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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%;">Official Version</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">March 1987</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">38</span>:<span class="s">50</span></span><br>48:51 <small>original CD issue</small><br>60:28 <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="No_Comment_(Front_242_album)" title="No Comment (Front 242 album)">No Comment</a></i><br>(1984)
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Official Version</b></i><br>(1987)
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="Back_Catalogue" title="Back Catalogue">Back Catalogue</a></i><br>(1987)
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<ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Quite Unusual"</span><br>Released: October 1986</span></li>
<li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Masterhit"</span><br>Released: 1987</span></li></ol>
</div></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">
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<p><i><b>Official Version</b></i> is the third studio album by <a href="Front_242" title="Front 242">Front 242</a>, released in March 1987<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and re-released in 1992.
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<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>CD 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="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Quite Unusual" (12" Version)</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:02</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Agressiva" (12" Version)</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:59</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>48:51</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>1992 Epic release</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="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Masterblaster"</td><td class="tracklist-length">7:06</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Hypnomix"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:31</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>60:28</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<p>The CD version of the original issue included 12" mixes of "Quite Unusual" and "Agressiva", giving the disc 11 tracks. The 1992 issue of the album added the first two songs from the "Masterhit" 12", bringing the track count to 13.
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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 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 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-AM_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="Christgau's_Record_Guide%3A_The_'80s" title="Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s">Christgau's Record Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">B−<sup id="cite_ref-Christgau_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christgau-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="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="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 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-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-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="MusicHound" title="MusicHound">MusicHound</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">5/5<sup id="cite_ref-MH_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MH-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="NME" title="NME">NME</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">6/10<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">4/5<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></tbody></table>
<p><a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>'s Ned Raggett rated the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "amazing" and "brutal", "helping to fully define <a href="Industrial_music" title="Industrial music">industrial</a> in the broadest sense of the term."<sup id="cite_ref-AM_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AM-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Robert_Christgau" title="Robert Christgau">Robert Christgau</a> wrote that "the worst you could say of them is that their club and cult hits don't exactly carpet-bomb the sensorium."<sup id="cite_ref-Christgau_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christgau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="MusicHound" title="MusicHound">MusicHound</a></i> described <i>Official Version</i> as "chock full of music that is guaranteed to make your heart race and your toes tap."<sup id="cite_ref-MH_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MH-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2023, <i><a href="Consequence_(publication)" title="Consequence (publication)">Consequence</a></i> ranked it at number 47 in its list of the "50 Best Industrial Albums of All Time" and wrote that "even after 35 years, still sounds like a missive sent back to us from a dystopian future."<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>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2></div>
<ul><li>Daniel Bressanutti</li>
<li>Patrick Codenys</li>
<li>Jean-Luc De Meyer</li>
<li>Richard Jonckheere</li>
<li>F. Boebaert – art Direction</li>
<li>Greg Calbi – remastering</li>
<li>A. Verbaert, Front 242, L. Van Praet – photography</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.discogs.com/Front-242-Official-Version/master/22265"><i>Official Version</i></a> at <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.discogs.com/Front-242-Quite-Unusual/master/16400">"Quite Unusual"</a> at <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.discogs.com/Front-242-Masterhit/master/31757">"Masterhit"</a> at <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li></ul>
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</style><div id="Front_242190" class="fn org" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Front_242" title="Front 242">Front 242</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>
<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>
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<li><i><a href="Front_by_Front" title="Front by Front">Front by Front</a></i></li>
<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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