertainment''
---> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
---> ''Business, numbers, money, people''
---> ''(...) Crime, travel, communication, entertainment''
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(...) Crime, travel, communication, entertainment''
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---> ''CIA and KGB, control the data, memory.''
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---> ''CIA
CIA and KGB, control the data, memory.''
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* TimeMarchesOn: Partially avoided, as their vision of a world dominated by computers has practically come true today. But the video terminal on the cover is obviously very outdated.
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* TimeMarchesOn: Partially avoided, as their vision of a world dominated by computers has practically come true today. But the [[ComputerEqualsMonitor video terminal terminal]] on the cover is obviously very outdated.outdated.
* TranslatedCoverVersion: Different language versions of "Pocket Calculator" were recorded, including "Taschenrechner" (German), "Mini Calculateur" (French), "Mini Calcolatore" (Italian) and "Dentaku" (Japanese).
* TranslatedCoverVersion: Different language versions of "Pocket Calculator" were recorded, including "Taschenrechner" (German), "Mini Calculateur" (French), "Mini Calcolatore" (Italian) and "Dentaku" (Japanese).
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* SiameseTwinSongs: "Numbers" and "Computer World" are played together in later live performances.
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The "computer" depicted on the album's cover is actually just a video terminal that would have been connected to a mainframe's network.
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* TimeMarchesOn: Partially avoided, as their vision of a world dominated by computers has practically come true today. But the computer model on the cover is obviously very outdated.
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* TimeMarchesOn: Partially avoided, as their vision of a world dominated by computers has practically come true today. But the computer model video terminal on the cover is obviously very outdated. outdated.
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The IBM PC was releaced in Augest 1981.
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The record is a ConceptAlbum about the rise of computers within society. Ironically, this was a few years before IBM released the first personal computer.
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'''Computer World''' (original German title: "Computerwelt") is a 1981 album by Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, the eighth studio album in their catalogue. It's well received as one of their best albums and had hit singles such as "Pocket Calculator" and "Computer Love"
'''Computer World''' (original German title: "Computerwelt") is a 1981 album by Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, the eighth studio album in their catalogue. It's well received as one of their best albums and had hit singles such as "Pocket Calculator" and "Computer Love"
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'''Computer World'''
''Computer World'' (original German title:
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* ProductPlacement: "Computer World"
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--> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ''Business, numbers, money, people''
--> ''(...) Crime, travel, communication, entertainment''
** Subverted by the version on The Mix, which completes the endorsement-y chant.
--> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ''CIA and KGB, control the data, memory.''
--> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ''Business, numbers, money, people''
--> ''(...) Crime, travel, communication, entertainment''
** Subverted by the version on The Mix, which completes the endorsement-y chant.
--> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ''CIA and KGB, control the data, memory.''
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** In "ComputerWorld"
-->World":
---> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ---> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ---> ''Business, numbers, money, people''
--> ---> ''(...) Crime, travel, communication, entertainment''
** Subverted by the version onThe Mix, ''The Mix'', which completes the endorsement-y chant.
--> ---> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ---> ''CIA and KGB, control the data, memory.''
** In "Computer
-->
---> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
** Subverted by the version on
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--> ''CIA and KGB, control the data, memory.''
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--> ''CIA and KGB, control the data, memory.''
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* LostInTranslation: The chorus of the German version of the title track has the line "Denn zeit ist geld" ("Because time is money"), while the English version just repeats the title again.
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* LostInTranslation: The chorus of the German version of the title track has the line "Denn zeit ist geld" ("Because time is money"), while the English version just repeats the title again. The English version also drops German lyrics about the BKA (''Bundeskriminalamt''), the German equivalent of the FBI, and Flensburgh, which is home to the ''Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt'', a national database of traffic tickets.
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* ShoutOut:
** "Computer World" was used as the theme song of the BBC educational TV show "The Computer Programme" (1982).
** The riff of "Computer Love" was sampled by Music/{{Coldplay}} on their song "Talk" from their album "X&Y".
** "Computer World" was used as the theme song of the BBC educational TV show "The Computer Programme" (1982).
** The riff of "Computer Love" was sampled by Music/{{Coldplay}} on their song "Talk" from their album "X&Y".
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'''Computer World''' (original German title: "Computerwelt") is a 1981 album by Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, the eighth studio album in their catalogue. It's well received as one of their best albums and had hit singles such as "Pocket Calculator" and "Computer Love"
The record is a ConceptAlbum about the rise of computers within society.
'''Tracklist'''
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Computer World" (5:05)
# "Pocket Calculator" (4:55)
# "Numbers" (3:19)
# "Computer World 2" (3:21)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Computer Love" (7:15)
# "Home Computer" (6:17)
# "It's More Fun To Compute" (4:13)
'''Personnel'''
* Ralf Hütter: electronics, keyboards, mixing, synthesizer, vocoder, voice
* Florian Schneider: electronics, mixing, recording, speech synthesis, synthesizer, vocoder
* Karl Bartos: electronic drums
!! ''Computer Tropes''
* ArcWords: The word "computer" appears in almost every track.
