| Recorded | 1970-1974 |
|---|---|
| Released | October 1975 |
| Label | Vertigo |
| Length | 37:28 |
| Genre | Krautrock Electronic music Synthpop |
| Wikipedia | |
Exceller 8 is a 1975 compilation album by Kraftwerk. The title of the album is a play on the word "accelerate".
The album is a sampler of material from the first four Kraftwerk albums – Kraftwerk, Kraftwerk 2, Ralf und Florian, Autobahn – and includes some versions of tracks that had been edited down for release on singles, such as "Autobahn", as well as simple excerpts from longer album tracks, such as "Kling-Klang". Only the pair of tracks from the Ralf und Florian album, "Tongebirge" and "Kristallo", are entirely free of cuts.
Track listing[]
- "Ruckzuck" (minus the opening flute-echo intro) – 7:30
- "Autobahn" (new edited version) – 3:06
- "Tongebirge" – 2:50
- "Kristallo" – 6:18
- "Comet Melody 2" (version released as a single in August 1975 with middle section edited out) – 2:49
- "Kling-Klang" (excerpt beginning at 1:38 into the original track) – 9:20
- "Vom Himmel hoch" (the opening and closing sections with a cross-fade link) – 4:00
- "Stratovarius" (excerpt of the final section) – 1:35