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! style="width:30px"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>Australian chart peaks:
! style="width:30px"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>Australian chart peaks:
*[[Kent Music Report]] peaks to 12 June 1988: {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=170}} N.B. ARIA licensed the top 50 portion of this chart between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
*[[Kent Music Report]] peaks to 12 June 1988: {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=170}} N.B. ARIA licensed the top 50 portion of this chart between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
*''The Mix'' ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] peak: {{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/08/week-commencing-5-august-1991.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing August 5, 1991|website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=6 August 2022}}
*''The Mix'' ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]) peak: {{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/08/week-commencing-5-august-1991.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 5 August 1991|website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=6 August 2022}}
*ARIA peaks from 13 June 1988 onwards: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/wtYPyff.jpeg|title=Kraftwerk chart history, received from ARIA on 8 October 2021|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=20 June 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
*ARIA peaks from 13 June 1988 onwards: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/wtYPyff.jpeg|title=Kraftwerk chart history, received from ARIA on 8 October 2021|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=20 June 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
! style="width:30px"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="austriancharts">{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kraftwerk| title=Discographie Kraftwerk| work=austriancharts.at| access-date=9 July 2009| language=de}}</ref>
! style="width:30px"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="austriancharts">{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kraftwerk| title=Discographie Kraftwerk| work=austriancharts.at| access-date=9 July 2009| language=de}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| ''[[Autobahn (album)|Autobahn]]''
!scope="row"| ''[[Autobahn (album)|Autobahn]]''
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* Released: November 1974
* Released: 1 November 1974
* Label: Philips, Vertigo
* Label: Philips, Vertigo
* Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
* Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
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!scope="row"| ''[[Radio-Activity|Radio-Aktivität<br>Radio Activity]]''<ref>The only differences between the ''Radio-Activity'' and ''Radio-Aktivität'' albums are the packaging and the title. The music on both albums is identical, and so are the lyrics. Both releases feature a mix of German-English lyrics, whereas the subsequent albums have been released in both German and English sung versions. The only exception is ''Tour de France Soundtracks'', which was only released in one language version, mainly sung in French.</ref>
!scope="row"| ''[[Radio-Activity|Radio-Aktivität<br>Radio Activity]]''<ref>The only differences between the ''Radio-Activity'' and ''Radio-Aktivität'' albums are the packaging and the title. The music on both albums is identical, and so are the lyrics. Both releases feature a mix of German-English lyrics, whereas the subsequent albums have been released in both German and English sung versions. The only exception is ''Tour de France Soundtracks'', which was only released in one language version, mainly sung in French.</ref>
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* Released: December 1975
* Released: November 1975
* Label: Kling Klang, [[Electrola|EMI Electrola]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
* Label: Kling Klang, [[Electrola|EMI Electrola]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
* Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
* Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
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!scope="row"| ''[[Trans-Europe Express (album)|Trans Europa Express<br>Trans-Europe Express]]''
!scope="row"| ''[[Trans-Europe Express (album)|Trans Europa Express<br>Trans-Europe Express]]''
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* Released:April 7, 1977
* Released: March 1977
* Label: Kling Klang, EMI Electrola, Capitol
* Label: Kling Klang, EMI Electrola, Capitol
* Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
* Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
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!scope="row"| ''[[The Man-Machine|Die Mensch-Maschine<br>The Man-Machine]]''
!scope="row"| ''[[The Man-Machine|Die Mensch-Maschine<br>The Man-Machine]]''
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* Released: April 19, 1978
* Released: 28 April 1978
* Label: Kling Klang, EMI Electrola, Capitol
* Label: Kling Klang, EMI Electrola, Capitol
* Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
* Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
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!scope="row"| ''[[Computer World|Computerwelt<br>Computer World]]''
!scope="row"| ''[[Computer World|Computerwelt<br>Computer World]]''
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* Released: May 5, 1981
* Released: 11 May 1981
* Label: Kling Klang, [[EMI]], [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]
* Label: Kling Klang, [[EMI]], [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]
* Format: LP, CS
* Format: LP, CS
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!scope="row"| ''[[Electric Café|Electric Café<br>Techno Pop]]''
!scope="row"| ''[[Electric Café|Electric Café<br>Techno Pop]]''
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* Released: December 16, 1986
* Released: 27 October 1986
* Label: Kling Klang, EMI, Warner Bros.
* Label: Kling Klang, EMI, Warner Bros.
* Format: [[Compact Disc|CD]], LP, CS
* Format: [[Compact Disc|CD]], LP, CS
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* German version: ''The Mix''
* German version: ''The Mix''
* Released: June 10, 1991
* Released: 10 June 1991
* Label: Kling Klang/EMI Elektra (US)
* Label: Kling Klang/EMI Elektra (US)
* Notes: Album of remixed back-catalogue
* Notes: Album of remixed back-catalogue
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! scope="row" | ''[[Tour de France Soundtracks]]''
! scope="row" | ''[[Tour de France Soundtracks]]''
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* Released: August 4, 2003
* Released: 4 August 2003
* Label: Kling Klang, EMI, [[Astralwerks]]
* Label: Kling Klang, EMI, [[Astralwerks]]
* Format: CD, LP
* Format: CD, LP
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! width="31"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="chartstats"/>
! width="31"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="chartstats"/>
! width="31"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kraftwerk/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Kraftwerk Chart History: Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref>
! width="31"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/kraftwerk/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Kraftwerk Chart History: Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref>
! width="31"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Kraftwerk |url=https://hitparade.ch/artist/Kraftwerk#disco |website=hitparade.ch |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>
! width="31"| [[Ultratop|BEL]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |title=Kraftwerk |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr///song/9dce/Kraftwerk-Radioactivity}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | "[[Autobahn (song)|Autobahn]]"
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 3 November 2024

