Editing Computer World (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusicrev">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/computer-world-mw0000199024 |title=Computer World – Kraftwerk |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=1 May 2014 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev2score = 10/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14742/reviews/4138139 |title=Album Review: Kraftwerk – Computer World: Remastered |website=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=14 October 2009 |access-date=9 July 2011 |last=Power |first=Chris |archive-date=10 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710023728/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14742/reviews/4138139 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Kraftwerk |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news |title=CDs of the week: Kraftwerk reissues |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |date=14 April 1995 |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |author-link=Adam Sweeting}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Gut Vibrations |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |location=London |issn=1351-0193 |issue=192 |date=November 2009 |last=Snow |first=Mat |author-link=Mat Snow |page=110}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Kraftwerk: Computer World |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |location=London |issn=0955-4955 |issue=104 |date=May 1995 |page=123}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Kraftwerk |last1=Coleman |first1=Mark |last2=Randall |first2=Mac |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/468 468–69]}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev8score = 4/5<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Kraftwerk: Radio Activity / Man Machine / Computer World / The Mix |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |location=London |issn=0959-8367 |issue=60 |date=June 1995 |last=Harrison |first=Andrew}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/kraftwerk/uncut-reviews-kraftwerk-reissues-review |title=Uncut reviews: Kraftwerk – Reissues |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |location=London |issn=1368-0722 |date=16 October 2009 |access-date=1 May 2014 |last=Cavanagh |first=David |author-link=David Cavanagh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205031308/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/kraftwerk/reviews/13709 |archive-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10score = B<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv11-81.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |location=New York |issn=0042-6180 |date=2 November 1981 |access-date=9 January 2016 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}

''Computer World'' was ranked the second best album of 1981 by ''[[NME]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1981-2-1045398 |title=1981 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year |website=[[NME]] |date=10 October 2016 |access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> But some contemporary critics were unimpressed. ''[[Smash Hits]]'' reviewer David Hepworth described the content as "predictable" and "gimmicky" and not the presumed step forward by the group: "Kraftwerk are seemingly content to tootle around on their instrument panels in the service of a bunch of non-songs about pocket calculators and computers", Hepworth wrote, giving the album a 4 out of 10 rating.<ref >{{cite magazine|title=Albums |author=Hepworth, David |magazine=Smash Hits 14 May 1981 |page=36 }}</ref>

Retrospectively, ''Computer World'' has frequently appeared in numerous 'Best'-listings. In 2012, ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' placed it at {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}25}} on its list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/best-albums-of-the-1980s/ |title=The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s |website=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=5 March 2012 |access-date=1 May 2014}}</ref> In 2018, ''Computer World'' was listed by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' as the 18th best album of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1980s/?page=10 |title=The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=10 September 2018 |access-date=20 September 2018 |page=10}}</ref> ''Pitchfork'' listed the track "Computer Love" as the 53rd best song of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9700-the-200-best-songs-of-the-1980s/8/ |title=The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=24 August 2015 |access-date=8 April 2017 |page=8}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named ''Computer World'' the 10th greatest [[electronic dance music|EDM]] album of all time in 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-30-greatest-edm-albums-of-all-time-160883/kraftwerk-computer-world-warner-bros-1981-229794/ |title=The 30 Greatest EDM Albums of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=2 August 2012 |access-date=1 May 2014 |last1=Dolan |first1=Jon |last2=Matos |first2=Michaelangelo}}</ref>