Comments on: The Afghan Whigs Retrospective Giveaway!

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:24:04 +0000

It’s a close call between Gentlemen and 1965, but I think Gentlemen would win out for me. I first heard the whigs on WOXY when they played the song “Debonair’ and immediately purchased the record. Gentlemen is an album I consistently return to and never lets me down.

By: Eric D

Eric D — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:55:15 +0000

Gentlemen, because when I put it on in college it made chicks want to do it. By the time Marcy Mays laid out My Curse it was good to go.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:36:29 +0000

1965, no contest. This album forever renders me nostalgic for the not so distant past- the kind of nostalgia that can be brandished as a weapon. Each song is directly linked to past nights out, and “Somethn’ Hot” will always lead off my essential “going-out to booze up and riot” compilation.

By: neal

neal — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:23:00 +0000

Black Love for me too. Faded and Crime Scene are two of my favorite Whigs songs, so killer bookends, but the whole CD is solid.

By: nick

nick — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:05:10 +0000

1965

gentlemen defined the whigs

1965 perfected them

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:33:30 +0000

Black Love because there is not a bad song on it, the cover album photo creates a great mood, and Faded is one of the best songs Dulli has ever written!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:58:38 +0000

I have to agree that Gentleman is the ultimate classic, but reading this thread has made me realize that tonight I have to give Congregation another listen.

By: Datchu Cougaar

Datchu Cougaar — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:57:02 +0000

Gentlemen…. no wait.. Uptown Avondale, er, no, Gentlemen.

It has to be Uptown Avodale. ‘Rebirth of the Cool’ reeled me back into the 97X fold after I landed back in Cinci.

By: mattbarr

mattbarr — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:56:24 +0000

1965 - i worked at a record store when 1965 came out. we played that album in the store at least once a day, if not more.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:42:54 +0000

When I moved to cincy in ‘95-96 to go to UC, Black Love was just coming out — it was my intro to the Whigs courtesy (believe it or not) of WEBN. Saw them at bogart’s right before I went back home for the summer and pretty much went crazy for the band right then and there. Went home for the summer and annoyed the crap out of DJs at the station there requesting me some Whigs.