Back Catalogue

Artist: Front 242
Label: Sony
Category: Music

Average customer rating:

Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074645240725
EAN: 0074645240725
ASIN: B0000028L3

Release Date: 1992-06-02

Back Catalogue

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Tracks:

U-Men
Geography II
Kampfbereit
Operating Tracks
Geography I
Take One
Controversy Between
Sample D.
S.Fr Nomenklatura I
S.Fr Nomenklatura II
Lovely Day
Special Forces
Commando Remix
No Shuffle
Don't Crash
Funkahdafi
Take One (Live)
U-Men (Live)

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Customer Reviews:

Great introduction and a great value!.......2006-12-11

Backcatalogue is a great introduction to early Front 242. It's also a great value since it has all 4 songs from the Politics of Pressure EP and all 3 from the Endless Riddance EP, both of which can be expensive if bought by themselves.
If you like what you here on this CD be sure to get Geography (the remastered version is much better, but pricey) and No Comment for a complete history of the early years of the band.

Dialogues.......2005-03-12

What I said, good intro to 242 for those on an industrial strength budget,(Re review for "Geography").

Featuring older material.......2004-01-18

As the album title indicates this collection features material right from when the band first started out. Throughout it you can trace their development in sound, though the material itself only covers a brief moment of time in Front 242's career, from 1981 to 1985.

It is very much a good buy. Fans of Front 242 should get this as it features material from various early albums and EP's by the group, which some may have missed.

Sounding much more basic than their later works, the songs on here are early dance songs and electro tracks. It shows the group honing their sound and working on sounds. For those that are not as into their later hard dance works such as 'Up Evil' or 'Off' then this maybe a better bet.

The best songs on here are 'U-Men', the instrumental 'Kampfbereit', the almost hip-hop-ish, breakbeat 'Take One', 'Lovely Day' and the swooping 'Don't Crash'.

I'll always return to my first love!.......2001-03-08

This is a great complilation album. I personally prefer Front 242's early work to the later, dance-oriented stuff. The only tracks I don't care for are the 2 live ones at the end.

This album has completely withstood the test of time. I've had it for almost 10 years now, and I had the original vinyl records before that. Groups like Prodigy or Chemical Brothers I'll like for a few years, and then grow sick of them and toss them, always returning to this amazing album and my other favorite Front 242 record, Offical Version. The more I listen, the more I love it, and the more there is to hear.

Headhunter and Welcome to Paradise are cool dance tunes, but they are a little forced, and pop-ish in comparison.

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