Geography (Front 242 album)

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Geography
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Studio album by
Front 242
ReleasedSeptember, 1982
Recorded1982
GenreEBM, industrial, new wave, synthpop
Length40:21
LabelNew Dance[1]
Himalaya
Red Rhino Europe
Wax Trax!
Animalized
Epic
ProducerFront 242
Front 242 chronology
Geography
(1982) 		No Comment
(1984)
Alternative cover
Epic 1992 release cover
Epic 1992 release cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 stars[3]

Geography is the debut album by Front 242, released in 1982.[1][4]

Critical reception[]

Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, wrote that the album "boasts three dancey gems still being sampled (or spun) today and a clutch of other crucial songs which would be equally influential outside the club scene."[1]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Operating Tracks" (Album Version)3:48
2."With Your Cries" (Album Version)2:45
3."Art & Strategy" (Album Version)2:16
4."Geography II" (Album Version)1:10
5."U-Men" (Album Version)3:15
6."Dialogues" (Album Version)2:06
7."Least Inkling" (Album Version)2:26
8."Gvdt" (Album Version)2:57
9."Geography I" (Album Version)2:14
10."Black White Blue" (Album Version)4:21
11."Kinetics" (Album Version)2:05
12."Kampfbereit" (Album Version)3:21
13."Ethics" (Album Version)2:29
14."Principles" (Album Version)4:43
15."Body to Body" (Album Version)4:13
Total length:44:09

GEOGRAPHY - VINTAGE REISSUE - LIMITED EDITION (2 CD)

(This double-CD was completely remastered and rebuilt by Daniel Bressanutti. Some tracks differ notably in sound)

CD 1
No.TitleNotesLength
1."Operating Tracks" 3:53
2."With Your Cries" 2:59
3."Art + Strategy" 2:16
4."Geography II" 1:10
5."U-Men" 3:17
6."Dialogues" 2:06
7."Least Inkling" 2:28
8."GVDT" 2:57
9."Geography I" 2:29
10."Black White Blue" 4:17
11."Kinetics" 2:16
12."Kampfbereit" 3:26
13."He Runs Too Fast for Us"This song lasts 2:02, and after a long hiatus features the songs "Principles", "Body to Body" and "Ethics", although they weren't tracked as such15:30
Total length:49:04
CD2 (Notes are from the booklet)
No.TitleLength
1."Couteau" (Credited to "Prothese")3:27
2."Conditionnel Humain" (Credited to "Prothese")6:19
3."Chanson" (Credited to "Prothese")3:53
4."Syncussion" (Credited to "Underviewer")3:16
5."Mood" (Credited to "Underviewer")2:27
6."Principle" (2Trax)3:32
7."Body to Body" (2Trax)3:39
8."Labo" (Credited to "Underviewer")3:51
9."I Remember" (Credited to "Underviewer")2:32
10."Trouble" (Credited to "Underviewer")3:39
11."U-Men" (Instrumental)3:29
12."Kampfbereit" (Instrumental)3:37
13."In November" (Live VPRO)2:46
14."Controversy Between" (Aerial Version)3:42
15."Sample D." (Aerial Version)3:28
16."Take One" (Rebuilt)3:48
17."See the Future"5:51
18."Take One" (Live VPRO)4:46
19."Kampfbereit" (Live VPRO)3:27
Total length:1:12:35

Samples[]

The 1971 science fiction film THX 1138 was sampled in the song "Operating Tracks".[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Thompson, Dave (August 5, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Geography – Front 242". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 625.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ Reed, S. Alexander (June 3, 2013). "Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
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