Kraftwerk discography
Kraftwerk performing at the Royal Albert Hall 2017. From left to right: Ralf Hütter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert and Falk Grieffenhagen
Studio albums10
Live albums1
Compilation albums3
Singles24
Video albums3
Music videos18
Box sets2

The discography of German electronic band Kraftwerk consists of 10 studio albums, two live albums, one remix album and 26 singles. Formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in Düsseldorf in 1970, Kraftwerk were part of the krautrock scene. However, the group mostly found fame as pioneers of electronic music, showcasing their styles on a series of concept albums.

While their initial albums featured mostly German lyrics, in 1975 Kraftwerk began writing lyrics that combined both German and English verses. Beginning with "Trans-Europe Express" (1977), most songs by the group were created as duplicate versions sung in English or German; some French, Japanese, Italian or Spanish versions were made.

Since the mid-1970s Kraftwerk have always picked at least two album tracks for release as singles. These accompanying singles were, for many years, created by simply editing down the album recordings, rather than being remixed or otherwise expanded. Since 1991 Kraftwerk have tended to follow the trend for releasing singles in multiple remixed arrangements. A small number of recordings have only been issued as albumless singles, notably those between 1999 and 2000 for the Expo 2000 project.

Prior to forming Kraftwerk, Hütter and Schneider were part of a project called Organisation that released the album Tone Float in 1969.

Studio albums

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Title Album details Chart positions[1][2] Certifications
(sales thresholds)
GER
[3] 		AUS
[4] 		AUT
[5] 		CAN
[6] 		FRA
[7][8] 		ITA
[9][10] 		NL
[11] 		NZ
[12] 		SWE
[13] 		UK
[14] 		US
[15]
Kraftwerk 30 — — — — — — — — — —
Kraftwerk 2
  • Released: January 1972
  • Label: Philips, Vertigo
  • Format: LP, CS
 36 — — — — — — — — — —
Ralf und Florian
  • Released: November 1973
  • Label: Philips, Vertigo
  • Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
 — — — — — — — — — — 160
Autobahn
  • Released: 1 November 1974
  • Label: Philips, Vertigo
  • Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
 7 9 — 5 — — 11 7 27 4 5
Radio-Aktivität
Radio Activity[18] 		22 94 4 59 1 — — — — — 140
Trans Europa Express
Trans-Europe Express
  • Released: March 1977
  • Label: Kling Klang, EMI Electrola, Capitol
  • Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
 32 — — — 2 8 — — 32 49 119
Die Mensch-Maschine
The Man-Machine
  • Released: 28 April 1978
  • Label: Kling Klang, EMI Electrola, Capitol
  • Format: LP, CS, 8-trk
 12 56 15 — 14 15 29 — 24 9 130
Computerwelt
Computer World 		7 51 14 — — — — 28 27 15 72
Electric Café
Techno Pop
  • Released: 27 October 1986
  • Label: Kling Klang, EMI, Warner Bros.
  • Format: CD, LP, CS
 23 — — — — — 56 — 9 58 158
The Mix
  • German version: The Mix
  • Released: 10 June 1991
  • Label: Kling Klang/EMI Elektra (US)
  • Notes: Album of remixed back-catalogue
 7 132 12 — — — — — 20 15 —
Tour de France Soundtracks
  • Released: 4 August 2003
  • Label: Kling Klang, EMI, Astralwerks
  • Format: CD, LP
 1 110 29 — 84 — 76 — 7 21 —

