Kraftwerk
by Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk by Kraftwerk
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 8,883rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 80 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (138th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,329th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,883rd)

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Kraftwerk bestography

Kraftwerk is ranked 11th best out of 19 albums by Kraftwerk on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kraftwerk is Trans Europa Express which is ranked number 308 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,471.

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Kraftwerk rankings

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Overall rank: 8,883rd | 1970s rank: 1,329th | 1970 rank: 138th

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 80 votes)
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70/100
 
01/05/2026 20:50 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,71370/100
 
75/100
 
02/07/2025 08:04 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,11378/100
 
75/100
 
01/05/2025 09:03 Ulysses60  Ratings distribution  1,29678/100
 
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03/07/2024 21:19 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100
 
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02/14/2024 22:37 lleon79  Ratings distribution  1,11681/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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75/100
From 10/13/2021 20:53 | #274957
VERY different from their later stuff. Still a really solid krautrock record, but it doesn't live up to the likes of Can, Amon Düül II, or even NEU!
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From 10/23/2018 23:32 | #223147
it's fine, don't expect anything special though. "one of the great krautrock albums" is hilarious lol, if you want great krautrock i'd suggest can, neu! or faust
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From 05/04/2018 22:19 | #214201
It's a good, if sometimes tedious, krautrock debut... but let's be honest, this is miles off their pioneering electronic work which began less than half a decade later.
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From 07/11/2013 23:52 | #81144
One of the great krautrock albums of the History.
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