What Burns Never Returns

1998 studio album by Don Caballero

Studio album by

Don Caballero

Released

June 9, 1998

Recorded

Late 1997

Studio

White Room Studios (Detroit, Michigan)

Genre

Math rock

Length

47:25

Label

Touch and Go

Producer

Al Sutton

Don Caballero chronology

Don Caballero 2
(1995)

What Burns Never Returns
(1998)

Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1)
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The A.V. Club	favorable^[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	7/10^[3]
Pitchfork Media	8.2/10^[4]

What Burns Never Returns is the third album by American math rock band Don Caballero. What Burns Never Returns was released on Touch and Go Records in 1998 and was a reunion of sorts for the band—it was their first album after a two-year hiatus and marked the return of the original line-up.

The album is notable for guitarist Ian Williams' first significant experimentation with pedals and other electronic effects. This style would be prevalent in both Williams' and the band's subsequent work.

It is the final studio album to feature guitarist Mike Banfield and bassist Pat Morris, both of whom were in the original line-up of Don Caballero.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Don Caballero 3"	9:42
2.	"In the Absence of Strong Evidence to the Contrary, One May Step Out of the Way of the Charging Bull"	4:35
3.	"Delivering the Groceries at 138 Beats Per Minute"	5:49
4.	"Slice Where You Live like Pie"	5:09
5.	"Room Temperature Suite"	5:31
6.	"The World in Perforated Lines"	3:52
7.	"From the Desk of Elsewhere Go"	7:51
8.	"June Is Finally Here"	4:56
Total length:		47:25

Track 5 is a medley of the songs "Trey Dog's Acid" and "Room Temperature Lounge", both of which were released as a seven-inch single on Touch and Go Records in 1997, then re-released on Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1) in 1999.

Personnel

Don Caballero

Damon Che – drums, guitar (track 3, 8)
Ian Williams – guitar
Pat Morris – bass guitar
Mike Banfield – guitar

Technical

Al Sutton – producer
Robert Ebeling – mixing
Andy Vogt – photography, artwork

References

^ AllMusic review
^ Garden, J. (2002-03-29) (29 March 2002). "Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2017-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Meloon, Brian (1998-07-08). "Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns". chroniclesofchaos.com. Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2017-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Pitchfork Media review