Kraftwerk - Telephone Call (EMI)

Who else but Kraftwerk (those Germans famed for making quirky electro-pop tunes about very boring things like driving along motorways) would make such a brilliant song about dialing a wrong number with virtually the only words being a haughty voice droning, "The number you have reached has been disconnected"? or fill it so charmingly with all those clanky parps, rings and squeaks that we probably won't be familiar with for much longer if British Telecom continue on strike? Wonderful. (Lola Borg, Smash Hits, February 11, 1987)

Hasn't been much chartwerk for this lot since the New Romantic days of 'Computer Love' and 'Neon Lights' but this understated story of love-on-the-line might just sneak Kraftwerk back into the directory. Unless you're otherwise engaged. (Paul Simper, No 1, March 7, 1987)

The mechanical men with the bioplasmic hearts haven't exactly changed the computer programme over the years. No BAGPIPES here, and no blues howling. It's still computer disc heads falling in love with sad, shimmering tunes. But with the metronome percussion more defined, its now possible to dance to Kraftwerk without pretending you're a goddamn ROBOT. It's almost hummable hip hop, and it's as engaging as ever. (Roger Morton, Record Mirror, March 7, 1987)