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Official Version Original recording reissued

Front 242 Format: Audio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars 19 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (June 2, 1992)
  • Original Release Date: 1987
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued
  • Label: Sony Mod - Afw Line
  • ASIN: B0000028L0
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsLoved it from the moment I heard it for the first time
By Redwolf11 on January 4, 2005
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A friend introduced me to Industrial, EBM, Acid, and other sounds way back in 1990 while we were still in high school. What I never could've imagined is that I'd still be listening to them some 15 years later! This is testament to the genius that many of those bands were, but who never got to be appreciated by the mainstream quite the way they deserved. Official Version was to me THE album that defined Front 242's style and sound, with tracks like "Masterhit" and "Quite Unusual". I never get tired of playing this and other 242 albums, but I do go through streches of time when I don't listen to them and then I get to "rediscover" their beats and melodic sounds that really get the body moving. Front 242's Official Version. What a great band and what a great album!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars"It's A Carnage..."
By Christopher Vaughn on February 3, 2003
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242's most remarkable album. This one had a profound effect on me in 1987. To this day I still can hear Jean Luc DeMeyer's vocals in my head ("Hey man you better move aside or I'll run you over..."-Television Station/ "The way the morning broke was quite unusual..."-Quite Unusual/ "It's a carnage, it's a carnage...official version..."-Slaughter). This album was a huge cold war statement and at the time really prevailed as well as 1988's VIVIsectVI by Skinny Puppy. Front 242 are THE prolific pioneers of the EBM movement. Bands like Funker Vogt, In Strict Confidence, VNV Nation, Informatik, etc. are obviously heavily influenced by 242. A "Tour De Force" album and by far my favorite!
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe greatest industrial band ever
By Steven Josselson on May 20, 2001
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I was a big Front 242 fan in high school, and now, a decade later, I have begun listening to their music again with a new appreciation for how far ahead of their time this band truly was. This music was created 15 years ago, but still sounds like it is too perfect to be for real. This may not be my favourite album of theirs, but it is certainly the album I respect the most considering what their peers were putting out at the time. Its too bad 242 weren't as commercially successful as Nine Inch Nails or Depeche Mode, but then again, pop culture has often failed to appreciate genius in its time. The writing is dark and brilliant, the beats are tight, there is not a false note on the album. "Quite unusual" is the best track- apocalyptic yet pulsating with energy.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFront 242 come into their own
By The Pitiful Anonymous on August 9, 2008
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"Official Version" shows Front 242 finding for the first time the nuances, production values, and maturity that make them a classic group. Compared to "Geography", their previous full length, this album is much more powerful, layered, melodic and memorable. It's also consistent. The use of rhythmic, spliced samples is prevalent, and the synth work has grown beyond "tweaking" into full blown melodicism. Every song is a constantly shifting patchwork of sounds.

Jean Luc de Meyer is obviously much more comfortable with his elegant, low, smooth voice here. His vocal hooks provide most of the memorable moments on "Official Version". Unlike all but the best of "Geography", these lyrics are hard NOT to memorize. You'll have "The way morning broke was quite unusual" (Quite Unusual) and "It's up to you to decide!" (Agressiva Due) running through your head for days. Every lyric seems to function as a catchy, anthemic slogan, and yet they are all so meaningful. The attitude here is classic 242: clinical and analytic, yet socially conscious, mature and honest.

This album is FULL of classics. "Masterhit" is a danceable song with a beautiful, tasteful refrain that proves that an absurdly catchy EBM chorus need not be irritating or lacking in depth. "Quite Unusual" is a similarly wonderful dance track. "Rerun Time" shows their newfound ability to build tension over the course of a song. "Television Station" is one of my favorite tracks... a 2 minute build up that starts off sounding like late Skinny Puppy with a disjointed rhythm, whispered vocals and airy atmospherics (think "Mirror Saw" from Last Rights), and culminates in an indescribable melodic flourish.

There are several tracks here that branch into new directions, different from anything 242 have ever done.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsOfficial Version is Officially Killer
By Robert H Teachey on July 3, 2012
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As always, Front 242 excels with the industrial sound... No surprise since they pretty much created the genre back in the 80's and have remained at the forefront of the dark side of dance music.

Front 242 are consistent and you always know what you are going to get; killer beats, slick keyboards, railing guitars, and introspecive lyrics delivered with a signature gutteral growl. Front 242 has a signature sound that many try to copy, but none can equal.

Yeah, this is an older album, but it is a 'must have' for fans of industrial dance music and fans of Front 242.
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5.0 out of 5 starsTimeless and Paramount
By tmb ltd. on July 11, 2011
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Through Official Version, the band members of Front 242 demonstrated further what they were capable of creating through their music equipment and image. This classic has amazing mixing and sequencing established through each track of the album. Front 242 stands like a rugged individual that is confronted by an era of autonomy and consent. The sound of the synthesizers, the lyrics and vocalization, the sequencing to each event, and the historic samples stand throughout the test of time. If the development of Front 242 was to be converted into pure light and energy, this album would represent one of the most significant signals and frequencies channeled through their great work. May the work of Front 242 continue to the end of time!
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

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Published 4 months ago by Lisa
5.0 out of 5 starsMy favorite 242 album

This is the best balance of their "rawness" and sonic capability. They just slammed this from track to track. Is it uneven? Sure, depending on what you like. Read more

Published on September 17, 2011 by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsOfficial Version ~ Front 242

Official Version being their releases between the years 1986-1987 continues where no comment left of and shows that ebm is not static music by any means. Read more

Published on May 10, 2005 by Bjorn Viberg
4.0 out of 5 starsThe way the morning broke was quite unusual

If you were expecting more fire in Geography may be partially pleased with this album . Although this is not full out war which Ministry's Twitch is .... Read more

Published on December 4, 2002 by filterite
5.0 out of 5 starsAn album with a mission!

Vengeful synths and angry rhythms, what else could we expect from Belgium's finest EBM group.
What sets this album apart from the rest though is the skill of the song... Read more

Published on July 2, 2001 by Jay M
5.0 out of 5 starsbeautiful

So many *techno* albums these days sound like a runaway amusement park ride, lights flashing, samples of the crowd going wild, loud loud loud. Front 242 is anything but that. Read more

Published on March 7, 2001 by ainchan
4.0 out of 5 starstheir first masterpiece

I think that official Version is the first real masterpiece F242 ever made; The typical 242 style I usually bear in mind starts with this album and culminates with 'Tyranny For... Read more

Published on February 21, 2001 by D. M. MATALLIN

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