Afghan Whigs "What jail Is Like" LP Sub Pop (US)

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Radio and Live versions!!

Track Listing:

A1
What Jail Is Like (Album Version) Cello – * Engineer – , Engineer [Assistant] – *, Piano – Producer – Written-By – *
A2
What Jail Is Like (Live KTCL)
A3
What Jail Is Like (Live KCRW)
B1
My World Is Empty Without You / I Hear A Symphony (Live KTCL) Written-By – *
B2
Now You Know (Live KTCL) Written-By – *
B3
Come See About Me (Live KCRW) Written-By – *
B4
Ready Engineer – Producer – Written-By –

The Afghan Whigs are an band from , , originally active from 1986 to 2001. They have since reformed. At their peak, the group – with core members (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick McCollum (lead guitar), and John Curley (bass), as well as various drummers (including Steve Earle and Michael Horrigan) – evolved into one of the leading groups of 1990s alternative rock, rising up around the movement but ultimately transcending it. Evolving from a garage punk band in the vein of the , , and to a literate, soul-inflected post-punk quartet, the Afghan Whigs would ultimately become one of the most critically acclaimed alternative bands of the early 1990s and one of the early pioneers from the American indie underground to exploit the support of major labels.

Called "more than just a footnote in the annals of the Nineties alternative scene" by , Afghan Whigs albums like 1993’s would place on numerous critics’ polls as one of the greatest albums of the ‘90s. In the band’s fifteen-year career, lead singer Greg Dulli would also gain a reputation as one of the most notorious frontmen in rock, both for his provocative behavior and dark lyrical subject matter.

While Dulli frequently claimed in interviews that the Afghan Whigs would never get back together following their dissolution in 2001, the group announced in 2012 that it would reunite for a series of major concerts.

Signing to Sub Pop and Up In It (1989–1990)

Upon signing to , The Afghan Whigs became the first non-Northwestern U.S. band to record for the Sub Pop label. In 1990, Sub Pop put out Afghan Whigs’ second album : largely recorded by producer and featuring the college-radio hit “Retarded,” Up in It received a favorable reception with music critics upon release.

To support the album’s release, Afghan Whigs went on a package tour with grunge originators and Boston underground band Up in It was followed by a limited edition released by under the name 'Ornament' which included vocals by singer Marcy Mays (who would later contribute lead vocals to future Afghan Whigs’ classic “My Curse” off the album Gentlemen).

Congregation and Uptown Avondale (1992)

With the 1992 album and a covers , , the band intentionally evolved what would become their signature sound, blending soul with psychedelic sprawl and punk abandon. Critics noted the Whigs’ innovative combination of and influences with indie-rock sonics on their own material; as well, the band received raves for the soul covers captured on Uptown Avondale, in particular its ability to contemporize hits by such legendary soul acts as .

Videos for notable Congregation songs like “Conjure Me” and “Turn On The Water” would receive airplay on MTV, which began to regularly cover The Afghan Whigs as a new band to watch. Afghan Whigs would also tour extensively during this period, including a U.S. jaunt with legendary Scottish indie rockers Teenage Fanclub.

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