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
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]

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