Dynamite Steps

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Dynamite Steps
Studio album by The Twilight Singers
Released February 14, 2011
Recorded 2010
Genre Indie rock
Length 43:40
Label Sub Pop
Producer Greg Dulli, Mathias Schneeberger, Dave Rosser, Steve Nalepa, Eric Weaver, Tommaso Colliva
The Twilight Singers chronology

A Stitch in Time (EP)
(2006)		 Dynamite Steps
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
CHARTattack [2]
Consequence of Sound [3]
InYourSpeakers (68/100)[4]
NME [5]
Paste (7.6/10)[6]
Spin (8/10)[7]

Dynamite Steps is the fifth full-length album by Greg Dulli's The Twilight Singers. It was released on February 15, 2011, in the US and February 14, 2011, worldwide via Sub Pop on CD and double 12" white-colored vinyl. The UK release date was set at 29 August, 2011.

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).[8]

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

  • Greg Dulli – vocals (all songs), guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10), piano (1, 2, 5, 6, 7), synth bass (1, 3), mellotron (1), bass (2), drums (2, 10, 11), Rhodes (3, 5, 10, 11), electric guitar (7), Prophet (7)
  • Joseph Arthur - vocals (6, 9), harmonica (9)
  • Joshua Blanchard - dobro (9)
  • Ani DiFranco - vocals (8)
  • Amy Farris - violin/viola/cello (4)
  • Scott Ford - bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), vocals (4)
  • Petra Haden - violin (4, 9), vocals (9)
  • David Henderson - drums (1)
  • Chris Jordan - piano (4)
  • Mark Lanegan – vocals (2)
  • Leta Lucy - vocals (10, 11)
  • Nick McCabe - guitar (2)
  • Steve Nalepa - synth (1), strings (7)
  • Mike Napolitano - timpani (7)
  • Rick G. Nelson - violin (2, 8), cello (8)
  • Dave Rosser - guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11), vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 8), acoustic guitar (7)
  • Carina Round - vocals (10)
  • Mathias Schneeberger - guitar solo (1), guitar (5), bass (9)
  • Jon Skibic - guitar (1, 10, 11), bass (10)
  • Cully Symington - drums (3, 4, 7, 8)
  • Gene Trautmann - drums (5)
  • Greg Wieczorek - drums (6, 9, 11), vocals (6), percussion (9)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2117432
  2. ↑ Gormely, Ian (27 April 2011). "Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps". Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
  3. ↑ Melis, Matt (15 February 2011). "Album Review: The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps". Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
  4. ↑ Bogen, Joseph (18 March 2011). "InYourSpeakers: Reviews: The Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps". Retrieved 23 March 2011. 
  5. ↑ Fullerton, Jamie (16 February 2011). "Album Review: The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps". Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
  6. ↑ Grimm, Becca (24 February 2011). "The Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps". Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
  7. ↑ Gross, Joe (31 January 2011). "The Twilight Singers, 'Dynamite Steps' (Sub Pop)". Retrieved 23 February 2011. 
  8. ↑ "Twilight Singers Press Release". Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
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  • Rick Nelson
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  • Greg Wieczorek
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