The Afghan Whigs "Gentlemen" Poll

This was one album I gladly sold back—I'd loved it in middle and high school, and then on relisten just couldn't get over how samey and how forced it all sounded.

That's sort of how I feel about it, except that for me that's probably just a minor flaw. Dulli's sincerity always compensates for his forcedness, if that contradiction makes any sense

(the other three were Grace, Marquee Moon and The Holy Bible, by the way)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

wow, surprised be sweet ended up so low. my vote went to when we two parted but i understand why that's low.

i expected some votes for my curse, but seriously that song wrecks the whole flow for me. i kind of feel like for the album to be 100% true to its vision dulli needs to be the only singer on it. his performance here is hall of fame type stuff to me.

this album's sound and U2 have some things in common

"You think I'm scared of girls? Well, maybe. But I'm not afraid of you."

What a brilliant line.

the flipside of the LP is what I keep coming back for (swidt?):

My Curse -> Now You Know -> I Keep Coming Back -> Brother Woodrow/Closing Prayer

doesn't get better than this, actually replace "I Keep Coming Back" with "When We Too Parted" from Side A and that's like the perfect EP for me.

your kisses scourge me, hyssop in your perfume

i don't think you should be fucking with the track order tbh

dude, this is 2010. track sequences are primitive. ***EVERYONE IS A DJ***

Plz to remaster and reissue and include What Jail Is Like B-side My World Is Empty Without You KTHXBYE

― StanM, Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:09 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Your wish was granted. God this album is amazing and fresh 21 years on - the remaster sounds incredible. One-of-a-kind.

steve earle is a god

last night i dreamt that an evil shapeshifter was using mutant bugs to turn everyone into zombies. a spiderman-type figure (i'm not sure if i *was* him or if the dream-story was just centered on him) was trying to stop him, without success until he realized that clues to reversing the zombification were strewn throughout 'gentlemen' and indeed, the ultimate solution proved to be to kind of hug/squish the zombies together while blasting 'brother woodrow/closing prayer' on a boombox. during this process i think there was a brief glimpse of dulli in the shadows nodding approvingly

nb i don't watch zombie shows or superhero movies. i *have* listened to the whigs a lot, but not particularly recently

I read the Vice "rank your records" piece with Dulli and I'm glad he agrees with me that the album kinda tapers off at the end.

Listening to the demos on the deluxe edition for the first time and holy hell these these are maybe the most polished I've ever heard? "Be Sweet" in particular might be better than the album version.