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</style><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Front by Front</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="Front_242" title="Front 242">Front 242</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">November 1988</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="Electronic_Body_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Body Music">EBM</a>, <a href="Industrial_music" title="Industrial music">industrial</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">36</span>:<span class="s">28</span></span> <br>41:46 <small>1988 CD issue</small><br>69:37 <small>Epic CD issue</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="Red_Rhino_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Rhino Europe">Red Rhino Europe</a><br> <a href="Wax_Trax!" class="mw-redirect" title="Wax Trax!">Wax Trax!</a><br> Animalized<br> <a href="Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Front 242</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="Front_242" title="Front 242">Front 242</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="Official_Version" title="Official Version">Official Version</a></i><br>(1987)
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Front by Front</b></i><br>(1988)
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="Tyranny_(For_You)" title="Tyranny (For You)">Tyranny (For You)</a></i><br>(1991)
</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue;color:inherit;">1992 Epic release cover</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue;color:inherit;"><a href="Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Front by Front </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left">
<ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="Headhunter_(song)" title="Headhunter (song)">Headhunter</a>"</span><br>Released: 1988</span></li></ol>
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<p><i><b>Front by Front</b></i> is the fourth studio album by <a href="Front_242" title="Front 242">Front 242</a>, released in 1988, and has been labelled as "easily one of the greatest <a href="Industrial_music" title="Industrial music">industrial</a> albums ever made".<sup id="cite_ref-Raggett_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raggett-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album was reissued in 1992 by <a href="Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music Entertainment</a>. The song "<a href="Headhunter_(song)" title="Headhunter (song)">Headhunter</a>" became an industrial dancefloor hit, accompanied by a <a href="Video" title="Video">music video</a> directed by <a href="Anton_Corbijn" title="Anton Corbijn">Anton Corbijn</a>, and has since been subject to over 20 remixes.
</p><p><a href="Miss_Kittin" title="Miss Kittin">Miss Kittin</a> used "First In / First Out" on her mix album <i><a href="A_Bugged_Out_Mix_(Miss_Kittin_album)" title="A Bugged Out Mix (Miss Kittin album)">A Bugged Out Mix</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4.5/5 stars"></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Raggett_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raggett-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopedia of Popular Music">Encyclopedia of Popular Music</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3/5 stars"></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="MusicHound" title="MusicHound">MusicHound</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">4/5<sup id="cite_ref-MH_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MH-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="NME" title="NME">NME</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">9/10<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="Record_Mirror" title="Record Mirror">Record Mirror</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">4/5<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="Select_(magazine)" title="Select (magazine)">Select</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">5/5<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">B−<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i>Front by Front</i> was one of <a href="Wax_Trax!_Records" title="Wax Trax! Records">Wax Trax! Records</a>' most successful releases, selling more than 90,000 units in its first run.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album, and its lead single "<a href="Headhunter_(song)" title="Headhunter (song)">Headhunter</a>", elevated the public awareness of <a href="Electronic_body_music" title="Electronic body music">EBM</a> and <a href="Industrial_music" title="Industrial music">industrial music</a> in the late 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2019, <i><a href="Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i> ranked it at number 6 in its list of the "33 Best Industrial Albums of All Time".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, <i><a href="Consequence_(publication)" title="Consequence (publication)">Consequence</a></i> ranked it at number 9 in its list of the "50 Best Industrial Albums of All Time".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="Spin_(magazine)" title="Spin (magazine)">Spin</a></i> named it one of the ten essential industrial records.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>1992 reissue bonus tracks</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Headhunter v1.0"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:01</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Never Stop! v1.0"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:56</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Work 242 N.Off is N.Off"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:18</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"Agony (Until Death)"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:43</td></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"Never Stop! v.1.1"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:24</td></tr><tr><th id="track16" scope="row">16.</th><td>"Work 242"</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:29</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>69:37</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<p>The 1992 bonus tracks were originally released on the <i>Never Stop!</i> <a href="Extended_play" title="Extended play">EP</a>, except for "Headhunter v1.0" which was originally released on the <a href="Headhunter_(song)" title="Headhunter (song)">Headhunter</a> EP.
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<ul><li><a href="Jean-Luc_De_Meyer" title="Jean-Luc De Meyer">Jean-Luc De Meyer</a> – vocals</li>
<li>Daniel Bressanutti – keyboards</li>
<li>Patrick Codenys – keyboards</li>
<li><a href="Richard_Jonckheere" title="Richard Jonckheere">Richard Jonckheere</a> – drums</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Frédéric Boebaert – art direction</li>
<li>Greg Calbi – mastering, remastering</li>
<li>Alain Verbaert – photography</li></ul>
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<ul><li><b><a href="Jean-Luc_De_Meyer" title="Jean-Luc De Meyer">Jean-Luc De Meyer</a></b></li>
<li><b>Patrick Codenys</b></li>
<li><b><a href="Richard_Jonckheere" title="Richard Jonckheere">Richard Jonckheere</a></b></li>
<li><b>Tim Kroker</b></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="Geography_(Front_242_album)" title="Geography (Front 242 album)">Geography</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="No_Comment_(Front_242_album)" title="No Comment (Front 242 album)">No Comment</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Official_Version" title="Official Version">Official Version</a></i></li>
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<li><i><a href="Tyranny_(For_You)" title="Tyranny (For You)">Tyranny (For You)</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="06%3A21%3A03%3A11_Up_Evil" title="06:21:03:11 Up Evil">06:21:03:11 Up Evil</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="05%3A22%3A09%3A12_Off" title="05:22:09:12 Off">05:22:09:12 Off</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Pulse_(Front_242_album)" title="Pulse (Front 242 album)">Pulse</a></i></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="Live_Target" class="mw-redirect" title="Live Target">Live Target</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Live_Code" title="Live Code">Live Code</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Re-Boot%3A_Live_'98" title="Re-Boot: Live '98">Re-Boot: Live '98</a></i></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="Back_Catalogue" title="Back Catalogue">Back Catalogue</a></i></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="Mut%40ge.Mix%40ge" title="Mut@ge.Mix@ge">Mut@ge.Mix@ge</a></i></li></ul>
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<ul><li>"<a href="Funkahdafi" title="Funkahdafi">Funkahdafi</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Headhunter_(song)" title="Headhunter (song)">Headhunter</a>"</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Front_242_discography" title="Front 242 discography">Discography</a></li></ul>
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