Minimum-Maximum [Live]
by Kraftwerk
Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Urb
    100
    This [is] all the Kraftwerk you need, if you didn't need all the Kraftwerk ever made. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.106]
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  2. Pitchfork
    90
    As a career overview Minimum-Maximum far surpasses The Mix. This record's "importance" in the Kraftwerk story is up for debate, but there's no question it's a hell of a lot of fun.
  3. ShakingThrough.net
    90
    Emphatically validates just how fresh and alive Kraftwerk’s heavily manipulated compositions sound.
  5. Prefix Magazine
    90
    Nearly everything on Minimum-Maximum sounds astoundingly fresh.
  6. Q Magazine
    90
    Cut, copy and paste this definitive record into your world. [Jul 2005, p.115]
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  7. Mojo
    90
    Magnificent. [Jul 2005, p.100]
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  8. Splendid
    90
    Not just for followers, Minimum-Maximum is perfect for the old-school, drawing a new crowd of robot poppers and maybe convert a few disbelievers.
  9. Drowned In Sound
    80
    As you’d expect from a band as clockwork tight and renowned for perfectionism as Kraftwerk, the quality of sound and precision of delivery is so spot-on as to be worthy of a studio recording.
  10. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    One of the best live albums that NME has ever heard.
  11. Uncut
    80
    Minimum Maximum is the sound of Kraftwerk shedding all previous skins and staking their claim on the now. [Jul 2005, p.106]
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  12. Blender
    80
    This is really a missing Greatest Hits in disguise. [Jul 2005, p.118]
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  13. The A.V. Club
    80
    Kraftwerk still sounds great.
  14. Filter
    80
    Attest[s] to the group's pummeling might off vinyl. [#16, p.87]
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  15. The Guardian
    80
    Sound-wise, the music is reminiscent of the sleek electronic architecture of 1986's Electric Café, while the tracks differ from their previously known versions mainly in featuring cleaner, punchier digital sounds.
  16. AllMusic
    70
    Visuals are such a crucial aspect of their performances that the set will naturally fall short of making you feel as if you are there.
  17. Amazon.com
    70
    Minimum-Maximum is essentially a greatest-hits album with an audience applauding and occasionally shouting.
  18. PopMatters
    60
    So what's the problem? It's too, uh, perfect.

Awards & Rankings

11
#11 Best Album of 2005

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 31
  3. Negative: 3 out of 31
  1. ChristianP
    Apr 30, 2007
    10
    For true KW fans. A fantastic comiplation of favorites, including Autobahn & Robots but "souped-up" with modern bass. A must for all.
  2. JohnnyS
    Feb 14, 2007
    9
    This is very fun and catchy music. It is also surprisingly trascendant and beautiful at times. Those without a sense of humour look elsewhere.
  3. Shooman
    Jun 4, 2006
    1
    Oh god I'm falling asleep just listening to this. Remember that episode of Friends where Ross played all those 'new-age' Oh god I'm falling asleep just listening to this. Remember that episode of Friends where Ross played all those 'new-age' sounds on his keyboard at Central Perk? It's like that personified.… Full Review »
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