“We have great recordings from Santiago, Chile, but couldn’t incorporate them into ''Minimum-Maximum'' because we’d already mixed the album,” says Ralf. “The Chileans were the only audience in the world who clap in time, in perfect synchronisation.”The album was also released as a double Minimum-Maximum (video), live concert DVD with Digital Theatre System, DTS 5.1 sound on 5 December 2005. The track "Planet of Visions" is a reworked version of the song "Expo 2000 (song), Expo 2000", based on a 2001 remix by Underground Resistance (band), Underground Resistance. The vocoder text "Sellafield, Sellafield 2" at the start of "Radioactivity (song), Radioactivity"/"Radioaktivität" is included for the first time on the CD and DVD set. The intro vocoder text before "The Man-Machine"/"Die Mensch-Maschine" is included only on the DVD release. ''Minimum-Maximum'' was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.
Critical reception
''Minimum-Maximum'' received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a standard score, normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 86, based on 17 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".Track listing
English version
Disc one
# "The Man-Machine" (Karl Bartos, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter) Warsaw, Warszawa, Congress Hall (Warsaw), Sala Kongresowa - 27.05.04 – 7:55 # "Planet of Visions" (Fritz Hilpert, Hütter, Florian Schneider) Ljubljana, Križanke - 24.05.04 – 4:45 # "Tour de France (Étape 1)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall - 29.05.04 – 4:22 # "Chrono" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall - 29.05.04 – 1:29 # "Tour de France (Étape 2)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall - 29.05.04 – 4:48 # "Vitamin" (Hilpert, Hütter) Moscow, Luzhniki Olympic Complex, Lushniki - 03.06.04 – 6:41 # "Tour de France (song), Tour de France" (Bartos, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Paris, Le Grand Rex - 22.03.04 – 6:18 # "Autobahn (song), Autobahn" (Hütter, Schneider, Emil Schult) Berlin, Tempodrom - 25.03.04 – 8:51 # "Das Model, The Model" (Bartos, Hütter, Schult) London, Brixton Academy - 20.03.04 – 3:41 # "Neon Lights (Kraftwerk song), Neon Lights" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) London, Royal Festival Hall - 18.03.04 – 5:58Disc two
# "Radioactivity (song), Radioactivity" (Hütter, Schneider, Schult) Warsaw, Warszawa, Congress Hall (Warsaw), Sala Kongresowa - 27.05.04 – 7:41 # "Trans-Europe Express (song), Trans-Europe Express" (Hütter, Schult) Budapest, László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Sportaréna - 25.05.04 – 5:01 # "Metal on Metal" (Hütter) Budapest, László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Sportaréna - 25.05.04 – 4:28 # "Numbers" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) San Francisco, The Warfield - 28.04.04 – 4:27 # "Computer World" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Luzhniki Olympic Complex, Lushniki - 03.06.04 – 2:55 # "Home Computer" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Warsaw, Warszawa, Congress Hall (Warsaw), Sala Kongresowa - 27.05.04 – 5:55 # "Pocket Calculator" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Luzhniki Olympic Complex, Lushniki - 03.06.04 – 2:58 # "Dentaku" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Tokyo, Shibuya-AX, Shibuya Ax - 04.03.04 – 3:15 # "The Robots" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Luzhniki Olympic Complex, Lushniki - 03.06.04 – 7:23 # "Elektro Kardiogramm" (Hilpert, Hütter) Tallinn, Exhibition Hall - 30.05.04 – 4:41 # "Aéro Dynamik" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall - 29.05.04 – 7:14 # "Musique Non-Stop" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Luzhniki Olympic Complex, Lushniki - 03.06.04 – 9:51German version
Disc one
