The Man-Machine
Kraftwerk
"What if Todd Terry but Norwegian” is a self-aware premise to start with; so’s the LP title, which lends a “well alright then” glibness to the fact that he built his rep off a decade’s worth of wiseassed Scandi-house singles and collabs and edits before deigning to commit to a full-length. But there’s no time like this album’s present: retro-electro that shows the synthwave kiddies how it’s done (“Delorean Dynamite”), balearic disco that revels in old-school synth burble (“Preben Goes to Acapulco”), an honest-to-god Robert Palmer cover featuring honest-to-god Bryan Ferry (“Johnny and Mary”). Louche and loving it.
Kraftwerk
Sylvester and the Hot Band
Various Artists, Shep Pettibone
Rose Royce
Various Artists, Walter Gibbons
Daft Punk
Diana Ross
Gino Soccio
Boney M.
Pet Shop Boys
Various Artists