This Station Is Non-Operational
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| Compilation album by At the Drive-In | ||||
| Released | May 24, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–2000 | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore, noise rock | |||
| Length | 72:09 | |||
| Label | Fearless | |||
| Producer | Ross Robinson, Mike Major, Simon Askew | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Drowned in Sound | 10/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.3/10 |
| Rolling Stone |  |
This Station Is Non-Operational is a compilation album by El Paso, Texas-based post-hardcore band At the Drive-In, released May 24, 2005 by Fearless Records, four years after the band went on indefinite hiatus. Its tracks span the band's career from 1997 to 2000, with selections from El Gran Orgo (1997), In/Casino/Out (1998), Vaya (1999), and Relationship of Command (2000), as well as several rare tracks taken from singles and a previously unreleased cover version of The Smiths' "This Night Has Opened My Eyes". The album also includes a DVD with the music videos for "Metronome Arthritis", "One Armed Scissor", and "Invalid Litter Dept.", an electronic press kit, a discography, and multimedia content. It became the band's highest-charting release in the United States. Its title comes from a lyric in the song "One Armed Scissor".
The compilation does not contain any material from the band's releases prior to 1997, omitting the EPs Hell Paso (1994) and ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (1995) as well as their 1996 debut album Acrobatic Tenement. Guitarist Jim Ward addressed these omissions in a 2006 interview:
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