Dynamite Steps

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{{Infobox album

| name = Dynamite Steps

| type = studio

| artist = The Twilight Singers

| cover = Dynamite Steps.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 14, 2011

| recorded = 2010 in Los Angeles, Joshua Tree and Arcadia, California; New Orleans and Bogalusa, Louisiana

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie rock

| length = 43:40

| label = Sub Pop

| producer = "The Syndicate" (Greg Dulli, Mathias Schneeberger, Dave Rosser, Steve Nalepa, Eric Weaver, and Tommaso Colliva)

| prev_title = A Stitch in Time (EP)

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Dynamite Steps

| type = studio

| single1 = On the Corner

| single1date = February 14, 2011

| single2 = Blackbird and the Fox

| single2date = July 25, 2011

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2117432|pure_url=yes}}

| rev2 = CHARTattack

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Ian |last=Gormely |title=Twilight Singers – Dynamite Steps |url=http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/2011/apr/27/twilight-singers-%E2%80%94-dynamite-steps |date=April 27, 2011 |accessdate=April 28, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806042027/http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/2011/apr/27/twilight-singers-%E2%80%94-dynamite-steps |archivedate=August 6, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}

| rev3 = Consequence of Sound

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Melis |title=Album Review: The Twilight Singers – Dynamite Steps |url=https://consequence.net/2011/02/album-review-the-twilight-singers-dynamite-steps/ |date=February 15, 2011 |accessdate=April 28, 2011}}

| rev4 = InYourSpeakers

| rev4Score = (68/100){{cite web |first=Joseph |last=Bogen |title=InYourSpeakers: Reviews: The Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps |url=http://inyourspeakers.com/content/review/twilight-singers-dynamite-steps-03182011 |date=March 18, 2011 |accessdate=March 23, 2011 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519134854/http://inyourspeakers.com/content/review/twilight-singers-dynamite-steps-03182011 |url-status=dead }}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5Score = (6/10){{cite web |first=Jamie |last=Fullerton |title=Album Review: The Twilight Singers – Dynamite Steps |website=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/twilight-singers/11857 |date=February 16, 2011 |accessdate=April 28, 2011}}

| rev6 = Paste

| rev6Score = (7.6/10){{cite web |first=Becca |last=Grimm |title=The Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/02/the-twilight-singers-dynamite-steps.html |date=February 24, 2011 |accessdate=April 28, 2011}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork Media

| rev7Score = (7.9/10){{cite web |first=Stephen M. |last=Deusner |title=Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps |website=Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15121-dynamite-steps/ |date=February 16, 2011 |accessdate=February 23, 2011}}

| rev8 = Spin

| rev8Score = (8/10){{cite web |first=Joe |last=Gross |title=The Twilight Singers, 'Dynamite Steps' (Sub Pop) |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/twilight-singers-dynamite-steps-sub-pop |date=January 31, 2011 |accessdate=February 23, 2011}}

| noprose = yes

}}

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.

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).{{cite web |url=http://www.thetwilightsingers.com/news/2011/01/the-twilight-singers-announce-2011-european-tour-in-support-of-new-album-dynamite-steps.php |accessdate=January 18, 2011 |title=Twilight Singers Press Release}}

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