Half Dead and Dynamite
Studio album by
Lifter Puller
ReleasedOctober 21, 1997 (1997-10-21)
RecordedSummer 1997
GenrePost-punk
Length38:10
LabelNo Alternative
ProducerMike Wisti
Lifter Puller chronology
Lifter Puller
(1997)		 Half Dead and Dynamite
(1997)		 The Entertainment and Arts EP
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork Media8.2/10[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

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

  1. "To Live and Die in LBI" – 3:13
  2. "I Like the Lights" – 3:33
  3. "Sherman City" – 3:31
  4. "Naussau Coliseum" – 6:13
  5. "Kool NYC" – 1:42
  6. "Half Dead and Dynamite" – 3:21
  7. "The Bears" – 1:55
  8. "Hardware" – 2:24
  9. "The Gin and the Sour Defeat" – 3:51
  10. "Viceburgh" – 6:04
  11. "Rock for Lite Brite" – 2:23

References

  1. ↑ "Half Dead and Dynamite - Lifter Puller | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ "Lifter Puller: Lifter Puller / Half Dead and Dynamite / The Entertainment and Arts EP / Fiestas and Fiascos / Slips Backwards". Pitchfork. 7 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Walsh, Jim (December 12, 1997). "ALL'S WELL THAT SPINS WELL ON THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE". St. Paul Pioneer Press. p. 2F.
  5. ↑ Snyder, Brianna (December 23, 2009). "CD of the Week". Hartford Advocate. Arts & Entertainment.
  6. ↑ Groebner, Simon Peter (October 29, 1997). "Lifter Puller / Rank Strangers". City Pages. CD Review.



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