Challengers New Pornographers Album

Challengers is the fourth full-length album by the Indie Rock supergroup The New Pornographers

Fast Facts

1. Genre: Indie
2. Release date: August 21, 2007
3. Label: Matador Records, Last Gang Records
4. Producer: Phil Palazzolo, John Collins, A. C. Newman
5. Peak chart position: The Billboard 200 #34
6. Single: "Myriad Harbour"
7. "Failsafe" was originally written for pop band The Choir Practice

Track Listing

1. "My Rights Versus Yours"
2. "All the Old Showstoppers"
3. "Challengers"
4. "Myriad Harbour"
5. "All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth"
6. "Failsafe"
7. "Unguided"
8. "Entering White Cecilia"
9. "Go Places"
10. "Mutiny, I Promise You"
11. "Adventures in Solitude"
12. "The Spirit of Giving"

Reviews

• "More cinematic than "Twin Cinema," more cohesive than any other record released this year, Challengers is so very good it almost compels you to think in the cliches of music criticism." - PopMatters

• "Challengers stacks up against the pillar of "Twin Cinema" just fine; it is the more restrained of the two, equally as satisfying, and more stylistically varied." - Lost At Sea

• "If not instantly gratifying enough to rank as The New Pornographers' best album, Challengers is still their most diverse collection, one that speaks to the real breadth of its core members' skill with all manners of pop styles and that proves that they're capable of producing more than just guilty pleasures." - Slant Magazine

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