No Comment (album)

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No Comment
No Comment cover
Studio album by Front 242
Released 1984
Recorded 1984
Genre Electronic Body Music, Industrial
Length  ??:??
Label Another Side, Red Rhino, Animalized, Wax Trax!, Epic Records
Producer(s) Daniel Bresanutti,
Jean-Luc de Meyer,
Patrick Codenys,
Richard Jonckheere
Front 242 chronology
Geography
1982
No Comment
1984
Back Catalogue
1987


No Comment is the Front 242 album that was first released in 1984 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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

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.

[edit] Another Side LP version (1984)

Side A

  1. "Commando Mix" – 9:23
  2. "S.FR.Nomenklatura" (1&2) – 6:36
  3. "Deceit" (Behind Your Face) – 3:44

Side B

  1. Lovely Day – 5:23
  2. No Shuffle – 3:50
  3. Special Forces – 5:23

The Red Rhino, Animalized, and Wax Trax! LPs, released in 1985, 1985, and 1987 respectively, had the same track listings, but had slightly different art. The original Another Side release of No Comment included the following reference to electronic body music, "Electronic Body Music Composed And Produced On Eight Tracks By Front 242", on the album cover. Though the album had six different tracks, the quoted phrase is a reference to the use of the 8-track device used in recording the album.

[edit] Red Rhino CD version (1985)

  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 (1&2) – 6:36

[edit] Wax Trax! CD version (1988)

  1. Commando Mix
  2. Deceit
  3. Lovely Day
  4. No Shuffle
  5. Special Forces
  6. S.FR.Nomenklatura (1&2)

[edit] Epic CD version (1992)

  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

The 1992 Epic Records rerelease of No Comment slightly changed the EBM reference, which read "Electronic body music recorded on 8 tracks". The track Body to Body originally appeared on the This Is Electronic Body Music in 1988, which included a number of electronic body music tracks from various artists.

[edit] Credits

  • Daniel Bresanutti (keyboards, programming, live mixing)
  • Jean-Luc de Meyer (vocals)
  • Patrick Codenys (keyboards, programming, samplers)
  • Richard Jonckheere (percussion, backing vocals)

[edit] Alternative Artwork

Back and front cover of the 1988 Wax Trax! CD rerelease of No Comment.
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Back and front cover of the 1988 Wax Trax! CD rerelease of No Comment.
Inside covers of the 1988 Wax Trax! CD rerelease of No Comment including reprint of first reference to electronic body music.
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Inside covers of the 1988 Wax Trax! CD rerelease of No Comment including reprint of first reference to electronic body music.

Different artwork was used on the US rereleases of No Comment. The reference to Electronic body music is shown on the inside cover of the 1988 Wax Trax! Records CD rerelease of No Comment.

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