06:21:03:11 Up Evil Explained

06:21:03:11 Up Evil
Type:	Album
Artist:	Front 242
Cover:	06210311 Up Evil.jpg
Released:	May 25, 1993
Genre:	Electro-industrial
Length:	58:30
Label:	Red Rhino Europe Epic^[1]
Producer:	Front 242
Prev Title:	Live Target
Prev Year:	1992
Next Year:	1993

06:21:03:11 Up Evil is the sixth studio album by Front 242, released in 1993.^{[2] [3]}

Album title

Utilising a simple alphanumeric conversion from numbers to letters, i.e. 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, ..., 26=Z, the title can be interpreted as:

• 06 = F
• 21 = U
• 03 = C
• 11 = K

Which gives a full album title of Fuck Up Evil.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "strong but not striking," and preferred 05:22:09:12 Off.^[2] Entertainment Weekly called it "a tad ambitious," writing that "this aural exorcist is more gripping than previous efforts."

Track listing

Track 12 & 13 on CD version only.

Personnel

• Daniel Bressanutti – Producer
• Patrick Codenys – Producer
• Jean-Luc de Meyer – Vocals
• Craig Leon – Director, Engineer
• Rob Sutton – Engineer
• J. G. Thirlwell – Producer, Remixing
• Andy Wallace – Mixing
• Cassell Webb – Director, Vocals (background), Engineer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ali . Lorraine . FRONT 242'S MACHINE-POWERED APPROACH FINDING ACCEPTANCE . chicagotribune.com.
2. Web site: Front 242 . Trouser Press . 5 August 2020.
3. News: Considine . J. D. . 1993-12-10 . Front 242 hammers out evolution from its industrial aesthetic . baltimoresun.com . 2023-08-30.