Geography (Front 242 album) explained

Geography
Type:Album
Artist:Front 242
Cover:Front242.Geography.Original.Cover.jpeg
Released:September 1982
Recorded:1982
Genre:EBM, industrial, new wave, synthpop
Length:40:21
Label:New Dance[1]
Himalaya
Red Rhino Europe
Wax Trax!
Animalized
Epic
Producer:Front 242
Next Title:No Comment
Next Year:1984

Geography is the debut album by Front 242, released in 1982.[1] [2]

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

GEOGRAPHY - VINTAGE REISSUE - LIMITED EDITION (2 CD)

(This double-CD was completely remastered and rebuilt by Daniel Bressanutti. Some tracks differ notably in sound)

Samples

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alternative Rock. Dave. Thompson. August 5, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. S. Alexander. Reed. June 3, 2013. Oxford University Press. Google Books.