Tyranny (For You)

Tyranny (For You) (stylized as Tyranny ▶For You◀) is the fifth studio album by Front 242, released in 1991 as their first album on Epic Records after leaving Chicago's Wax Trax! Records. It was the band's highest-charting album reaching #95 on the Billboard 200 and #5 on the CMJ Radio Top 150.^[8][9] The song "Rhythm of Time" proved a dance club hit topping at #11 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco charts matching the previous ranking of the album's title track. The accompanying music video for "Rhythm of Time" appears briefly playing on a television in a scene in the film Single White Female. "Moldavia" was subsequently featured in TV promos for the 1992 film K2.

Tyranny (For You)
Studio album by Front 242
Released	24 January 1991
Genre	EBM, industrial
Length	46:39 (54:49)
Label	Red Rhino Europe Epic
Producer	Daniel Bresanutti, Patrick Codenys
Front 242 chronology
Front by Front (1988) Tyranny (For You) (1991) Live Target (1992)
Singles from Tyranny (For You)
"Tragedy (For You)" Released: 23 October 1990 "Rhythm Of Time" Released: 1991 "Mixed by Fear" Released: 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C[3]
MusicHound	3.5/5[4]
NME	7/10[5]
Select	4/5[6]
Sounds	[7]

Track listing

• All songs written by Front 242 & published by Les Editions Confidentielles.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sacrifice"	4:31
2.	"Rhythm of Time"	4:06
3.	"Moldavia"	4:25
4.	"Trigger 2" (Anatomy of a Shot)	5:50
5.	"Gripped by Fear"	4:36
6.	"Tragedy ▶For You◀"	4:30
7.	"The Untold"	4:33
8.	"Neurobashing"	5:49
9.	"Leitmotiv 136"	3:12
10.	"Soul Manager" "Soul Manager" no audio "Hard Rock" "Trigger 1"	13:03 5:07 1:58 2:40 3:16
Total length:		54:53

Releases

• Red Rhino Europe: RRE CD 11 – CD, 1991
• Red Rhino Europe: RRE LP 11 – 12" Vinyl, 1991
• Epic Records (USA & Canada): EK 46998 – CD, 1991
• Epic Records (USA & Canada): ET 46998 – Cassette, 1991

Personnel

• Jean-Luc De Meyer – lead vocals
• Daniel Bressanutti – keyboards, programming
• Patrick Codenys – keyboards, programming
• Richard Jonckheere – percussion, backing vocals

References

1. "Tyranny (For You) – Front 242". AllMusic.
2. Larkin, Colin (1998). "Front 242". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Groves Dictionaries. pp. 2043. ISBN 1-561-59237-4.
3. Fox, Marisa (8 February 1991). "Tyranny (For You)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
4. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). "Front 242". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 461–462. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
5. Anderson, Penny (19 January 1991). "Front 242: Tyranny (For You)". NME. p. 26. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
6. Sinker, Mark (February 1991). "Craft at Work". Select. No. 8. p. 68. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
7. Mardles, Paul (19 January 1991). "Minority Rules" (PDF). Sounds. p. 38. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
8. "Front 242 Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". billboard.com. Nielsen Media Inc. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
9. Glaser, Mark, ed. (15 March 1991). "CMJ Radio Top 150" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 25 (227). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 15–16. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 5 November 2021.