2 album covers in our archive
Kraftwerk is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 2 album covers from the 1970s. Released across Philips and Kling Klang labels, the artwork sits in the electronic tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering minimalist, geometric, highway, perspective, painted, logo. Below you'll find the full story behind each Kraftwerk cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.
Kraftwerk's breakthrough album featured a deceptively simple cover painted by their longtime collaborator Emil Schult - a stark highway perspective that became the visual template for electronic music's future.
Kraftwerk turned a railway emblem into a swooping white bird against pure black, the TEE roundel resting where a heart might be. Behind the calm logo lies a scrapped mirror concept, two cities' worth of mannequin portraits, and a title track that would later power 'Planet Rock.'
