Description: it is a record...made in Belgium, with a picture cover and all artwork A1 Until Death (Us Do Part) 4:31 A2 Circling Overland 4:43 A3 Im Rhythmus Bleiben 4:14 A4 Felines 3:33 B1 First In / First Out 3:52 B2 Blend The Strengths 3:12 B3 Headhunter V 3.0 4:45 B4 Work 01 3:27 B5 Terminal State 4:09 .Not dissimilar to Depeche Mode and other synthesizer bands at the time, Front 242 began playing live later that year, adding percussionist Geoff Bellingham but later replacing him with an ex-roadie, Richard 23 (b. Richard Jonckheere). (Dirk Bergen also left the working band, but stayed on to direct management.) The group's sound began to grow more aggressive with 1984's No Comment EP, still reminiscent of synth-pop but with harder-hitting rhythms and added menace from De Meyer's vocals. By 1987, Front 242 had gained an American contract through Chicago's Wax Trax!, the home of a diverse group of mostly European aggressive synthesizer acts later lumped together as exponents of industrial rock. Wax Trax! reissued much of the group's recordings (including the rarities collection Back Catalogue) and released a new album, Official Version. The first Front 242 LP to coalesce as a consistent recording, the album contained several cold-wave club hits ("Masterhit," "Quite Unusual") and, for the time, excellent production values. Released in 1988, third LP Front by Front was undoubtedly its best yet, with more emphasis on song structure than loose mechanistic grooves. Besides the alternative club hits "Headhunter" and "Never Stop," the record was Front 242's most consistent. ... Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
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Artist: Front 242
Format: Record
Release Title: Front By Front
Material: Vinyl
Type: LP
Genre: Electronic
Record Label: Red Rhino Europe
Record Size: 12"
Style: 1980s, Electro/Synth, Electronic Music, Electropop, New Wave, Synth-Pop
Speed: 33 RPM
Release Year: 1988
Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium