Off the Record (Karl Bartos album)

Off The Record
Studio album by Karl Bartos
Released 15 March 2013
Genre Technopop
Length 43:43
Label Bureau B
Producer Karl Bartos
Karl Bartos chronology

Communication
(2003)		 Off the Record
(2013)
Singles from Off The Record
  1. "Atomium"
    Released: 1 February 2013
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 64/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Beats per Minute 62%[3]
Clash 6/10[4]
Drowned in Sound 5/10[5]
Exclaim! 7/10[6]
The Independent [7]
Pitchfork Media 5.4/10[8]
Popmatters [9]
Record Collector [10]
Rolling Stone Russia [11]

Off the Record, released on 15 March 2013, is the second solo album by Karl Bartos (formerly of Kraftwerk). It is Bartos' first solo album in ten years, though the material on Off the Record predates that on 2003's Communication.[12][13][14]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Karl Bartos, except where indicated. 

No. Title Length
1. "Atomium"   3:16
2. "Nachtfahrt"   3:30
3. "International Velvet"   4:38
4. "Without a Trace of Emotion"   3:28
5. "The Binary Code"   1:42
6. "Musica Ex Machina" (Bartos, Marr, Sumner) 5:16
7. "The Tuning of the World"   3:33
8. "Instant Bayeruth"   3:36
9. "Vox Humana"   2:56
10. "Rhythmus"   4:17
11. "Silence"   0:06
12. "Hausmusik"   3:30

Singles

"Atomium" was released as a single on February 1, 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "Off the Record – Karl Bartos". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Pickard, Joshua (10 April 2013). "Album Review: Karl Bartos – Off The Record". Beats per Minute. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Oliver, Matt (12 March 2013). "Karl Bartos – Off The Record". Clash. Music Republic Ltd. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Falcone, Jon (18 March 2013). "Album Review: Karl Bartos – Off the Record". Drowned in Sound. Silentway. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Ranta, Alan (20 March 2013). "Karl Bartos Off the Record". Exclaim!. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Gilly, Andy (15 March 2013). "Album review: Karl Bartos, Off the Record (Bureau B)". The Independent. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Neyland, Nick (25 March 2013). "Karl Bartos: Off the Record". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Faulkner, Brent (20 March 2013). "Karl Bartos Off the Record". Popmatters. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Rathbone, Oregano. "Off The Record". Record Collector. Diamond Publishing. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Bukharin, Andrew (7 June 2013). "Karl Bartos – «Off The Record»". Rolling Stone Russia (in Russian). Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Tuffrey, Laurie (26 November 2012). "Karl Bartos Announces New Album". The Quietus. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  13. ↑ Roffman, Michael (27 November 2012). "Former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos announces solo album, Off the Record". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  14. ↑ Longley, Martin (4 March 2013). "Karl Bartos - 'Off the Record' - Review". BBC. Retrieved March 17, 2013.