Geography (Front 242 album)

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

Geography
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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

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".

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References
  1. 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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