# "Die Mensch-Maschine" (Karl Bartos, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hütter) Warsaw, Warszawa, Congress Hall (Warsaw), Sala Kongresowa – 7:55 # "Planet der Visionen" (Fritz Hilpert, Hütter, Florian Schneider) Ljubljana, Križanke – 4:45 # "Tour de France (Étape 1)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Maxime Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:22 # "Chrono" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 1:29 # "Tour de France (Étape 2)" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:48 # "Vitamin" (Hilpert, Hütter) Moscow, Luzhniki Olympic Complex, Lushniki – 6:41 # "Tour de France (song), Tour de France" (Bartos, Hütter, Schmitt, Schneider) Paris, Le Grand Rex – 6:18 # "Autobahn (song), Autobahn" (Hütter, Schneider, Emil Schult) Berlin, Tempodrom – 8:51 # "Das Model" (Bartos, Hütter, Schult) Berlin, Tempodrom – 3:41 # "Neon Lights (Kraftwerk song), Neonlicht" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) London, Royal Festival Hall – 5:58Disc two
# "Radioactivity (song), Radioaktivität" (Hütter, Schneider, Schult) Tallinn, Exhibition Hall – 7:41 # "Trans-Europe Express (song), Trans-Europa Express" (Hütter, Schult) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 3:21 # "Abzug" (Hütter) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 1:40 # "Metall auf Metall" (Hütter) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 4:28 # "Nummern" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) San Francisco, The Warfield – 4:27 # "Computerwelt" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider, Schult) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 2:55 # "Heimcomputer" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Warsaw, Warszawa, Congress Hall (Warsaw), Sala Kongresowa – 5:55 # "Taschenrechner" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Berlin, Tempodrom – 2:58 # "Dentaku" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Tokyo, Shibuya-AX, Shibuya Ax – 3:15 # "The Robots, Die Roboter" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Berlin, Tempodrom – 7:23 # "Elektro Kardiogramm, Elektro-Kardiogramm" (Hilpert, Hütter) Tallinn, Exhibition Hall – 4:41 # "Aero Dynamik" (Hilpert, Hütter, Schneider, Schmitt) Riga, Olimpiska Hall – 7:14 # "Musique Non Stop, Music Non-Stop" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) Moscow, Luzhniki Olympic Complex, Lushniki – 9:51 In the German version of the track listing (as on ''The Mix (Kraftwerk album), The Mix'' album) after "Trans-Europa Express" is an extra title, "Abzug", followed by "Metall auf Metall". For the international version of the album the title "Abzug" was dropped and the music incorporated as part of "Trans-Europe Express", thus making the disc appear to be one track shorter. The original 1977 German album has these track titles in a different order, though the music is basically the same arrangement.''Notebook''
A special edition box set entitled Minimum-Maximum Notebook, Notebook, comprising both the DVDs and audio CDs plus a commemorative hardback book of tour photos, was also issued, in both German- and English-language versions. The box is designed to resemble a laptop computer, with the front cover of the book being the keyboard (with German keyboard layout).Personnel
* Ralf Hütter – vocals, software synthesizers, Music sequencer, sequencing * Florian Schneider – supplementary vocals, software synthesizers, sequencing * Fritz Hilpert – software synthesizers, sequencing, sound engineer (album mix) * Henning Schmitz – software synthesizers, sequencing, sound engineer (album mix)Equipment
The performances were created using 10 Sony VAIO laptops containing Pentium 4, Mobile Intel Pentium 4 M processors. Four were used for audio, running Steinberg Cubase SX, the remaining 6 provided the video system. Since 2002 all sounds were created using virtual technology (i.e., software replicating and replacing original analogue or digital equipment). According to Fritz Hilpert, interviewed in 2009, "the mobility of music technology and the reliability of the notebooks and software have greatly simplified the realization of complex touring setups: we generate all sounds on the laptops in real time and manipulate them with controller maps. It takes almost no time to get our compact stage system set up for performance. […] This way, we can bring our Kling-Klang Studio with us on stage. The physical light weight of our equipment also translates into an enormous ease of use when working with software synthesizers and sound processors. Every tool imaginable is within immediate reach or just a few mouse clicks away on the Internet."Charts
Weekly charts
Release history
References
{{Authority control Kraftwerk albums 2005 live albums 2005 video albums Live video albums Astralwerks live albums German-language albums