Half Dead and Dynamite

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]

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]

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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