Electric Café
by Kraftwerk
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Kraftwerk bestography
Electric Café is ranked 6th best out of 20 albums by Kraftwerk on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kraftwerk is Trans Europa Express which is ranked number 314 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,232.
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Electric Café track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Electric Café rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 65 Music Albums of 1986 | 38/65 | 2 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1986 | 35/49 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Failed | 7/22 | - |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 1986 | 19/54 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 81 Music Albums of 1986 | 36/81 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1986 | 52/89 | 2 |
| 2026 | BurndenAce | Top 75 Music Albums of the 1980s | 50/75 | 7 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 99 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 371 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/30/2026 08:41 | Leginlists | 3,844 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 22:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,322 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 22:19 | JamesMowbray | 5,729 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 70.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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It's telling when one of Kraftwerk's worst albums is still really good. This one in particular may lack any revolutionary streak that "Autobahn" had or the sublime melodies found in "The Man-Machine", but by subtly enveloping the listener in a melancholic atmosphere, "Electric Cafe" manages to create a world of its own. This particular atmosphere really complements the record's cyber-paranoia themes, which seem to revolve around the monotony of technology and our reliance on it.
Songs such as "The Telephone Call" & "Sex Object" are great examples for that interpretation, and others like opener "Boing Boom Tschak" & closer "Electric Cafe" bring back the Kraftwerkian bounciness (even if it isn't as radiant as "Computer World"). Overall it's an impressive record, thematically ahead of its time, and it's one that's sadly been neglected (or simply misunderstood) by critics and audiences alike, but you know, hopefully it'll be given the rightful amount of acclaim by future generations.
I think this record gets a bad rap. Sure, it's not as great as its predecessor "Computer World", but I think that "Electric Cafe" cleverly taps into the isolation (sexual or otherwise) one feels with increasing technology. Musically a bit stale since all the other 80s synthpop acts caught upto their sound by 1986, but you know, it still sounds fine. A weak Kraftwerk record is still pretty good.
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Y’know, it’s fun. You can’t take that away from this album. And because the technology at this time was already somewhat less outdated than previous works, I feel myself gravitating to this album a lot more often.
Not their best album sadly, it feels like the group recycled stuff they'd done on previous projects a lot of the time and IMO the production makes it sound overblown and at times corny
Very Good !
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