Front 242 - Front By Front (1988)
EAC | FLAC Image with CUE & LOG | 42:01 mins | Scans | RAR 3% Recovery | 282 MB
Industrial / EBM | 1988 Wax Trax! Records #WAXCD 054
EAC | FLAC Image with CUE & LOG | 42:01 mins | Scans | RAR 3% Recovery | 282 MB
Industrial / EBM | 1988 Wax Trax! Records #WAXCD 054
Official Version was fantastic, but this album was something else again. Easily one of the greatest industrial albums ever made, bar none, Front by Front hit like a bombshell on its listeners and influenced more bands and songs than can be counted. Even the album art design, with everything from a rough pixel computer font cover to harsh video stills and blunt slogans, is a work of art, perfectly in sync with the electric mania inside (unfortunately, in the late '90s the entire Front 242 catalog was reissued with "high-tech" graphics). From the rampaging start of the album, "Until Death (Us Do Part)," not a single note, sample, guttural syllable, or headache-inducing drum hit is out of place. The album's most deservedly famous track can make an equally good case for being the definite EBM song: "Headhunter." A portrait of capitalism as mercenary terrorism with a wickedly compelling mock orchestral bass providing lead melody, "Headhunter" deserves notice not merely for the pounding music but the astonishing vocal arrangements. Richard 23 and Jean-Luc de Meyer serve up the memorable step-by-step chorus in perfect balance, the latter delivering each step like an order from on high while 23's singing adds on even more frenetic energy. The overall feeling of militaristic, blunt efficiency encompasses music, artwork, and lyrics – thus utterly appropriate song titles like "Circling Overland" and "First In/First Out." "In Rhythmus Bleiben" stands out as a particularly fine song in a series of them, the melange of computer squeals and glitches, building percussion, chaotic vocal samples, and a downright anthemic chorus resulting in one killer tune. ~ Ned Raggett, allmusic.comFront By Front @ Discogs
Tracklist:
1. Until Death (Us Do Part)
2. Circling Overland
3. Im Rhythmus Bleiben
4. Felines
5. First In/First Out
6. Blend the Strengths
7. Headhunter V 3.0
8. Work 01
9. Terminal State
10. Welcome To Paradise V 1.0
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 2 from 29. April 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 17. August 2011, 22:06
Front 242 / Front By Front
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EAC extraction logfile from 17. August 2011, 22:06
Front 242 / Front By Front
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GH22NP20 Adapter: 2 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 102
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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3 | 9:19.30 | 4:14.00 | 41955 | 61004
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9 | 32:30.48 | 4:11.40 | 146298 | 165162
10 | 36:42.13 | 5:18.62 | 165163 | 189074
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