Kraftwerk - Tour De France 2LP 33⅓rpm

Product Information

• Barcode: 0190295272104
• Artist: Kraftwerk (All Products)
  
• Label: Parlophone
• Pressing: EU Press
• Release Date: 2020
• Country Of Origin: EU
• Product Format: LP (Color Vinyl Translucent Blue & Translucent Red, Special Limited Edition, Gatefold)
• Language: French
• Number Of LP: 2
• Product Weight: 700g

 

Kraftwerk first toyed with the idea of making a concept album based on the Tour De France in the early 1980s, so it was probably inevitable that the cycling-mad group would eventually deliver on that promised. First released in 2003 and now reissued in re-mastered form on red and blue vinyl, the album is the most techno-centric set in the band's discography. While it still boasts their usual recurring melodic themes, tuneful motifs and robotic vocoder vocals, many of its hypnotic and euphoric tracks (particularly the three-part title track that dominates the first half of the album) are far weightier and more club-focused than their earlier releases. For that reason alone, it's worth a place in your collection.

 

Track List
Side A

1. Prologue
2. Tour De France Étape 1
3. Tour De France Étape 2
4. Tour De France Étape 3
5. Chrono

Side B

1. Vitamin

Side C

1. Aéro Dynamik
2. Titanium
3. Elektro Kardiogramm

Side D

1. La Forme
2. Régéneration
3. Tour De France