Electric Café

Electric Café is the ninth album by Kraftwerk.

Background
The album was delayed for several years, first due to Ralf Hütter's cycling accident, and also due to concerns that the production quality was not 'cutting-edge' enough, so the album had to be re-produced.

The album was recorded using the Emu Emulator II sampler, and various pieces of contemporary equipment.

There are three different releases of the album - one with English lyrics, one with German lyrics and a third version with Spanish lyrics. The Spanish version is identical to the English version of the album, except that the tracks 'Techno Pop' and 'Sex Object' were sung in Spanish. The third version of the album has not been reissued in any form.

When the album was reissued in 2009 (as part of the boxset 'Der Katalog'), the track list of the album was altered slightly - the album version of the track 'Der Telefon-Anruf' was removed, and replaced by the single edit, with the single-only track 'House Phone' being added after it. The title of the album was also changed from 'Electric Café' to 'Techno Pop'.