http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.917&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rssAs a seminal Industrial Dance band, Front 242 effortlessly merge beats, noise, melody and aggression, creating some of the most potent "electronic body music" to ever possess manic club-goers. Emerging from Belgium in the early 1980s, the group is a cross between experimental, groundbreaking acts such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle and tame, Pop Dance-oriented outfit Depeche Mode. What other Industrial band has a vocalist who shouts out the diva line "Now start to move and dance" with the tone of a Teutonic drill sergeant as a wall of percussion and minor key synth lines pounds out? Front 242 get away with it, because they make good dance music while still retaining power, solid song structure and intriguing synth sounds and samples. Their biggest hit, "Headhunter," is a prime example of this: the vocalist barks out aggressive, possibly homoerotic lyrics as the drums and synths charge ahead, keyboards and noises weaving in and out and coalescing at the chorus to create one of the most memorable and sweat-inducing anthems in the genre. - Will LernerIndustrial Danceen720Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:46:00 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.917&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss As a seminal Industrial Dance band, Front 242 effortlessly merge beats, noise, melody and aggression, creating some of the most potent "electronic body music" to ever possess manic club-goers. Emerging from Belgium in the early 1980s, the group is a cross between experimental, groundbreaking acts such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle and tame, Pop Dance-oriented outfit Depeche Mode. What other Industrial band has a vocalist who shouts out the diva line "Now start to move and dance" with the tone of a Teutonic drill sergeant as a wall of percussion and minor key synth lines pounds out? Front 242 get away with it, because they make good dance music while still retaining power, solid song structure and intriguing synth sounds and samples. Their biggest hit, "Headhunter," is a prime example of this: the vocalist barks out aggressive, possibly homoerotic lyrics as the drums and synths charge ahead, keyboards and noises weaving in and out and coalescing at the chorus to create one of the most memorable and sweat-inducing anthems in the genre. - Will Lerner http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2153129&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 2153129 tra.2153129 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Front By Front alb.238872 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/0/5/1265010_170x170.jpg 1992-04-28 00:00:00.0 1988-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Headhunter V3.0 tra.2153129 284000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2153129&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2153129&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683105&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 25 May 1993 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683105 tra.683105 Front 242 art.917 0.99 06:21:03:11 Up Evil alb.190961 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/9/0/1300931_170x170.jpg 1993-05-25 00:00:00.0 1993-05-25 00:00:00.0 true Skin tra.683105 213000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683105&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683105&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2153131&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 2153131 tra.2153131 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Front By Front alb.238872 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/0/5/1265010_170x170.jpg 1992-04-28 00:00:00.0 1988-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Headhunter VI.0 tra.2153131 302000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2153131&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2153131&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.398147&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 398147 tra.398147 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Front By Front alb.238872 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/0/5/1265010_170x170.jpg 1992-04-28 00:00:00.0 1988-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Welcome To Paradise tra.398147 319000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.398147&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.398147&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683106&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 25 May 1993 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683106 tra.683106 Front 242 art.917 0.99 06:21:03:11 Up Evil alb.190961 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/9/0/1300931_170x170.jpg 1993-05-25 00:00:00.0 1993-05-25 00:00:00.0 true Motion tra.683106 232000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683106&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683106&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683170&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683170 tra.683170 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Headhunter 2000 alb.119747 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/8/2/2/1282286_170x170.jpg 2005-05-10 00:00:00.0 1998-12-22 00:00:00.0 true Headhunter - (Funker Vogt mix) tra.683170 284000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683170&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683170&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683169&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683169 tra.683169 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Headhunter 2000 alb.119747 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/8/2/2/1282286_170x170.jpg 2005-05-10 00:00:00.0 1998-12-22 00:00:00.0 true Headhunter - (Leaether Strip mix) tra.683169 339000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683169&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683169&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3035021&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 29 Jan 1991 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 3035021 tra.3035021 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Tyranny For You alb.212133 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/5/8/0/1300856_170x170.jpg 2008-01-22 00:00:00.0 1991-01-29 00:00:00.0 true Tragedy For You tra.3035021 269000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3035021&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3035021&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23384426&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 23384426 tra.23384426 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Moments... - Limited Edition alb.23362543 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/0/9/1419066_170x170.jpg 2008-09-05 00:00:00.0 2008-10-07 00:00:00.0 true Body to Body tra.23384426 250000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23384426&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23384426&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683097&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683097 tra.683097 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Front By Front alb.238872 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/0/5/1265010_170x170.jpg 1992-04-28 00:00:00.0 1988-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Until Death (Us Do Part) tra.683097 271000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683097&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683097&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683171&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683171 tra.683171 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Headhunter 2000 alb.119747 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/8/2/2/1282286_170x170.jpg 2005-05-10 00:00:00.0 1998-12-22 