Official Version

Official Version
Studio album by Front 242
Released	March 1987
Genre	EBM, industrial
Length	38:50 48:51 original CD issue 60:28 Epic CD issue
Label	Red Rhino Europe Wax Trax! Animalized Epic
Producer	Front 242
Front 242 chronology
Back Catalogue (1987) Official Version (1987) Front by Front (1988)
Singles from Official Version
"Quite Unusual" Released: October 1986 "Masterhit" Released: 1987
1992 Epic release cover

Official Version is the third studio album by Front 242, released in March 1987^[1] and re-released in 1992.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"W.Y.H.I.W.Y.G."	7:28
2.	"Rerun Time"	5:25
3.	"Television Station"	2:41
4.	"Agressiva Due"	2:58
5.	"Master Hit" (Part 1 & 2)	7:07
6.	"Slaughter"	3:36
7.	"Quite Unusual"	3:49
8.	"Red Team"	3:50
9.	"Angst"	1:56
Total length:		38:50

CD Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Quite Unusual" (12" Version)	5:02
11.	"Agressiva" (12" Version)	4:59
Total length:		48:51

1992 Epic release
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Masterblaster"	7:06
13.	"Hypnomix"	4:31
Total length:		60:28

Notes

The CD version of the original issue included Quite Unusual and Agressiva 12" mixes, 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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic's Ned Raggett rated the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "amazing" and "brutal", "helping to fully define industrial in the broadest sense of the term."

Personnel

• Daniel Bressanutti
• Patrick Codenys
• Jean-Luc De Meyer
• Richard Jonckheere
• F. Boebaert - Art Direction
• Greg Calbi - Remastering
• A. Verbaert, Front 242, L. Van Praet - Photography

External links

• Official Version at Discogs
• "Quite Unusual" at Discogs
• "Masterhit" at Discogs

References

1. "Official Version (CD Album) : Front 242". Spirit of Rock Webzine. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
2. Raggett, Ned. "Front 242: Official Version > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 July 2010.