#front 242

An album so far ahead of its time. All though people will probably go for the 'Front by Front' that was a very heavy drum approach, great tracks on this. The thing with this album their distribution with PIAS and a delay meant we got this album and all the singles before in a very quick succession. It was almost like we were getting used to the older singles, trying to work out what the new was. For instance I got Endless Riddance at the same time. At the time of this I was into Peel Sessions, but for all my recording and listening I missed the Front 242 session, which I kicked myself for later.

The track above was really stunning at the time and still sounds good now, of course the drumming alongside the drum machine and synths by Richard 23 really propelled the sound. Alot of the singles around the time of this were good 'Masterhit'. Its a good album and sounds slightly different from what they did before. They would get better at the songs and they became a fierce live act at this time. A few years ago they played their final live shows.

Front 242