Off the Record (Karl Bartos album)

Off the Record
Studio album by Karl Bartos
Released 15 March 2013
Genre Synthpop
Length 43:43
Label Bureau B
Producer Karl Bartos
Karl Bartos chronology
Communication
(2003)		 Off the Record
(2013)
Singles from Off The Record
  1. "Atomium"
    Released: 1 February 2013
  2. "Without A Trace Of Emotion"
    Released: 18 March 2013
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Beats per Minute62%[3]
Clash6/10[4]
Drowned in Sound5/10[5]
Exclaim!7/10[6]
The Independent[7]
Pitchfork Media5.4/10[8]
Popmatters[9]
Record Collector[10]
Rolling Stone Russia[11]

Off the Record is the second solo studio album by German musician and composer Karl Bartos (formerly of Kraftwerk). It was released on 15 March 2013, through Bureau B records. It features Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner as guest contributors.

It is Bartos' first solo album in ten years, though the material on Off the Record predates that on 2003's Communication.[12][13][14]

Singles

"Atomium" was released as a single on February 1, 2013.

"Without A Trace Of Emotion" was released as a promo-single on March 18, 2013.

Track listing

All tracks written by Karl Bartos, except where indicated. 

No.TitleLength
1."Atomium"  3:16
2."Nachtfahrt"  3:30
3."International Velvet"  4:38
4."Without a Trace of Emotion"  3:28
5."The Binary Code"  1:42
6."Musica Ex Machina" (featuring Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner)5:16
7."The Tuning of the World"  3:33
8."Instant Bayeruth"  3:36
9."Vox Humana"  2:56
10."Rhythmus"  4:17
11."Silence"  0:06
12."Hausmusik"  3:30

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 161
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 44
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 47

References

  1. ↑ "Off the Record – Karl Bartos". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Pickard, Joshua (10 April 2013). "Album Review: Karl Bartos – Off The Record". Beats per Minute. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Oliver, Matt (12 March 2013). "Karl Bartos – Off The Record". Clash. Music Republic Ltd. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Falcone, Jon (18 March 2013). "Album Review: Karl Bartos – Off the Record". Drowned in Sound. Silentway. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Ranta, Alan (20 March 2013). "Karl Bartos Off the Record". Exclaim!. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Gilly, Andy (15 March 2013). "Album review: Karl Bartos, Off the Record (Bureau B)". The Independent. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Neyland, Nick (25 March 2013). "Karl Bartos: Off the Record". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Faulkner, Brent (20 March 2013). "Karl Bartos Off the Record". Popmatters. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Rathbone, Oregano. "Off The Record". Record Collector. Diamond Publishing. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Bukharin, Andrew (7 June 2013). "Karl Bartos – "Off The Record"". Rolling Stone Russia (in Russian). Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Tuffrey, Laurie (26 November 2012). "Karl Bartos Announces New Album". The Quietus. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  13. ↑ Roffman, Michael (27 November 2012). "Former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos announces solo album, Off the Record". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  14. ↑ Longley, Martin (4 March 2013). "Karl Bartos - 'Off the Record' - Review". BBC. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Karl Bartos – Off the Record" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  16. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  17. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Karl Bartos – Off the Record". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
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