| Artist: | Kraftwerk |
| Studio: | 10 |
| Live: | 1 |
| Compilation: | 3 |
| Singles: | 24 |
| Video: | 3 |
| Music Videos: | 18 |
| Option: | 2 |
| Option Name: | Box sets |
The discography of German electronic band Kraftwerk consists of 10 studio albums, two live albums, one remix album and 26 singles. Formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in Düsseldorf in 1970, Kraftwerk were part of the krautrock scene. However, the group mostly found fame as pioneers of electronic music, showcasing their styles on a series of concept albums.
While their initial albums featured mostly German lyrics, in 1975 Kraftwerk began writing lyrics that combined both German and English verses. Beginning with "Trans-Europe Express" (1977), most songs by the group were created as duplicate versions sung in English or German; some French, Japanese, Italian or Spanish versions were made.
Since the mid-1970s Kraftwerk have always picked at least two album tracks for release as singles. These accompanying singles were, for many years, created by simply editing down the album recordings, rather than being remixed or otherwise expanded. Since 1991 Kraftwerk have tended to follow the trend for releasing singles in multiple remixed arrangements. A small number of recordings have only been issued as albumless singles, notably those between 1999 and 2000 for the Expo 2000 project.
Prior to forming Kraftwerk, Hütter and Schneider were part of a project called Organisation that released the album Tone Float in 1969.
| Title | Album details | Chart positions[1] [2] | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [3] | AUS [4] | AUT [5] | CAN [6] | FRA [7] [8] | ITA [9] [10] | NL [11] | NZ [12] | SWE [13] | UK [14] | US [15] | ||||
| Kraftwerk | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Kraftwerk 2 |
| 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ralf und Florian |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 160 | ||
| Autobahn |
| 7 | 9 | — | 5 | — | — | 11 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 5 |
Silver[16] Gold[17] | |
| Radio-Aktivität Radio Activity[18] |
| 22 | 94 | 4 | 59 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 140 |
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| Trans Europa Express Trans-Europe Express |
| 32 | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | — | 32 | 49 | 119 |
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| Die Mensch-Maschine The Man-Machine |
| 12 | 56 | 15 | — | 14 | 15 | 29 | — | 24 | 9 | 130 |
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| Computerwelt Computer World |
| 7 | 51 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 27 | 15 | 72 |
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| Electric Café Techno Pop |
| 23 | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | 9 | 58 | 158 | ||
| The Mix |
| 7 | 132 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 15 | — |
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| Tour de France Soundtracks |
| 1 | 110 | 29 | — | 84 | — | 76 | — | 7 | 21 | — |
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| Title | Album Details | Chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | FRA | ITA | NL | SWE | UK | |||
| Minimum-Maximum |
| 26 | 33 | 123 | 44 | 93 | 29 | 29 | |
| 3-D The Catalogue |
| 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUS | AUT | NL | SWE | UK | ||||
| Doppelalbum |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Exceller 8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Elektro Kinetik |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Remixes |
| 4 | — | 37 | — | — | — | ||
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GER | |||
| Klang Box |
| — | |
| The Catalogue |
| 34 |
| Title | Year | Chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUS | AUT | CAN [20] | IRL [21] | NL | NZ | UK | US [22] | BEL [23] | |||||
| "Autobahn" | 1975 | 9 | 30 | — | 12 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 25 | — | Autobahn | ||
| "Kometenmelodie 2" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Radioactivity" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | • SNEP: Gold | Radio-Activity | |
| "Trans-Europa Express" | 1977 | — | — | — | 96 | — | — | — | — | 67 | 26 | Trans-Europe Express | ||
| "Showroom Dummies" | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | 25 | — | — | ||||
| "The Robots" | 1978 | 25 | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Man-Machine | ||
| "The Model" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Neon Lights" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | ||||
| "Pocket Calculator" | 1981 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | Computer World | ||
| "Numbers" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Computerwelt" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 7 | 33 | — | — | 4 | 41 | — | 1 | — | — |
| The Man-Machine Computer World | |||
| "Tour de France" | 1983 | 47 | 60 | — | — | 20 | — | 24 | 22 | — | — | |||
| "Musique Non-Stop" | 1986 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | 82 | — | — | Electric Café | ||
| "The Telephone Call" | 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | |||
| "The Robots" | 1991 | 18 | 161 | — | — | 26 | — | — | 20 | — | — | The Mix | ||
| "Radioactivity" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | ||||
| "Expo 2000" | 1999 | 35 | 142 | — | — | — | 95 | — | 27 | — | — | |||
| "Tour de France 2003" | 2003 | 50 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | Tour de France Soundtracks | ||
| "Elektro Kardiogramm" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Aerodynamik" | 2004 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | |||
| "AeroDynamik / La Forme" | 2007 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | |||
| "Heimcomputer / Home Computer" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Computer World | ||
| Year | Title | Director[25] |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | "Autobahn" | |
| 1975 | "Radioactivity" | |
| "Antenna" | ||
| 1978 | "The Robots" | Günter Fröhling |
| 1979 | "Autobahn" | Roger Mainwood |
| 1981 | "Pocket Calculator" | |
| 1982 | "Neon Lights" | Günter Fröhling |
| "Trans-Europe Express" | Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter | |
| "Showroom Dummies" | ||
| 1983 | "Tour de France" | |
| "Tour de France" | ||
| 1986 | "Music Non-Stop" | Rebecca Allen[ref<nowiki>]]|-| 1987| "The Telephone Call"|Günter Fröhling|-| rowspan="2" | 1991| "The Robots"| Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter|-|"The Robots"||-| 2000| "Expo 2000"||-| rowspan="2" | 2003| "Tour De France Étape 2"| D.E. Macken |-|"Tour De France Étape 2"||}External links] |
