Minimum-Maximum

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Minimum-Maximum
Live album by Kraftwerk
Released June 6, 2005
Recorded 2004
Genre Electronic music
Synthpop
Length 120:39 (Int. version)
120:46 (German version)
Label Kling Klang
EMI
Astralwerks (US)
Producer Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert, Henning Schmitz
Professional reviews
Kraftwerk chronology
Tour de France Soundtracks
(2003)		 Minimum-Maximum
(2005)

Minimum-Maximum is the first official live album release by Kraftwerk, released on June 6, 2005, almost 35 years after the group gave their first live performance. It features tracks recorded on their world tour during 2004, including concerts in Warsaw, Moscow, Berlin, London, Budapest, Tallinn, Riga, Tokyo and San Francisco.

Like many of their studio albums, Minimum-Maximum was released in two different language versions: the band's native German, and English for the international market. However, of the 23 tracks on the album, only the recordings of "The Model", "Radioactivity", "Trans-Europe Express" / "Metal on Metal", "Pocket Calculator" and "The Robots" are actually different between the releases. The album title, an excerpt from the lyrics of the song "Elektro-Kardiogramm" (which only exists in an English-language version), is the same for both German and English versions.

The album was also released as a double live concert DVD with DTS 5.1 sound on December 5, 2005. A special edition box set entitled Notebook, comprising both the DVDs and audio CDs plus a commemorative hardback book of tour photos, was also issued, in both German and English language versions.

The track "Planet of Visions", is a reworked version of the song "Expo 2000", based on a 2001 remix by Underground Resistance. In other words, the track is a remix of a remix.

The vocoder text "Sellafield 2" at the start of "Radioactivity" / "Radioaktivität" is included for the first time on the CD and DVD set. The intro vocoder text before "The Man-Machine" / "Die Mensch-Maschine" is included only on the DVD release.

Minimum-Maximum was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album in 2006.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] International version

[edit] Disc one

  1. "The Man-Machine" (Karl Bartos, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa – 7:55
  2. "Planet of Visions" (Fritz Hilpert, Hütter, Florian Schneider) Ljubljana, Križanke – 4:45
  3. "Tour de France (Étape 1)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:22
  4. "Chrono" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 1:29
  5. "Tour de France (Étape 2)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:48
  6. "Vitamin" (Hilpert, Hütter) Moscow, Lushniki – 6:41
  7. "Tour de France" (Bartos, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Paris, Le Grand Rex – 6:18
  8. "Autobahn" (Hütter, Schneider, Emil Schult) Berlin, Tempodrom – 8:51
  9. "The Model" (Bartos, Hütter, Schult) London, Brixton Academy – 3:41
  10. "Neon Lights" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) London, Royal Festival Hall – 5:58

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Radioactivity" (Hütter, Schneider, Schult) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa – 7:41
  2. "Trans Europe Express" (Hütter, Schult) Budapest, Sportarena – 5:01
  3. "Metal on Metal" (Hütter) Budapest, Sportarena – 4:28
  4. "Numbers" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) San Francisco, The Warfield – 4:27
  5. "Computer World" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Lushniki – 2:55
  6. "Home Computer" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa – 5:55
  7. "Pocket Calculator" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Lushniki – 2:58
  8. "Dentaku" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Tokyo, Shibuya Ax – 3:15
  9. "The Robots" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Lushniki – 7:23
  10. "Elektro Kardiogramm" (Hilpert, Hütter) Tallinn, Exhibition Hall – 4:41
  11. "Aéro Dynamik" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 7:14
  12. "Music Non Stop" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Lushniki – 9:51

[edit] German version

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Die Mensch-Maschine" (Karl Bartos, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa – 7:55
  2. "Planet der Visionen" (Fritz Hilpert, Hütter, Florian Schneider) Ljubljana, Križanke – 4:45
  3. "Tour de France (Étape 1)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:22
  4. "Chrono" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 1:29
  5. "Tour de France (Étape 2)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:48
  6. "Vitamin" (Hilpert, Hütter) Moscow, Lushniki – 6:41
  7. "Tour de France" (Bartos, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Paris, Le Grand Rex – 6:18
  8. "Autobahn" (Hütter, Schneider, Emil Schult) Berlin Tempodrom – 8:51
  9. "Das Modell" (Bartos, Hütter, Schult) Berlin, Tempodrom – 3:41
  10. "Neonlicht" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) London, Royal Festival Hall – 5:58

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Radioaktivität" (Hütter, Schneider, Schult) Tallinn, Exhibition Hall – 7:41
  2. "Trans-Europa Express" (Hütter, Schult) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 3:21
  3. "Abzug" (Hütter) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 1:40
  4. "Metall auf Metall" (Hütter) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:28
  5. "Nummern" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) San Francisco, The Warfield – 4:27
  6. "Computerwelt" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider, Schult) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 2:55
  7. "Heimcomputer" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Warszawa, Sala Kongresowa – 5:55
  8. "Taschenrechner" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Berlin, Tempodrom – 2:58
  9. "Dentaku" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Tokyo, Shibuya Ax – 3:15
  10. "Die Roboter" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Berlin, Tempodrom – 7:23
  11. "Elektro-Kardiogramm" (Hilpert, Hütter) Tallinn, Exhibition Hall – 4:41
  12. "Aero Dynamik" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 7:14
  13. "Music Non-Stop" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Lushniki – 9:51

In the German version of the track listing (as on "The Mix" album) after "Trans-Europa Express" is an extra title, "Abzug", followed by "Metal auf Metal". For the international version of the album the title "Abzug" was dropped and the music incorporated as part of "Trans-Europe Express", thus making the disc appear to be one track shorter. The original 1977 German album has these track titles in a different order, though the music is basically the same arrangement.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog number Lyrics
Germany June 6, 2005 EMI CD 3 12046 2 German
Germany June 6, 2005 EMI 4 x vinyl 3 11828 1 German
EU except Germany June 6, 2005 EMI CD 560 6112 English
EU except Germany June 6, 2005 EMI 4 x vinyl 560 6111 English
EU except Germany April 24, 2006 EMI SACD 3 34996 2 English
United States June 7, 2005 Astralwerks CD ASW 60611 English
Japan August 10, 2005 EMI CD TOCP-66427 German
Japan August 10, 2005 EMI CD TOCP-66425 English
Australasia July 18, 2005 EMI CD  ??? English

[edit] See also

v • d • e
Kraftwerk
Ralf Hütter · Florian Schneider
Fritz Hilpert · Henning Schmitz · Stefan Pfaffe

Fernando Abrantes · Karl Bartos · Klaus Röder · Wolfgang Flür · Emil Schult · Plato Kostic · Peter Schmidt
Michael Rother · Houschäng Néjadepour · Klaus Dinger · Charly Weiss · Thomas Lohmann · Andreas Hohmann · Eberhard Kranemann
Albums
Live and compilation releases
Klang Box · Minimum-Maximum · The Catalogue
Non-album singles
Videography
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