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1987 studio album by Front Line Assembly

The Initial Command
Studio album by Front Line Assembly
Released December 1987 (1987-12)[1]
Recorded August 1987 (1987-08)
Genre Industrial, EBM, electro-industrial
Length 48:40 (original release)62:46 (1997 release)
Label KK, ROIR, Third Mind, Cleopatra, Zoth Ommog
Producer Bill Leeb, Michael Balch
Front Line Assembly chronology
Total Terror(1986) The Initial Command(1987) State of Mind(1987)
Alternative cover
Re-release (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source Rating
Rear Garde Favorable[2]

The Initial Command is the first full-length studio album released by Canadian industrial band Front Line Assembly, released in 1987 through Belgian label KK.[3]

Since the 1987 release of The Initial Command, the album has been re-issued several times. American label ROIR released the album in 1990 on cassette[4] with a different cover. It was the first release of the album in the United States[5] and the second Front Line Assembly album released by ROIR after the band's second album State of Mind.[4] British label Third Mind followed in 1992 with a licensed CD version in the United States. Los Angeles–based Cleopatra's and German Zoth Ommog's release in 1997 contained two new tracks and new cover art. This re-release incorrectly listed the second track "Core" as "Intelligence Dream" while the liner notes have the correct title.[6] "Complexity" and "Core" appear to be new songs at the time of release.[6] Polish label Mecanica issued a vinyl edition of the 1997 release in summer 2002,[7] while Cleopatra re-issued a remastered version of the album on September 3, 2022 on vinyl and with the two bonus tracks on CD.[8]

The music was recorded on a 4-track tape.[9]

All tracks are written by Bill Leeb, except where noted

1987 Release

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The State" Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber 6:16
2. "Insanity Lurks Nearby" 6:10
3. "Casualties" Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber 4:46
4. "Ausgang Zum Himmel" Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber 7:14
5. "Nine Times" 6:27
6. "Black March" 5:59
7. "No Control" 6:37
8. "Slaughterhouse" 5:11

1997 Re-release

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Complexity" 7:48
2. "Core" 6:12
3. "The State" Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber 6:17
4. "Insanity Lurks Nearby" 6:03
5. "Casualties" Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber 4:46
6. "Ausgang Zum Himmel" Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber 7:16
7. "Nine Times" 6:30
8. "Black March" 6:02
9. "No Control" 6:40
10. "Slaughterhouse" 5:12
Total length: 62:46

Front Line Assembly

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  1. ^ Levermore, Gary (1997). Front Line Assembly - Reclamation (booklet). Front Line Assembly. New York: Roadrunner. pp. 2–3.
  2. ^ Miller, Greg (April 1988). "Front Line Assembly, The Initial Command". Rear Garde. No. 24. Montreal: Squishy Productions. p. 19. ISSN 1185-1937. OCLC 1081144492. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Woods, Karen (1990). In the Front Line (booklet). Front Line Assembly. New York City: ROIR. 2.
  4. ^ a b Woods, Karen (August 25, 1990). "New Music". Cash Box. Vol. 54, no. 4. New York. p. 11. ISSN 0008-7289. OCLC 436591198. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  5. ^ Jenkins, Mark (January 25, 1991). "Synthetic Appeal of Industrial Mix". The Washington Post. Washington D.C.: Fred Ryan. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 2269358. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Front Line Assembly > The Initial Command". Mindphaser 3.0. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
  7. ^ van Isacker, Bernard (May 31, 2022). "4 earliest albums of Bill Leeb's Front Line Assembly reissued on double vinyl with bonus tracks". side-line.com. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  8. ^ Yücel, Ilker (July 15, 2021). "Cleopatra Records announces limited edition vinyl reissues of Front Line Assembly's first two albums". ReGen Magazine. Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
  9. ^ Leeb, Bill (September 1992). "Interview". Flipside (Interview). No. 80. Interviewed by Dan. Pasadena.