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''Radio-Activity'' is a 1975 album by Kraftwerk . It was also released under the German name of '''''Radio-Aktivität'''''. Unlike Kraftwerk's later albums, which featured language-specific lyrics, only the titles differ between the English and German editions. The hyphenated album title displays Kraftwerk's typical deadpan humour, being a pun on the twin themes of the songs, half being about Radioactivity , the other half about Radio . This was the first Kraftwerk album to be entirely self-produced by Hütter & Schneider in their Kling Klang studio, and the first one to be performed by the "classic" Hütter/Schneider/Bartos/Flür line-up. All the music was written by Hütter/Schneider, with Emil Schult collaborating on lyrics. Schult also designed the artwork – an illustration of a late-1930s Deutscher Kleinempfänger vintage radio. It was the first Kraftwerk album to feature use of the distinctive Vako Orchestron keyboard (choir, string and organ sounds), which the group had purchased on their recent US ''Autobahn'' tour. The band's custom-built electronic percussion also featured heavily in the sound, and extensive use was made of the Vocoder . The usual synthesizers were present (including Minimoog and ARP Odyssey ), and Ralf's Farfisa electronic piano made a return on "Transistor". For the first time the group did not use flute, violin or guitars. By 1975, Hütter and Schneider's previous publishing deals (for example with Ralf Arnie's ''Star Musik Studio'' of Hamburg ) had expired, and the compositions on ''Radio-Activity'' were published by their own newly set up ''Kling Klang Verlag'' music publishing company, giving them greater financial control over the use of songwriting output. Also, the album was the first to bear the fruit of ''Kling Klang'' as an established Vanity Label under their new licensing deal with EMI . The title track Radioactivity was released as a single, and became a hit in France after it was used as the theme to a popular music show. The song was later remixed by Kraftwerk for their 1991 album '' The Mix ''. It was further remixed, for subsequent single release, by William Orbit and François Kevorkian . TRACK LISTING (English release titles / German release titles) #"Geiger Counter" / "Geigerzähler" – 1:05 #"Radioactivity" / "Radioaktivität" – 6:44 #"Radioland" / "Radioland" – 5:50 #"Airwaves" / "Ätherwellen" – 4:53 #"Intermission" / "Sendepause" – 0:37 #"News" / "Nachrichten" – 1:31 #"The Voice of Energy" / "Die Stimme der Energie" – 0:55 #"Antenna" / "Antenne" – 3:47 #"Radio Stars" / "Radio Sterne" – 3:35 #"Uranium" / "Uran" – 1:24 #"Transistor" / "Transistor" – 2:15 #"Ohm sweet Ohm" / "Ohm sweet Ohm" – 5:39 1, 5, 6, 10, 11 (the instrumental tracks) written by Hütter/Schneider 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12 written by Hütter/Schneider/Schult EQUIPMENT
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