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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

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on February 15, 2011, (Los Angeles) and February 17, 2011, (San Francisco). The band performed the first single "On the Corner" on ''

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Track listing

# "Last Night in Town" – 4:44 # "Be Invited" – 3:15 # "Waves" – 4:02 # "Get Lucky" – 4:12 # "On the Corner" – 4:26 # "Gunshots" – 3:43 # "She Was Stolen" – 3:15 # "Blackbird and the Fox" – 2:53 # "Never Seen No Devil" – 3:02 # "The Beginning of the End" – 3:15 # "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),

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(1), bass (2), drums (2, 10, 11),

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(3, 5, 10, 11), electric guitar (7),

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(7) * Joseph Arthur – vocals (6, 9), harmonica (9) * Joshua Blanchard –

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(9) *

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– 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) *

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– vocals (2) * Leta Lucy – vocals (10, 11) * Nick McCabe – guitar (2) * Steve Nalepa –

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(1), strings (7) * Mike Napolitano –

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(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

{{Authority control The Twilight Singers albums 2011 albums Sub Pop albums Albums produced by Greg Dulli