Half Dead and Dynamite
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| Half Dead and Dynamite | ||||
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| Released | October 21, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 1997 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 38:10 | |||
| Label | No Alternative | |||
| Producer | Mike Wisti | |||
| Lifter Puller chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.2/10[2] |
Half Dead and Dynamite is an album by the Minnesota indie rock band Lifter Puller, released in 1997.[3][4] The album was reissued in 2009.[5]
Critical reception
[edit]City Pages wrote that singer Craig Finn "is a wry and bizarre punk poet, relating obscure tales of high-school depravity, boredom, and violence that unravel as teenage escape songs written from a semi-female perspective."[6]
Track listing
[edit]- "To Live and Die in LBI" – 3:13
- "I Like the Lights" – 3:33
- "Sherman City" – 3:31
- "Naussau Coliseum" – 6:13
- "Kool NYC" – 1:42
- "Half Dead and Dynamite" – 3:21
- "The Bears" – 1:55
- "Hardware" – 2:24
- "The Gin and the Sour Defeat" – 3:51
- "Viceburgh" – 6:04
- "Rock for Lite Brite" – 2:23
References
[edit]- ^ "Half Dead and Dynamite - Lifter Puller | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Lifter Puller: Lifter Puller / Half Dead and Dynamite / The Entertainment and Arts EP / Fiestas and Fiascos / Slips Backwards". Pitchfork. 7 December 2009.
- ^ "Lifter Puller: Lifter Puller / Half Dead And Dynamite (Deluxe Reissue) / The Entertainment And Arts (Deluxe Reissue) / Fiestas + Fiascos (Deluxe Reissue) / Slips Backwards". The A.V. Club. December 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Walsh, Jim (December 12, 1997). "ALL'S WELL THAT SPINS WELL ON THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE". St. Paul Pioneer Press. p. 2F.
- ^ Snyder, Brianna (December 23, 2009). "CD of the Week". Hartford Advocate. Arts & Entertainment.
- ^ Groebner, Simon Peter (October 29, 1997). "Lifter Puller / Rank Strangers". City Pages. CD Review.
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