* BeepingComputers: "Pocket Calculator."
--> ''By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody.''
* BilingualBonus: Someone counts off in German, French, English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Russian and other languages during "Numbers".
* ConceptAlbum: The album deals with computers taking over the world.
* CountingToThree: "Numbers" starts off with someone counting off in German.
* CradleOfLoneliness: "Computer Love"
--> ''Another lonely night, stare at the TV screen''
--> ''I don't know what to do''
--> ''I need a rendez-vous. Computer love''
* CreepyMonotone: The computerized voice on several of the tracks.
* EpicRocking: The 5:05 "Computer World", which gets a reprise with the 3:21 "Computer World 2".
* FaceOnTheCover: The faces of the band members on a computer screen.
* FloatingHeadSyndrome: The band on the computer screen on the album cover.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover was designed by Emil Schult.
* InsideAComputerSystem: The voices used on this album sound like this most of the time.
* LimitedLyricsSong: As with most of Kraftwerk's songs. The shortest is "It's More Fun To Compute", which is basically this one line reappearing at various moments throughout the song.
* MachineMonotone: The vocoder used in several of the songs.
* MoodWhiplash: "Computer Love" is a love song among all the more technical songs.
* MotorMouth: "Numbers" ends with somebody saying several numbers very quickly.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Pocket Calculator", a song about an operator and the things he can do with his pocket calculator.
* OneWordTitle: "Numbers".
* ProductPlacement: "Computer World"
--> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ''Business, numbers, money, people''
--> ''(...) Crime, travel, communication, entertainment''
* PunBasedTitle: "It's More Fun To Compute" is a pun on the pinball machine slogan: "It's more fun to compete!"
* ShoutOut:
** "Computer World" was used as the theme song of the BBC educational TV show "The Computer Programme" (1982).
** The riff of "Computer Love" was sampled by Music/{{Coldplay}} on their song "Talk" from their album "X&Y".
* TimeMarchesOn: Partially avoided, as their vision of a world dominated by computers was practically come true today. But the computer model on the cover is obviously very outdated.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody'']]
'''Computer World''' (original German title: "Computerwelt") is a 1981 album by Music/{{Kraftwerk}}, the eighth studio album in their catalogue. It's well received as one of their best albums and had hit singles such as "Pocket Calculator" and "Computer Love"
The record is a ConceptAlbum about the rise of computers within society.
'''Tracklist'''
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Computer World" (5:05)
# "Pocket Calculator" (4:55)
# "Numbers" (3:19)
# "Computer World 2" (3:21)
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Computer Love" (7:15)
# "Home Computer" (6:17)
# "It's More Fun To Compute" (4:13)
'''Personnel'''
* Ralf Hütter: electronics, keyboards, mixing, synthesizer, vocoder, voice
* Florian Schneider: electronics, mixing, recording, speech synthesis, synthesizer, vocoder
* Karl Bartos: electronic drums
!! ''Computer Tropes''
* ArcWords: The word "computer" appears in almost every track.
* BeepingComputers: "Pocket Calculator."
--> ''By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody.''
* BilingualBonus: Someone counts off in German, French, English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Russian and other languages during "Numbers".
* ConceptAlbum: The album deals with computers taking over the world.
* CountingToThree: "Numbers" starts off with someone counting off in German.
* CradleOfLoneliness: "Computer Love"
--> ''Another lonely night, stare at the TV screen''
--> ''I don't know what to do''
--> ''I need a rendez-vous. Computer love''
* CreepyMonotone: The computerized voice on several of the tracks.
* EpicRocking: The 5:05 "Computer World", which gets a reprise with the 3:21 "Computer World 2".
* FaceOnTheCover: The faces of the band members on a computer screen.
* FloatingHeadSyndrome: The band on the computer screen on the album cover.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover was designed by Emil Schult.
* InsideAComputerSystem: The voices used on this album sound like this most of the time.
* LimitedLyricsSong: As with most of Kraftwerk's songs. The shortest is "It's More Fun To Compute", which is basically this one line reappearing at various moments throughout the song.
* MachineMonotone: The vocoder used in several of the songs.
* MoodWhiplash: "Computer Love" is a love song among all the more technical songs.
* MotorMouth: "Numbers" ends with somebody saying several numbers very quickly.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Pocket Calculator", a song about an operator and the things he can do with his pocket calculator.
* OneWordTitle: "Numbers".
* ProductPlacement: "Computer World"
--> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ''Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard''
--> ''Business, numbers, money, people''
--> ''(...) Crime, travel, communication, entertainment''
* PunBasedTitle: "It's More Fun To Compute" is a pun on the pinball machine slogan: "It's more fun to compete!"
* ShoutOut:
** "Computer World" was used as the theme song of the BBC educational TV show "The Computer Programme" (1982).
** The riff of "Computer Love" was sampled by Music/{{Coldplay}} on their song "Talk" from their album "X&Y".
* TimeMarchesOn: Partially avoided, as their vision of a world dominated by computers was practically come true today. But the computer model on the cover is obviously very outdated.
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