Dynamite Steps

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Dynamite Steps
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2011
Recorded2010 in Los Angeles, Joshua Tree and Arcadia, California; New Orleans and Bogalusa, Louisiana
Genre Indie rock
Length43:40
Label Sub Pop
Producer "The Syndicate" (Greg Dulli, Mathias Schneeberger, Dave Rosser, Steve Nalepa, Eric Weaver, and Tommaso Colliva)
The Twilight Singers chronology
A Stitch in Time (EP)
(2006)
Dynamite Steps
(2011)
Singles from Dynamite Steps
  1. "On the Corner"
    Released: February 14, 2011
  2. "Blackbird and the Fox"
    Released: July 25, 2011
Professional ratings
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InYourSpeakers(68/100) [4]
NME (6/10) [5]
Paste (7.6/10) [6]
Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) [7]
Spin (8/10) [8]

Dynamite Steps is the fifth full-length album by Greg Dulli's The Twilight Singers. It was released on February 14, 2011, worldwide, and a day later in the United States via Sub Pop on CD and double 12" white-colored vinyl.

Contents

The Sub Pop pre-order for Dynamite Steps includes a two-track CD-R featuring two unreleased Twilight Singers tracks, "Don't Call" and "Ballad of Pure Thought". The band marked the album's release with in-store performances at Amoeba Music on February 15, 2011, (Los Angeles) and February 17, 2011, (San Francisco). [9]

The band performed the first single "On the Corner" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the Late Show with David Letterman .

Track listing

  1. "Last Night in Town" – 4:44
  2. "Be Invited" – 3:15
  3. "Waves" – 4:02
  4. "Get Lucky" – 4:12
  5. "On the Corner" – 4:26
  6. "Gunshots" – 3:43
  7. "She Was Stolen" – 3:15
  8. "Blackbird and the Fox" – 2:53
  9. "Never Seen No Devil" – 3:02
  10. "The Beginning of the End" – 3:15
  11. "Dynamite Steps" – 6:45

Personnel

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