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Kraftwerk: Computer World (EMI)

Andy Gill, New Musical Express, 16 May 1981

COMPUTER-WORLD is the first Kraftwerk LP for over three years, an inordinate period of silence for most groups, but no surprise in their case. Indeed, it was difficult at the time to see how they could possibly extend and improve on The Man-Machine, a near-perfect summation of their musical and political concerns.

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