Half Dead and Dynamite

1997 studio album by Lifter Puller

Studio album by

Lifter Puller

Released

October 21, 1997 (1997-10-21)

Recorded

Summer 1997

Genre

Post-punk

Length

38:10

Label

No Alternative

Producer

Mike Wisti

Lifter Puller chronology

Lifter Puller
(1997)

Half Dead and Dynamite
(1997)

The Entertainment and Arts EP
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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

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

"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

^ "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.