Geography

Artist: Front 242
Label: Sony
Category: Music

Average customer rating:

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

UPC: 074645240824
EAN: 0074645240824
ASIN: B0000028L4

Release Date: 1992-04-28

Geography

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Belgium

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Tracks:

Operating Tracks
With Your Cries
Art & Strategy
Geography II
U-Men
Dialogues
Least Inkling
GVDT
Geography I
Black White Blue
Kinetics
Kampfbereit
Ethics
Principles
Body To Body

Similar Items:

Back Catalogue
Official Version
Tyranny (For You)
06:21:03:11 Up Evil
Front by Front

Customer Reviews:

Geography ~ Front 242.......2005-05-16

Geography being Front 242's debute album started an entirely new form of electronic music, i.e., they started ebm, or electronic body music. Previous to this release electronic music did not not have the hard edge that Front 242 showcased with tracks such as U-men, Operating tracks, and many other fine examples. As with any debute album, yes this one also has a problem and that is the sometimes over simplified lyrics, something that improves over time. The new art for the cover is vastly superior to the one with the face and I have no idea what the band was thinking. This is a very important release and it is groundbreaking in the sense that they created a new form of electronic music, i.e., ebm.

Hey! U-Men.......2005-03-12

For those who want a quick compillation of 242 without the "Single" scene this is a good start,"Backcatalogue" being the other.For the curious wanting to delve deeper-"Official Version" and "Front By Front" are worth a listen.

Their debut album.......2004-01-18

Somewhat ignored by many music journalists. This album has been dismissed as sounding too like other groups at that time (1981).

Of course it did. The band had just started and were only starting out. Finding their feet, they wanted to do at least what other electronic groups at that time were doing, and on that mission they succeeded.

But their sound at that time really sounded like very little else, so I am unsure as to what some music journalists were really whinging about.

Though there were similarities to Kraftwerk, New Order, etc, the sound the group was putting out didn't really reflect that. They had a sound of their own already. Very sparse (electronic) percussion, keyboard lines and minimal bass formed most songs, which were an exploration in sound rather than a conventional song.

But there is much to admire on this album, for any fan of 80's electronic music, I'd ask you to take a look at this album.

Bom bom bom duh duh dee a.......2002-11-05

This is a great CD but again you'll have to be patient with this CD . It's sounds more like Depeche Mode than what they would later do . But the songs do win you over in time except for GVDT which is immediate . You can't help but groove along to it and it's naive robotic charms . Recommended

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