Live albums

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Title Album Details Chart positions[1][2]
GER
[3] 		AUT
[5] 		FRA
[8] 		ITA
[9] 		NL
[11] 		SWE
[13] 		UK
[14]
Minimum-Maximum
  • Released: June 6, 2005
  • Label: Kling Klang/Parlophone
  • Notes: 2 CDs/4 LPs, 2 DVDs, also available as a special edition Notebook with an 88-page book
 26 33 123 44 93 29 29
3-D The Catalogue
  • Released: May 26, 2017
  • Label: Kling Klang/Astralwerks/Caroline/Virgin/EMI
 77 — — — — — —

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Chart positions[1][2] Certifications
(sales thresholds)
GER
[3] 		AUS
 AUT
[5] 		NL
[11] 		SWE
[13] 		UK
[14]
Doppelalbum
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Philips
  • Notes: France/Germany release
 — — — — — —
Exceller 8
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Vertigo (UK), Mercury (Canada)
  • Notes: UK/Canada release
 — — — — — —
Elektro Kinetik
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Notes: UK release
 — — — — — —
Remixes
  • Released: December 21, 2020 (digital)
  • CD and vinyl released: March 25, 2022
  • Label: Kling Klang/Parlophone/WEA Records
  • Notes: Compilation of remixes from 1991-2022
 4 — 37 — — —

Box sets

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Title Album details Chart positions[1][2]
GER
[3]
Klang Box
  • Recorded: 1976–1986
  • Released: May 1997
  • Label: Kling Klang/EMI
  • Notes: Black XL-size T-shirt with a robot motif and the name Kraftwerk (identical to the design on the front lid of the box)
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The Catalogue
  • German version: Der Katalog
  • Released: 2 October 2009
  • Label: Kling Klang/EMI (Germany)
    Mute/EMI (Europe)
    Astralwerks/Caroline/Virgin/EMI (US)
  • Notes: Promotionally issued in 2004, remastered boxed set of albums from 1974 to 2003
 34

Singles

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Title Year Chart positions[2] Certifications Album
GER
[3] 		AUS
[4] 		AUT
[5] 		CAN
[20] 		IRL
[21] 		NL
[11] 		NZ
[12] 		UK
[14] 		US
[22] 		BEL
[23]
"Autobahn" 1975 9 30 — 12 20 16 4 11 25 — Autobahn
"Kometenmelodie 2" — — — — — — — — — —
"Radioactivity" 1976 — — — — — — — — — 6 • SNEP: Gold Radio-Activity
"Trans-Europa Express" 1977 — — — 96 — — — — 67 26 Trans-Europe Express
"Showroom Dummies" — — — — 28 — — 25 — —
"The Robots" 1978 25 — 23 — — — — — — — The Man-Machine
"The Model" — — — — — 43 — — — —
"Neon Lights" — — — — — — — 53 — —
"Pocket Calculator" 1981 63 — — — — — — 39 — — Computer World
"Numbers" — — — — — — — — — —
"Computerwelt" — — — — — — — — — —
"The Model"/Computer Love 7 33 — — 4 41 — 1 — — The Man-Machine
Computer World
"Tour de France" 1983 47 60 — — 20 — 24 22 — — Non-album single
"Musique Non-Stop" 1986 13 — — — — — 45 82 — — Electric Café
"The Telephone Call" 1987 — — — — — — — 89 — —
"The Robots" 1991 18 161 — — 26 — — 20 — — The Mix
"Radioactivity" — — — — — — — 43 — —
"Expo 2000" 1999 35 142 — — — 95 — 27 — — Non-album single
"Tour de France 2003" 2003 50 103 — — — — — 20 — — Tour de France Soundtracks
"Elektro Kardiogramm" — — — — — — — — — —
"Aerodynamik" 2004 80 — — — — — — 33 — —
"AeroDynamik / La Forme" 2007 79 — — — — — — 78 — —
"Heimcomputer / Home Computer" 2021 — — — — — — — — — — Computer World

Video albums

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Music videos

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Year Title Director[25]
1974 "Autobahn"
1975 "Radioactivity"
"Antenna"
1978 "The Robots" Günter Fröhling
1979 "Autobahn" Roger Mainwood
1981 "Pocket Calculator"
1982 "Neon Lights" Günter Fröhling
"Trans-Europe Express" Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter
"Showroom Dummies"
1983 "Tour de France"
"Tour de France"
1986 "Music Non-Stop" Rebecca Allen[ref]
1987 "The Telephone Call" Günter Fröhling
1991 "The Robots" Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter
"The Robots"
2000 "Expo 2000"
2003 "Tour De France Étape 2" D.E. Macken
"Tour De France Étape 2"

References

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  18. ^ The only differences between the Radio-Activity and Radio-Aktivität albums are the packaging and the title. The music on both albums is identical, and so are the lyrics. Both releases feature a mix of German-English lyrics, whereas the subsequent albums have been released in both German and English sung versions. The only exception is Tour de France Soundtracks, which was only released in one language version, mainly sung in French.
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