Front By Front

i have been a fan of front 242 for a while . it is funny how i did come across them . this was within ten to fifteen years ago when cds were not around and when you would go to a music store you would have to buy the basic cassette tape . so finally cds were starting to make there way into the stores . i might see myself trying to be tradition with things but sometimes you have to change a little bit. so trying to stick to the basics of cassettes and eventually everyone turning for the cds . most of it was what you would call tecnology . most people seem to get very compeled with the term tecnology . so eventually i took part of the move into tecnology wich was the cd . even to this day it is a little bit like that the era of tecnology . so the long story about front 242 was from a tape at the record sore called tower records . the reason why i think i did buy it was really because of the name . then i think because of the album cover . when i buy music i am always trying to find something that is more on the different side and something that not everybody has heard . so sometimes the one thing that has always worked for me was buy the apperance of the album or maybe the title of the band . so better the title or better the cover most of the time the album would not be that bad . so threw the course of buying music i have come to find out about a lot of bands . so one band that i came across over a long time ago was front 242 and the one thing that i like about them was that were differnt and even to this day there sound is more hard and hard to find .

Nahezu vier Jahrzehnte nach der Veröffentlichung kann man mit Recht behaupten: FRONT BY FRONT ist als Album in jeder Hinsicht als Meilenstein zu bezeichnen.Front 242 hatten einen enormen Einfluss auf die elektronische Musik der 80er und 90er, und zahllose Künstler in diesem Genre bezeichnen die belgische Band als große Inspiration, sowohl musikalisch wie auch im Bezug auf ihr Auftreten. Wenn man sich anguckt, wie populär EBM gerade Ende der 80er und Anfang der 90er war dürfte dies auch niemanden überraschen.Das hier rezensierte Album ist ganz wesentlich für die herausragende Bedeutung von Front 242 für dieses Genre – nicht nur, weil es u.a. mit "Headhunter" und "Circling Overland" zwei regelrechte Genre-Klassiker enthält die auch heute noch in entsprechenden Clubs für volle Tanzflächen sorgen. Das ganze Album hat damals wie heute eine sehr eigene Stimmung und eine völlig markante Atmosphäre, und es hat den berühmten "test of time" hervorragend bestanden.Ohne Frage haben Front 242 auch danach noch oft genug starkes Material veröffentlicht - aber ihr besondere Ruf und ihr besondere Bedeutung basiert auf ihrem Output in den Achtzigern, und hier ist dieses Album nun mal ein zentraler Meilenstein in Katalog dieser einzigartigen Band.Eine Frage, weniger als 5 Sterne wären hier völlig unangemessen.

Fantastico disco, como todos los de este grupo!

Great album by one of the early Industrial outfits. Every track is good but standout tracks for me are Headhunter (classic track that would fill any dance floor) In Rhythmus Bleiben, and Welcome to Paradise. I was listening Front 242 to this back in the late 80s when Stock Aitkin and Waterman were filling the charts with their standard pop format, and for me it was such a breath of fresh air. Growing up listening to Numan/Foxx/Fad Gadget, this music along with the the Belgium New Beat was the natural progression for me. Not as heavy as Ministry, not as dark as Front Line Assembly, but just really good industrial dance tracks, all with great melodies and hook lines.If you like this check out the equally as good "Tyranny for You"

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