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| Released | September 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | EBM, industrial, new wave, synthpop | |||
| Length | 40:21 | |||
| Label | New Dance [1] Himalaya Red Rhino Europe Wax Trax! Animalized Epic | |||
| Producer | Front 242 | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Epic 1992 release cover | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Geography is the debut album by Front 242, released in 1982. [1] [4]
Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, wrote that the album "boasts three dancey gems still being sampled (or spun) today and a clutch of other crucial songs which would be equally influential outside the club scene." [1]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Operating Tracks" | 3:48 |
| 2. | "With Your Cries" | 2:45 |
| 3. | "Art & Strategy" | 2:16 |
| 4. | "Geography II" | 1:10 |
| 5. | "U. Men" | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Dialogues" | 2:06 |
| 7. | "Least Inkling" | 2:26 |
| 8. | "GVDT" | 2:57 |
| 9. | "Geography I" | 2:14 |
| 10. | "Black White Blue" | 4:21 |
| 11. | "Kinetics" | 2:05 |
| 12. | "Kampfbereit" | 3:21 |
| 13. | "Ethics" | 2:29 |
| 14. | "Principles" | 4:43 |
| 15. | "Body to Body" | 4:13 |
| Total length: | 44:09 | |
GEOGRAPHY - VINTAGE REISSUE - LIMITED EDITION (2 CD)
(This double-CD was completely remastered and rebuilt by Daniel Bressanutti. Some tracks differ notably in sound)
| No. | Title | Notes | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Operating Tracks" | 3:53 | |
| 2. | "With Your Cries" | 2:59 | |
| 3. | "Art + Strategy" | 2:16 | |
| 4. | "Geography II" | 1:10 | |
| 5. | "U. Men" | 3:17 | |
| 6. | "Dialogues" | 2:06 | |
| 7. | "Least Inkling" | 2:28 | |
| 8. | "GVDT" | 2:57 | |
| 9. | "Geography I" | 2:29 | |
| 10. | "Black White Blue" | 4:17 | |
| 11. | "Kinetics" | 2:16 | |
| 12. | "Kampfbereit" | 3:26 | |
| 13. | "He Runs Too Fast for Us" | This song lasts 2:02, and after a long hiatus features the songs "Principles", "Body to Body" and "Ethics", although they weren't tracked as such | 15:30 |
| Total length: | 49:04 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Couteau" (Credited to "Prothese") | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Conditionnel Humain" (Credited to "Prothese") | 6:19 |
| 3. | "Chanson" (Credited to "Prothese") | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Syncussion" (Credited to "Underviewer") | 3:16 |
| 5. | "Mood" (Credited to "Underviewer") | 2:27 |
| 6. | "Principle" (2Trax) | 3:32 |
| 7. | "Body to Body" (2Trax) | 3:39 |
| 8. | "Labo" (Credited to "Underviewer") | 3:51 |
| 9. | "I Remember" (Credited to "Underviewer") | 2:32 |
| 10. | "Trouble" (Credited to "Underviewer") | 3:39 |
| 11. | "U-Men" (Instrumental) | 3:29 |
| 12. | "Kampfbereit" (Instrumental) | 3:37 |
| 13. | "In November" (Live VPRO) | 2:46 |
| 14. | "Controversy Between" (Aerial Version) | 3:42 |
| 15. | "Sample D." (Aerial Version) | 3:28 |
| 16. | "Take One" (Rebuilt) | 3:48 |
| 17. | "See the Future" | 5:51 |
| 18. | "Take One" (Live VPRO) | 4:46 |
| 19. | "Kampfbereit" (Live VPRO) | 3:27 |
| Total length: | 1:12:35 | |
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