I don't know if I've ever covered Afghan Whigs on the blog and it's high time I did. Arguably one of the 90s drunkest bands, but for the Whigs, that's a compliment. Their endearing quality is vocalist Greg Dulli's cigarette-filtered, whiskey-inspired swagger. Black Love, their 1996 masterpiece is definitely among my top 25 albums ever and "Honky's Ladder" was my introduction to the band.
--Mike
http://weeklygeekshow.com/2007/12/your_personal_soundtrack_afgha.php

Track Listing

1. Crime Scene, Pt. 1
2. My Enemy
3. Double Day
4. Blame, Etc.
5. Step into the Light
6. Going to Town
7. Honky's Ladder
8. Night by Candlelight
9. Bulletproof
10. Summer's Kiss
11. Faded

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38751 in Music
• Released on: 1996-03-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.com
Where some artists write from the head and others from the heart, Whigs' songwriter/frontman Greg Dulli writes from the groin. Filled with dark images of romantic obsession, Black Love is more like a movie than an album with each musical image building on the next. Perhaps no other band can play with such restraint, letting musical tension build until it can do nothing other than explode. Dulli is in his finest voice, moving from desperate screams to a quiet sinister crooning at the turn of a chord. Guitarist Rick McCollum plays everything from '70s funk to '90s grunge without missing a beat, and the rhythm section of John Curley (bass) and Paul Buchignani (drums) is as tight as they come. If '93's Gentlemen left any doubt about the true talent of the Whigs, Black Love puts it to rest. --Bill Snyder