The Man-Machine

The Man-Machine
The Man-Machine
Studio album by Kraftwerk
Released	May 1978
Recorded	1977–1978
Studio	Kling Klang (Düsseldorf, West Germany)
Genre	Electronic; synth-pop; new wave; electropop;
Length	36:10
Label	Kling Klang; EMI Electrola;
Producer	Ralf Hütter; Florian Schneider;
Kraftwerk chronology
2009 Edition
	2009 remastered edition cover
Singles from The Man-Machine
	"The Robots"; Released: May 1978; "The Model"; Released: September 1978; "Neon Lights"; Released: December 1978;

The Man-Machine (German: Die Mensch-Maschine) is the seventh studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk. It was released in May 1978 by Kling Klang in Germany and by Capitol Records elsewhere. A further refinement of their mechanical style, the album saw the group incorporate more danceable rhythms. The album has a satirical bent to it. It is thought to address a wide-range of themes from the Cold War, Germany's fascination with manufacturing, and humankind's increasingly symbiotic relationship with machines.^[3] It includes the singles "The Model" and "The Robots".

Although the album was initially unsuccessful on the UK Albums Chart, it reached a new peak position of number nine in February 1982,^[4] becoming the band's second highest-peaking album in the United Kingdom after Autobahn (1974).^[5]

^ International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music (34 ed.). Institute of Musicology, Zagreb Academy of Music. 2003. p. 170. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ Piazza, James (29 June 2022). The Ghost of Madame Curie: Writings from Innerspace Labs. James Piazza. p. 744. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ Wiser, Danny (31 July 2020). "GERMANY: The Man-Machine - Kraftwerk". 200worldalbums.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference UK chart was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Kraftwerk" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[1] International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music (34 ed.). Institute of Musicology, Zagreb Academy of Music. 2003. p. 170. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[2] Piazza, James (29 June 2022). The Ghost of Madame Curie: Writings from Innerspace Labs. James Piazza. p. 744. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[3] Wiser, Danny (31 July 2020). "GERMANY: The Man-Machine - Kraftwerk". 200worldalbums.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[UK_chart-4] Cite error: The named reference UK chart was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] "Kraftwerk" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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