Trans Europe Express

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Annotation

Copyright: © 2009 Ralf Hütter/Kraftwerk under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
℗ 1977, 2009 Parlophone Records Limited

Annotation last modified on 2026-04-01 12:56 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Europe Endless recording of: Europe Endless lyricist: Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) composer: Ralf Hütter translated version of: Europa Endlos		9:41
2	The Hall of Mirrors recording of: The Hall of Mirrors lyricist: Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) and Emil Schult composer: Ralf Hütter translated version of: Spiegelsaal		7:56
3	Showroom Dummies music videos: Showroom Dummies by Kraftwerk recording of: Showroom Dummies lyricist and composer: Ralf Hütter translated version of: Schaufensterpuppen	4.5	6:15
4	Trans‐Europe Express recording of: Trans‐Europe Express lyricist: Ralf Hütter and Emil Schult composer: Ralf Hütter translated version of: Trans Europa Express	3	6:37
5	Metal on Metal recording engineer: Peter Bollig producer: Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) mixer: Bill Halverson and Thomas Kuckuck electronic drum set: Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flür electronic instruments [Elektronik] and synthesizer: Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) vocoder: Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) performer: Kraftwerk recorded at: Kling-Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany mixed at: Rüssl Studio in Hamburg, Germany recording of: Metal on Metal composer: Ralf Hütter publisher: Kling Klang Music sub-publisher: ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)	4	2:12
6	Abzug recording engineer: Peter Bollig producer: Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) mixer: Bill Halverson and Thomas Kuckuck electronic drum set: Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flür electronic instruments [Elektronik] and synthesizer: Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) vocoder: Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) performer: Kraftwerk recorded at: Kling-Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany mixed at: Rüssl Studio in Hamburg, Germany recording of: Abzug composer: Ralf Hütter publisher: Kling Klang Music	4.5	4:54
7	Franz Schubert recording engineer: Peter Bollig producer: Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) mixer: Bill Halverson and Thomas Kuckuck electronic drum set: Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flür electronic instruments [Elektronik] and synthesizer: Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) vocoder: Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) performer: Kraftwerk recorded at: Kling-Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany mixed at: Rüssl Studio in Hamburg, Germany recording of: Franz Schubert composer: Ralf Hütter	3.35	4:26
8	Endless Endless recording of: Endless Endless composer: Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider (founding member of Kraftwerk) translated version of: Endlos Endlos		0:55

Credits

Release

copyrighted (©) by:	Kraftwerk (in 2009) Ralf Hütter (in 2009)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Parlophone Records Ltd (not for release label use! a Warner Music Group company) (in 2009)
licensed to:	Parlophone Records Ltd (not for release label use! a Warner Music Group company)

purchase for download:	https://music.apple.com/gb/album/726144557 [info] https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/trans-europe-express-2009-digital-remaster-kraftwerk/5099996602058 [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/album/0HHRIVjvBcnTepfeRVgS2f [info] https://www.deezer.com/album/396602 [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/gb/album/726144557 [info] https://tidal.com/album/3131362 [info] https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/trans-europe-express-2009-digital-remaster-kraftwerk/5099996602058 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Showroom Dummies
included in:	Three Originals The Capitol Years

part of:

The SPIN Record Guide: Electronica (SPIN magazine, 2003-06) (number: 2) (order: 2)
Pitchfork: The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (number: 6) (order: 6)
Apple Music: 100 Best Albums (number: 71) (order: 71)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 238) (order: 238)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 238) (order: 238)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 253) (order: 253)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 256) (order: 256)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 368) (order: 369)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/2877 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Kraftwerk/Trans-europe-express [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fgfd [info]
other databases:	http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/22852 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/kraftwerk/trans_europa_express/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000194538 [info]
Wikidata:	Q523372 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 5099996602058
Format:: Digital Media
Length:: 42:57

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Parlophone
[none]

Release events

[Worldwide]
2009-10-12

Release group rating

4.15 (see all ratings)

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Last updated on 2026-04-06 20:00 UTC