Official Version

Official Version is the third studio album by Front 242, released in March 1987 and re-released in 1992.

Reception
AllMusic's Ned Raggett rated the album 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "amazing" and "brutal", "helping to fully define industrial in the broadest sense of the term." Robert Christgau wrote that "the worst you could say of them is that their club and cult hits don't exactly carpet-bomb the sensorium." MusicHound described Official Version as "chock full of music that is guaranteed to make your heart race and your toes tap."

In 2023, Consequence ranked it at number 47 in its list of the "50 Best Industrial Albums of All Time" and wrote that "even after 35 years, still sounds like a missive sent back to us from a dystopian future."

Personnel

 * Daniel Bressanutti
 * Patrick Codenys
 * Jean-Luc De Meyer
 * Richard Jonckheere
 * F. Boebaert – art Direction
 * Greg Calbi – remastering
 * A. Verbaert, Front 242, L. Van Praet – photography