Tracklist
| Boing Boom Tschak | 2:57 | ||
| Techno Pop | 7:42 | ||
| Musique Non Stop | 5:45 | ||
| Der Telefon Anruf | 8:03 | ||
| Sex Objekt | 6:51 | ||
| Electric Cafe | 4:20 |
Credits (28)
Hubert KretzschmarDesign- Bill Miranda*Engineer
Henning SchmitzEngineer- Joachim DehmannEngineer
- Amber DenkerGraphics [Computer]
- Chico De Los Reyes (2)Graphics [Computer]
Notes
Kraftwerk's ninth studio album, released in November 1986, five-and-a-half years after the previous album, 'Computerwelt'. 'Electric Cafe' was delayed for several reasons, including Ralf Hütter's cycling accident in 1982. The album was originally to include the 1983 single 'Tour De France'.
As with all of Kraftwerk's studio albums from 'Trans Europa Express' (1977) onwards, 'Electric Café' was issued in English- and German-language versions. A Spanish-language version – the 'Edición Española' – was also available for a limited time. Unlike earlier albums, all versions of 'Electric Café' feature lyrics in several languages.
In 2009 a remastered version was released under one of the album's working titles, 'Techno Pop'. On this version the original 8:03 album version of 'The Telephone Call' was replaced by two tracks: the 7" mix of 'The Telephone Call' (3:50) and the remix 'House Phone' (4:57). Both had originally appeared on the single release of 'Der Telefon Anruf'.
Although Wolfgang Flür was a member of Kraftwerk until 1987, he did not perform on the album.
As with all of Kraftwerk's studio albums from 'Trans Europa Express' (1977) onwards, 'Electric Café' was issued in English- and German-language versions. A Spanish-language version – the 'Edición Española' – was also available for a limited time. Unlike earlier albums, all versions of 'Electric Café' feature lyrics in several languages.
In 2009 a remastered version was released under one of the album's working titles, 'Techno Pop'. On this version the original 8:03 album version of 'The Telephone Call' was replaced by two tracks: the 7" mix of 'The Telephone Call' (3:50) and the remix 'House Phone' (4:57). Both had originally appeared on the single release of 'Der Telefon Anruf'.
Although Wolfgang Flür was a member of Kraftwerk until 1987, he did not perform on the album.
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| Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
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 | Electric Cafe (English Version) LP, Album, Stereo | EMI – 1C 064 24 0644 1, EMI – 064-24 0644 1, EMI – 24 0644 1 +1 more label... | Europe | 1986 | Europe — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe CD, Album | Elektra – 9 25525-2, Elektra – 25525-2 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe CD, Album | EMI – CDP 7 46416 2 | UK | 1986 | UK — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, SRC Pressing, Gatefold | Warner Bros. Records – 1-25525, Warner Bros. Records – 9 25525-1 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold | EMI – EMD 1001, EMI – 24 06441 | UK | 1986 | UK — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve | Kling Klang – 1C 064-24 0654 1, EMI – 1C 064-24 0654 1, EMI – 064-24 0654 1, EMI – 24 0654 1 +2 more labels... | Germany | 1986 | Germany — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe CD, Album, Deutsche Version, -21 Barcode | EMI – CDP 564-7 46420 2, EMI – CDP 564 7 46420 2 | Germany | 1986 | Germany — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe Cassette, Album, SR | Warner Bros. Records – 9 25525-4, Elektra – 25525-4 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Stereo | Gong – SLPXL 37117 | Hungary | 1986 | Hungary — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album | EMI – EMC.240644 | Australia | 1986 | Australia — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe (English Version) Cassette, Album | EMI – 264 24 0644 4, Kling Klang – 1C 264 24 0644 6 | Europe | 1986 | Europe — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold | Warner Music Canada – 92 55251 | Canada | 1986 | Canada — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold | EMI – 074 24 0644 1 | Spain | 1986 | Spain — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe (English Version) Cassette, Album | EMI Electrola – 1C 264 24 0644 4 | Germany | 1986 | Germany — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album | EMI Electrola – 1C 064-24 0654 1 | Germany | 1986 | Germany — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve | EMI – 24 0644 1 | France | 1986 | France — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe CD, Album | Warner Bros. Records – 9 25525-2 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve | EMI – 1C 064 24 0644 1, EMI – 064-24 0644 1, EMI – 24 0644 1 +1 more label... | Europe | 1986 | Europe — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve | Kling Klang – 1C 064-24 0654 1, EMI – 1C 064-24 0654 1, EMI – 064-24 0654 1, EMI – 24 0654 1 +2 more labels... | Germany | 1986 | Germany — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold | EMI – 64 2406441 | Italy | 1986 | Italy — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe Cassette, Album | EMI – TCEMD1001, EMI – 24 0644 4 | UK | 1986 | UK — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Club Edition | Warner Bros. Records – 1-25525, Columbia House – 1-25525 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe Cassette, Album, SR | Warner Bros. Records – 9 25525-4 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold | EMI – EMS-91205 | Japan | 1986 | Japan — 1986 | New Submission | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album | EMI – EMC 3517 | New Zealand | 1986 | New Zealand — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold | EMI – 2406441, EMI – 24 06441 | Portugal | 1986 | Portugal — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe CD, Album | EMI – CDP 7 46416 2 | UK | 1986 | UK — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe Cassette, Album | Gong – MKL 37117 | Hungary | 1986 | Hungary — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe Cassette, Album | EMI – 274 2406444 | Spain | 1986 | Spain — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe Cassette, Album | Jugoton – CAEMI 9210, EMI – CAEMI 9210 | Yugoslavia | 1986 | Yugoslavia — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album | EMI – EMD 1001, Oasis Records (4) – OLE-664 | South Korea | 1986 | South Korea — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe CD, Album, Deutsche Version, -26 Barcode | Kling Klang – CDP 564-7 46420 2 | Germany | 1986 | Germany — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Gatefold | EMI – EMD 1001-1 | Israel | 1986 | Israel — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold Sleeve | EMI – EMS-91205 | Japan | 1986 | Japan — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album | EMI – EMCJ(D) 2406441 | South Africa | 1986 | South Africa — 1986 | ||||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Promo | Kling Klang – 101 2406441, EMI – 10007 | Argentina | 1986 | Argentina — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe Cassette, Album, Black | Warner Bros. Records – 92 55254 | Canada | 1986 | Canada — 1986 | New Submission | |||
 | Electric Cafe LP, Album, Stereo, Matt Non-Gatefold Sleeve, Yellow Labels | Kling Klang – EMCJ(D) 2406441, EMI – EMCJ(D) 2406441 | South Africa | 1986 | South Africa — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Electric Cafe Cassette, Album, Stereo | EMI – 201 2406444, EMI – 20007 | Argentina | 1986 | Argentina — 1986 | New Submission | |||
 | Electric Cafe (Deutsche Version) Cassette, Album | Kling Klang – 1C264-2406544, EMI – 264 240654 4 | Germany | 1986 | Germany — 1986 | New Submission |
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Reviews
- Such a wonderful album - easily one of their very best.
“Electric Café” was and still is a fine album, but the revisionism has not improved it. “Techno Pop” makes for a much more generic album title. “The Telephone Call”/“Der Telefon Anruf” outstayed its eight-minute welcome on the original album, but here, split into the single remix of the track followed by the tedious “House Phone” dub, it’s worse, and is nearly a minute longer. These two replacement mixes sound decidedly after the fact, which is unsurprising: they were made after the album, and François Kevorkian gave them a beefier, fuller sound. As with the Kling Kling Digital Master of “Computer World”, any reference to Wolfgang Flür is erased from the text. He’s present in the computer images, but, according to the new credits, the album was made by Hütter, Schneider and Bartos.- Why isnt't it sescribed that it is clear vinyl?
And there is a 16 sided bokklet included? 
This is 180 g vinyl. This is not mentioned in the description.
I just played this on my Volti Rival speakers and woke up some people in the next county over. Listened to this in the 80s on cd when I was an teenager and wasn’t expecting much from this but it is nucking futz on a higher end system. Clear , low end , sound stage, insane dynamic and stereo laser beams shooting around the room out of the speakers.
Absolutely fantastic record. Sound quality is amazing and of there is almost no surface noise. This transparent version also looks great, the pictures online really don't do it justice. The fullsize artwork book is a great inclusion.
Awesome quality for a great price. This album is so underrated because to is so well engineered and features a 3Dish sound that set a new level in music production. Musique Non Stop is like a prediction into the future (look at the huge amount of content that is created per second) and the fact that the beat goes on with the existence of humanity. Sex Object still hits the nerve of our modern society and Electric Café is the thing we are in right now.
Thank you KlingKlang for providing good vinyl like Pink Floyd is doing until today. Only the inner sleeve could better better (just paper).
Unpopular opinion--I love this album. My 2nd favorite after "Computer World".
can someone post a picture of the actual vinyl? please.- So the funny thing is, I bought this new, sealed, at a legitimate record store. So whatever distributor they had was sending out bootlegs evidently.
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