Official Version is the third studio album by Front 242

Front 242

Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. They are known for being the premier pioneer of electronic body music and as a major influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.-Formation:...

, released in 1987 and re-released in 1992.

LP version

CD version

The compact disc

Compact Disc

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 edition of the album contained the single mixes of "Quite Unusual" and its B-side "Agressiva".

1992 reissue

The 1992 reissue of the album added the first two tracks of the "Masterhit" single.

Reception

Allmusic's Ned Raggett rated the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "amazing" and "brutal", "helping to fully define industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 in the broadest sense of the term."

Personnel

• Daniel Bressanutti
• Patrick Codenys
• Jean-Luc De Meyer
  Jean-Luc De Meyer
  Jean-Luc De Meyer is a vocalist and lyricist who is best known as the lead vocalist of the Belgian EBM group Front 242.He started singing in the experimental group "Under Viewer" with Patrick Codenys...
  
  
• Richard Jonckheere
  Richard Jonckheere
  Richard Jonckheere , aka Richard 23 or Richard JK, is an Industrial and EBM musician. He is a member of Front 242 and was a founding member of Revolting Cocks...
  
  
• F. Boebaert - Art Direction
• Greg Calbi - Remastering
• A. Verbaert, Front 242 , L. Van Praet - Photography

Links

• Official Version at Discogs
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• "Quite Unusual" at Discogs
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• "Masterhit" at Discogs
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