Album dossier / 1981
Computer World
Kraftwerk · Electronic / Synth-pop
Recorded at their own Kling Klang studio in Düsseldorf and released 11 May 1981, Kraftwerk's eighth album built an entire concept record around the rise of home computing, and its icy synth-funk backbone (especially 'Numbers' and 'Computer Love') would go on to be sampled directly by Afrika Bambaataa's 'Planet Rock' the following year, cementing Kraftwerk's outsized influence on electro and early hip-hop.
Record facts
- Label
- Kling Klang / EMI Electrola / Warner Bros. Records
- Producer
- Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
- Chart peak
- UK #15 (1981)
- Notable tracks
- ★ Computer Love
- ★ Pocket Calculator
- ★ Numbers
Artist & discography
Complete 1980s Studio Discography
2 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Kraftwerk. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.
Complete track listing · 7 tracks
- Computer World
- Pocket Calculator
- Numbers
- Computer World 2
- Computer Love
- Home Computer
- It's More Fun to Compute
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_World, https://www.discogs.com/release/944946-Kraftwerk-Computer-World · track listing: https://www.discogs.com/release/944946-Kraftwerk-Computer-World · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-09-03