Front 242 Album: «Back Catalogue»
Front 242 Album: «Back Catalogue»
- Customers rating: (4.4 of 5)
- Title:Back Catalogue
- Release date:1992-06-02
- Type:Audio CD
- Label:Sony
- UPC:074645240725
- 1 U-Menimg 3:17
- 2 Geography IIimg 1:10
- 3 Kampfbereitimg 3:21
- 4 Operating Tracksimg 3:50
- 5 Geography Iimg 2:13
- 6 Take Oneimg 4:46
- 7 Controversy Betweenimg 4:57
- 8 Sample Dimg 3:15
- 9S.FR Nomenklatura I
- 10S.FR Nomenklatura II
- 11 Lovely Dayimg 5:26
- 12 Special Forcesimg 5:27
- 13 Commando (Remix)img 9:08
- 14 No Shuffleimg 3:47
- 15 Don't Crashimg 4:53
- 16 Funkahdafiimg 3:17
- 17 Take Oneimg 4:46
- 18 U-Menimg 3:17
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As the album title indicates this collection features material right from when the band first started out. Throughout it you can trace their development in sound, though the material itself only covers a brief moment of time in Front 242's career, from 1981 to 1985.
It is very much a good buy. Fans of Front 242 should get this as it features material from various early albums and EP's by the group, which some may have missed.
Sounding much more basic than their later works, the songs on here are early dance songs and electro tracks. It shows the group honing their sound and working on sounds. For those that are not as into their later hard dance works such as 'Up Evil' or 'Off' then this maybe a better bet.
The best songs on here are 'U-Men', the instrumental 'Kampfbereit', the almost hip-hop-ish, breakbeat 'Take One', 'Lovely Day' and the swooping 'Don't Crash'.
this is a great album. showcases much of 242's earlier material but, i should've looked more closely at amazon's item description. apparently they're making CDR copies on-demand of 'out of print' titles. so, yes, it's a CDR (for 12 dollars). doesn't come with the original artwork, only a bad, digital print of the original artwork and a terribly abbreviated version of it at that.
i was hoping to replace my cassette copy of this release with the a factory manufactured CD but am extremely disappointed with the CDR copy i received. i could've illegally downloaded the tracks and burned my own CDR if that's what i was after.
AGAIN, BEWARE!
If you "get" Kraftwerk or Gary Numan (or even Devo), get this...it's really, really good. As far I know, they did all of these on 4-track, so the audio quality is astounding. If you understand Blade Runner, you'll love this.
If you are a fan of Front 242. Then it's best to get this compilation cd. I own it and I think it's great. If you buy this cd, you will not be disappointed. There are some great songs like "Controversy between," "No shuffle," "Don't crash," and "Take one." I have been a fan of Front 242 ever since I heard the song "Headhunter". Taken from the album, Front by Front. That also is a great buy. I also attended the Reboot concert in 1998. It was the best concert I have ever been to. All I have to say is. If you like Front 242, then add this to your collection.