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Geography (Front 242 album)

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Geography
Studio album by
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]

Geography is the debut album released in 1982 by Belgian electronic music group Front 242.[1][4]

Critical reception

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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

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

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

References

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  1. ^ 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. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 625.
  4. ^ Reed, S. Alexander (June 3, 2013). "Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.