Autobahn
by Kraftwerk

Autobahn by Kraftwerk
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-11-00
Overall rank: 952nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 500 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1974 (15th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (196th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (952nd)

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Kraftwerk bestography

Autobahn is ranked 4th 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 5,435.

Kraftwerk album bestography « Higher ranked (501st)
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This album (952nd)
Autobahn
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Autobahn track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 952nd | 1970s rank: 196th | 1974 rank: 15th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 500 votes)
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02/25/2026 23:08 Timooosterink  Ratings distribution  82172/100
 
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01/15/2026 00:29 This_is_handsome  Ratings distribution  76979/100
 
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12/22/2025 13:31 LukasAntoine00s  Ratings distribution  38480/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.

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75/100
From 04/01/2025 22:27 | #308279
The title track's the standout piece. Overall, I found it quite a soothing album. Even the tracks that have darker shades of a soundscape have some serenity and pleasantness to them.
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80/100
From 01/24/2024 18:04 | #301441
As others have said, title song is fantastic, and the rest, while it's good as well, isn't as iconic or memorable.
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70/100
From 10/14/2022 22:31 | #290474
A great first half is let down by a massively disappointing second half that really drags the whole record down in my opinion. The majority of that second side could be cut as it is a lot of filler content. It seems to lack all that Kraftwerk charm and infectiousness that they had on the first track while maintaining their more experimental style. On the second half it just seems to be all experimental with them trying to make the craziest sounds possible at the time of recording. This does not make for enjoyable listening for us for the most part. Overall, the titles track is fantastic and with its length it really does carry this record and makes it worth a listen.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 01/09/2022 11:54 | #278922
This was my first listening to Kraftwerk and that album was really impressive, especially considering it is from 1974.
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60/100
From 08/03/2021 12:12 | #272166
techno instrumentation truly is something original
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80/100
From 07/14/2020 18:46 | #255578
Autobahn suffers from 2112 syndrome; an amazing 20 minute epic on one side of the record, encompassing everything great the group had done up to that point, followed by a seemingly random assortment of good songs on the other side that pale in comparison to the first song/side, making for a puzzling album to discern. Should it be called great just because that one song is great, or should it be called mediocre because the rest isn't up to snuff? In the case of Kraftwerk, the music they made always appealed to a specific audience (again, much like Rush) that gobbled this up, and I enjoy it greatly as well.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 05/30/2020 09:46 | #252559
Fav. Tracks: Autobahn, Komtenmelodie 1 and 2.
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65/100
From 10/04/2019 21:22 | #243391
Inegável a imensa influência! Gigante!
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From 08/16/2019 00:28 | #241234
Favorite Tracks:Autobahn
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60/100
From 03/09/2019 15:46 | #233316
Best track: "Autobahn"
Weakest track: "Morgenspaziergang" / "Morning Walk"
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