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Kraftwerk

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Kraftwerk — Autobahn

Title track of Kraftwerk's breakthrough fourth album, released October 1974 on Philips Records. The track occupies the entirety of side one at 22 minutes 43 seconds, simulating the experience of driving on the German motorway through electronic sound. An edited 3-minute single reached the top 25 in the UK and US, a remarkable crossover for an entirely instrumental German electronic group. Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider are the core duo; produced at Kling Klang studio in Dusseldorf. Rolling Stone's allusion to the Beach Boys' 'Fun Fun Fun' in reviews was noticed by Hutter, who acknowledged the influence on the track's sense of freedom and motion. Recorded the same year as Tangerine Dream's Phaedra, a coincidence critics noted as marking 1974 a pivotal year for European electronic music.