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No Comment (Front 242 album)

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No Comment
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1984
Recorded1984
GenreEBM, industrial
Length34:19 (Another Side, Red Rhino, Wax Trax! CD)
33:35 (Wax Trax! Cassette)
52:21 (Epic CD)
LabelAnother Side
Red Rhino Europe
Animalized
Wax Trax!
Epic
ProducerFront 242
Front 242 chronology
Geography
(1982)
No Comment
(1984)
Official Version
(1987)
Alternative cover
1985 Red Rhino & Wax Trax releases cover
Alternative cover
1992 Epic release cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

No Comment is a 1984 Front 242 album released on the Another Side music label. The album was the first reference to Electronic Body Music (EBM) [1] when the band included the phrase "Electronic Body Music Composed and Produced On Eight Tracks by Front 242" in reference to their use of an 8-track recording device. Though the album was their second full-length album, the Belgian band had released several singles and EPs prior to No Comment. The dialogue samples featured in the track "Special Forces" are from the movie Apocalypse Now.

Track listing

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No Comment has been released multiple times in both LP and CD formats in Belgium, Germany, and the United States. The following is a list of the tracks on all the significant releases of this album.

Another Side (1984) and Wax Trax! (1985) LP versions

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Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Commando Mix"9:23
2."S.FR.Nomenklatura" (1&2)6:36
3."Deceit (Behind Your Face)"3:44
Total length:19:43
Side B
No.TitleLength
4."Lovely Day"5:23
5."No Shuffle"3:50
6."Special Forces"5:23
Total length:14:36

Note : initial copies of the Wax Trax! LP also contained a bonus live 7" single

Red Rhino CD version (1985)

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No.TitleLength
1."Commando Mix"9:23
2."Deceit" (Behind Your Face)3:44
3."Lovely Day"5:23
4."No Shuffle"3:50
5."Special Forces"5:23
6."S.FR.Nomenklatura" (Parts 1&2)6:36
Total length:34:19

Wax Trax! CD version (1988)

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No.TitleLength
1."Commando Mix"9:23
2."Deceit"3:44
3."Lovely Day"5:23
4."No Shuffle"3:50
5."Special Forces"5:23
6."S.FR.Nomenklatura" (Parts 1&2)6:36
Total length:34:19

Wax Trax! Cassette Version (1989)

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Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Commando Mix"9:05
2."Deceit"3:44
3."Lovely Day"5:16
Total length:18:05
Side 2
No.TitleLength
4."No Shuffle"3:48
5."Special Forces"5:18
6."S.FR.Nomenklatura"6:24
Total length:15:30

Epic CD version (1992)

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No.TitleLength
1."Commando Mix"9:23
2."Deceit"3:44
3."Lovely Day"5:23
4."No Shuffle"3:50
5."Special Forces"5:23
6."S.FR.Nomenklatura I"4:26
7."S.FR.Nomenklatura II"2:10
8."Body to Body"4:15
9."See the Future" (Live)6:20
10."In November"2:37
11."Special Forces" (Demo)4:50
Total length:52:21

The 1992 Epic Records rerelease of No Comment slightly changed the EBM reference, which read "Electronic body music recorded on 8 tracks".

Credits

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  • Jean-Luc de Meyer – lead vocals
  • Daniel Bresanutti – keyboards, programming, live mixing
  • Patrick Codenys – keyboards, programming, sampling
  • Richard Jonckheere – percussion, backing vocals

References

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  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "No Comment". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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