Ralf und Florian is the third studio album created and produced by the German music group Kraftwerk. It was also released under the English name of Ralf and Florian. Unlike Kraftwerk's later albums, which featured language-specific lyrics, only the titles differ between the English and German editions.
Along with Kraftwerk's first two albums, Ralf und Florian to date, has never been officially re-issued on compact disc. However, the album remains...
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Ralf und Florian is the third studio album created and produced by the German music group Kraftwerk. It was also released under the English name of Ralf and Florian. Unlike Kraftwerk's later albums, which featured language-specific lyrics, only the titles differ between the English and German editions.
Along with Kraftwerk's first two albums, Ralf und Florian to date, has never been officially re-issued on compact disc. However, the album remains an influential and sought after work, and bootlegged CD's were widely distributed in the 1990s on the Germanofon label. The band has hinted that the album may finally see a re-mastered CD release after their Der Katalog box set .
As indicated by the title (and like their previous album), all the tracks were written, performed and produced by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider, with the sessions engineered by the influential Konrad "Conny" Plank. The album has a fuller and more polished sound quality than previous efforts, and this is clearly...
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