Geography (Front 242 album)

Geography is the debut album by Front 242, released in 1982.[1][4]

Geography
Studio album by Front 242
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
Front 242 chronology
Geography (1982) No Comment (1984)
Alternative cover
Epic 1992 release cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Operating Tracks" (Album Version)	3:48
2.	"With Your Cries" (Album Version)	2:45
3.	"Art & Strategy" (Album Version)	2:16
4.	"Geography II" (Album Version)	1:10
5.	"U-Men" (Album Version)	3:15
6.	"Dialogues" (Album Version)	2:06
7.	"Least Inkling" (Album Version)	2:26
8.	"Gvdt" (Album Version)	2:57
9.	"Geography I" (Album Version)	2:14
10.	"Black White Blue" (Album Version)	4:21
11.	"Kinetics" (Album Version)	2:05
12.	"Kampfbereit" (Album Version)	3:21
13.	"Ethics" (Album Version)	2:29
14.	"Principles" (Album Version)	4:43
15.	"Body to Body" (Album Version)	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.	Title	Notes	Length
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 such	15:30
Total length:			49:04

CD2 (Notes are from the booklet)

No.	Title	Length
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

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

References

1. 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. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 625.CS1 maint: location (link)
4. Reed, S. Alexander (June 3, 2013). "Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.