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KRAFTWERK Radio-Activity LP 1975 Electro Synth Capitol Records Canada SN-16380 Vinyl: VG+ Has a few light scuffs Cover: Has light ring wear, and some small creases. see pic. Tracks 1. Geiger Counter - 1:04 2. Radioactivity - 6:44 3. Radioland - 5:53 4. Airwaves - 4:53 5. Intermission - :15 6. News - 1:13 7. The Voice of Energy - :54 8. Antenna (Hutter/Schneider/Schult) - 3:45 9. Radio Stars - 3:38 10. Uranium - 1:24 11. Transistor - 2:15 12. Ohm Sweet Ohm - 5:40 A concept album exploring themes of broadcast communications, Radio-Activity marked Kraftwerk's return to more obtuse territory, extensively utilizing static, oscillators, and even Cage-like moments of silence to approximate the sense of radio transmission; a pivotal record in the group's continuing development, the title track — the first they ever recorded in English — is their most fully realized electro-pop effort to date, while "The Voice of Energy" precipitates the robot voice so crucial to their subsequent work.