Kraftwerk – Computer World (LP, Warner)

Computer World – Computer World (German: Computerwelt) is the eighth studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk originally released on 10 May 1981. The album deals with the themes of the rise of computers within society. In keeping with the album s concept Kraftwerk showcased their music on an ambitious world tour and issued several different versions of the single quot;Pocket Calculatorquot; in different languages: namely German (quot;Taschenrechnerquot;) French (quot;Mini Calculateurquot;) and Japanese (quot;Dentakuquot; or ). A fifth version in Italian (quot;Mini Calcolatorequot;) was lip-synched to on Italian television in 1981. The compositions are credited to Ralf Hutter Florian Schneider and Karl Bartos. As was the case with the two previous albums Computer World was released in both German- and English-language editions. The title of the final track quot;It s More Fun to Computequot; is in English in all releases as it is based on the slogan quot;It s more fun to compete!quot; which could be seen on old pinball machines.