Operator Dead... Post Abandoned

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Operator Dead... Post Abandoned
Burning Star Core - Operator Dead Post Abandoned.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 24, 2007 (2007-04-24)
RecordedSummer 2005 (2005)
StudioHorrible Room, Lexington, KY
Genre Drone, noise
Length52:29
Label No Quarter
Burning Star Core chronology
Blood Lightning 2007
(2007)
Operator Dead... Post Abandoned
(2007)
Challenger
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media (7.4/10) [1]

Operator Dead... Post Abandoned is the sixth studio album by Burning Star Core, released on April 17, 2007 by No Quarter Records. [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by C. Spencer Yeh.

No.TitleLength
1."When the Tripods Came"19:22
2."Operator Dead... Post Abandoned"16:47
3."Me & My Arrow"7:30
4."The Emergency Networks Are Taking Over"8:50

Personnel

Adapted from the Operator Dead... Post Abandoned liner notes. [4]

Musicians
Production and additional personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2007 No Quarter CD NOQ014

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References

  1. Harvell, Jess (May 24, 2007). "Burning Star Core: Operator Dead... Post Abandoned". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  2. "Burning Star Core: Operator Dead... Post Abandoned > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  3. Nunziata, Francesco (January 10, 2015). "Burning Star Core: Operator Dead... Post Abandoned" (in Italian). Onda Rock. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  4. Operator Dead... Post Abandoned (booklet). Burning Star Core. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: No Quarter Records. 2007.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)