Challenger (Burning Star Core album)

2008 studio album by Burning Star Core

Challenger

Studio album by

Burning Star Core

Released| April 29, 2008 (2008-04-29)
Recorded| Spring – Winter 2007 (2007)
Studio| Ashworth Tap Room, Cincinnati, OH
Genre| Drone
Length| 32:59
Label| Hospital
Producer| Steve Lowenthal
Burning Star Core chronology
| Operator Dead... Post Abandoned
(2007)  | Challenger
(2008)  | Papercuts Theater
(2010)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
Pitchfork Media| (7.9/10)[2]

Challenger is the eighth studio album by Burning Star Core, released on April 29, 2008 by Hospital Productions.

## Track listing

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All music is composed by C. Spencer Yeh.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Challenger"| 4:53
2.| "Beauty Hunter"| 5:25
3.| "Through the Bars of a Rhyme"| 2:10
4.| "Mezzo Forte"| 3:58
5.| "No Memories, No Plans"| 2:59
6.| "Hopelessly Devoted"| 3:24
7.| "Mysteries of the Organ"| 5:59
8.| "Un coeur en hiver"| 4:11

## Personnel

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Adapted from the Operator Dead... Post Abandoned liner notes.[3]

Musicians

* Robert Beatty – Jew's harp (6), cover art
* Trevor Tremaine – guitar (4)
* C. Spencer Yeh – violin, electronics, recording

Production and additional personnel

* Steve Lowenthal – production
* Carl Saff – mastering

## Release history

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Region  | Date  | Label  | Format  | Catalog

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United States | 2008  | Hospital | CD | HOS-216
Plastic  | LP | 007

## References

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1. ^ "Burning Star Core: Challenger > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
2. ^ Gaerig, Andrew (December 3, 2008). "Burning Star Core: Challenger". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
3. ^ Challenger (booklet). Burning Star Core. New York City, New York: Hospital Productions. 2008.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

## External links

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* Challenger at Discogs (list of releases)
* Challenger at Bandcamp

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Burning Star Core

* C. Spencer Yeh

Studio albums|

* A Brighter Summer Day
* The Very Heart of the World
* Three Sisters Who Share an Eye
* Everyday World of Bodies
* Blood Lightning 2007
* Operator Dead... Post Abandoned
* Challenger

Live albums|

* Papercuts Theater

EPs|

* Amelia

* Albums Category

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* MusicBrainz release group

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