Title: This Album Invented All Post-Rock Music...
Review: In 81, when I was 15, I bought Computerworld. Instantly, I was seduced by the band's aesthetic. And others were two. This is the album that Bambaataa sampled, that helped birth electro, hip-hop, house and all the other post-rock genres.But why is it so affecting? Partly it's the brilliance of the *sounds.* Sounds I'd never heard anywhere before juxtaposed with found Speak & Spell voices and Casio VL Tone presets (also used on the Human League's 'Dare'). The lyrics are also classic Kraftwerk. Spare, direct and almost hysterical with softness, they are the antithesis of the commodified ROCK swagger of macho lies. Computer Love is the most beautiful love song ever, even if it's only indirectly about humans.In 1998, this album still sounds fresh and inspiring where electronic music from last year sounds stale and hollow. Only Kraftwerk could ever do that. And this is their finest work.
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