00:00:00.0 true Headhunter - (Empirion mix) tra.683171 433000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683171&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683171&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683103&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Thu, 1 Jan 1987 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683103 tra.683103 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Official Version (1986-1987) alb.249186 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/3/9/0/1300936_170x170.jpg 1992-06-02 00:00:00.0 1987-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Quite Unusual tra.683103 229000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683103&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683103&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683100&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683100 tra.683100 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Front By Front alb.238872 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/0/5/1265010_170x170.jpg 1992-04-28 00:00:00.0 1988-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Felines tra.683100 214000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683100&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683100&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683098&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Fri, 1 Jan 1988 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683098 tra.683098 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Front By Front alb.238872 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/1/0/5/1265010_170x170.jpg 1992-04-28 00:00:00.0 1988-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Circling Overland tra.683098 286000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683098&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683098&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2187507&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 2 Nov 1993 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 2187507 tra.2187507 Front 242 art.917 0.99 05:22:09:12 Off alb.274916 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/3/9/0/1300939_170x170.jpg 1993-11-02 00:00:00.0 1993-11-02 00:00:00.0 true Junkdrome tra.2187507 455000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2187507&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2187507&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3256581&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 6 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 3256581 tra.3256581 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Pulse alb.282583 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/2/6/0/1290623_170x170.jpg 2005-05-03 00:00:00.0 2003-05-06 00:00:00.0 true Pan Mink tra.3256581 186000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3256581&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3256581&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3332644&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 3332644 tra.3332644 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Still and Raw alb.271920 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/2/2/2/1282225_170x170.jpg 2005-05-10 00:00:00.0 2003-04-08 00:00:00.0 true Collision tra.3332644 313000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3332644&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3332644&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23384400&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 23384400 tra.23384400 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Moments... - Limited Edition alb.23362543 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/0/9/1419066_170x170.jpg 2008-09-05 00:00:00.0 2008-10-07 00:00:00.0 true Religion tra.23384400 215000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23384400&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23384400&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683174&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683174 tra.683174 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Headhunter 2000 alb.119747 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/8/2/2/1282286_170x170.jpg 2005-05-10 00:00:00.0 1998-12-22 00:00:00.0 true Headhunter - (Suspicious mix) tra.683174 509000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683174&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683174&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066691&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Thu, 1 Jan 1987 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 2066691 tra.2066691 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Backcatalogue 1981-1985 alb.107750 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/3/9/0/1300938_170x170.jpg 1992-06-02 00:00:00.0 1987-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Special Forces tra.2066691 326000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066691&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066691&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066693&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Thu, 1 Jan 1987 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 2066693 tra.2066693 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Backcatalogue 1981-1985 alb.107750 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/3/9/0/1300938_170x170.jpg 1992-06-02 00:00:00.0 1987-01-01 00:00:00.0 true No Shuffle tra.2066693 227000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066693&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066693&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066695&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Thu, 1 Jan 1987 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 2066695 tra.2066695 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Backcatalogue 1981-1985 alb.107750 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/3/9/0/1300938_170x170.jpg 1992-06-02 00:00:00.0 1987-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Funkahdafi tra.2066695 196000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066695&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066695&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7283050&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Tue, 3 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 7283050 tra.7283050 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Re:boot alb.7282158 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/4/2/1282473_170x170.jpg 2005-05-03 00:00:00.0 2005-05-03 00:00:00.0 true Moldavia tra.7283050 237000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7283050&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7283050&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683122&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Thu, 1 Jan 1987 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 683122 tra.683122 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Official Version (1986-1987) alb.249186 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/3/9/0/1300936_170x170.jpg 1992-06-02 00:00:00.0 1987-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Television Station tra.683122 162000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683122&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.683122&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066684&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss Industrial Dance Thu, 1 Jan 1987 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Front 242 on Rhapsody Online 2066684 tra.2066684 Front 242 art.917 0.99 Backcatalogue 1981-1985 alb.107750 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/3/9/0/1300938_170x170.jpg 1992-06-02 00:00:00.0 1987-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Take One tra.2066684 286000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066684&variant=play&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2066684&variant=data&rws=%2Ffront-242%2Ftop-tracks.rss