Top Ten Favorite Kraut Rock Albums

In no order

Can Monster Movie 

Neu! Neu!

Cluster Cluster II

La Düsseldorf La Düsseldorf

Guru Guru UFO

Brainticket Cottonwoodhill

Düde Dürst Krokodil Solo

Kraftwerk Autobahn

Popol Vuh Brüder Des Schattens - Söhne Des Lichts

I personally prefer Can's debut or even their fifth album Landed over their classic Tago Mago. I probably was expecting too much from that album plus the whispering style vocals sometimes doesn't do it for me.

I listened to the debut of Amon Düül II and it wasn't to my taste. Neu! I like, despite only releasing two/three proper albums. Faust is another good example, especially Faust IV though their other initial releases are also worth exploring. [Some think that Faust released unfinished studio trickery masquerading in the form of albums due to their experimental style, what do you think of that view?]. La Dusseldorf has couple of decent releases as well.

Kraftwerk is considered krautrock, right? Then, their Autobahn and Computer World are two pioneering pieces.

I am listening to the discography of Guru Guru, currently but no standout albums for me till now. This thread has some other interesting recommendations I haven't heard till now.

Hi,

In some ways the earlier stuff is WAY BETTER, than anything else they did right after their big hit. Before, they had a much more free form style that was not quite centered on the "idea" and "song" concept to create an illusion for our minds ... it was, just like the early Krautrock, much freer and exploratory, and this was the part that went away with their fame. Kraftwerk, for me, is not any better after Autobahn ... just more radio and fame oriented, and as such ... my interest dropped ... the creativity was not there anymore!