Tour De France

Too much I hear you say... well possibly not. As you may by now suspect these guys are dedicated "velo-men" who know a bit about how to keep your legs turning, and if you put the whole 11 tracks together and hit the "shuffle" button you'll see why because you've got just about the best possible accompaniment to a serious blast on the pedals. A mesmerically addictive, wholly harmonious sequence of brain etchingly good back-beats & chord sequences that'll keep you cycling, jogging, driving or just chilling out for almost an hour before hitting, as you will, the replay button. And if you're not convinced, buy any one of these superb records for starters and then see if you can resist getting the rest.


almost swansong   March 22, 2003
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

Incredibly camp in the way only Germans pretending to be robots can be, the mighty 'werk turn their attention towards biking around France. And it's great, all crystalline bleeps and breathy "oohs". the remixes are a bit lacking, but they were made in the early eighties, so you've got to cut them a bit of slack.


Captures the spirit of the Tour De France perfectly.   February 19, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

This track by cycling-mad Kraftwerk is a superb tribute to the gretest cycling race on Earth. It should be the Tour's offical theme music, and is one a of Kraftwerk's best peices. Recommended without a doubt.


Kraftwerk's Cycling classic   May 1, 2001
ricadus (London)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful

This CD contains both the 1983 and 1984 twelve-inch single versions of Tour de France. The earlier version was intended to appear on Kraftwerk's abandoned LP 'Technopop' and is the only item from that period to have been released unchanged by later prodction work.

Compare that version, with it's extremely restrained and symmetrical arrangement, with the 1984 remix by Francois Kervorkian (he later worked on Kraftwerk's 1986 'Electric Cafe' LP) who turned the song into a more dramatically structured near-instrumental, giving it a more intense feel by bringing the percussion much further forward in the mix.

Also included on the CD is the 1983 video, featuring classic b&w footage of the Tour de France, accompanying the German 7" single edit of the song.


The best ever?   October 22, 2000
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

Surely this has to be the finest track that Kraftwerk has ever made. If you're a cycling fan then it'll conjure up all of the images that one could think off of the worlds greatest race