No Comment (Front 242 album)

No Comment
Studio album by Front 242
Released	1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	Electronic Body Music, Industrial
Label	Another Side, Red Rhino, Animalized, Wax Trax!, Epic Records
Producer	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. The clip of dialogue featured in the track "Special Forces" is from the movie Apocalypse Now.

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.

Another Side LP version (1984)

Side A
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
4.	"Lovely Day"	5:23
5.	"No Shuffle"	3:50
6.	"Special Forces"	5:23
Total length:		14:36

Red Rhino CD version (1985)

No.	Title	Length
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)

No.	Title	Length
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)

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Commando Mix"	9:05
2.	"Deceit"	3:44
3.	"Lovely Day"	5:16
Total length:		18:05

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
4.	"No Shuffle"	3:48
5.	"Special Forces"	5:18
6.	"S.FR.Nomenklatura"	6:24
Total length:		15:30

Epic CD version (1992)

No.	Title	Length
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". 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.

Credits

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

Alternative Artwork

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 reference to Electronic body music is shown on the inside cover of the 1988 Wax Trax! Records CD re-release of No Comment.

External links

• Entry at Discogs.com.