1965 (album)

1965
Studio album by The Afghan Whigs
Released October 27, 1998
Recorded Kingsway Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre Alternative rock[1]
Length 41:35
Label Columbia
Producer Greg Dulli
The Afghan Whigs chronology
Black Love
(1996)		 1965
(1998)		 Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1990–2006
(2007)
Singles from 1965
  1. "Somethin' Hot"
    Released: October 13, 1998
  2. "66"
    Released: March 30, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA[3]
Houston Chronicle[4]
The List[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
NME9/10[7]
Pitchfork7.5/10[8]
Q[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Spin7/10[11]

1965 is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band The Afghan Whigs, released October 27, 1998, on Columbia Records. It was recorded primarily at Daniel Lanois' Kingsway Studios in New Orleans,[12] with other recording locations at Ocean Way and Larrabee North in Los Angeles, The American Sector in New Orleans, and London Bridge in Seattle.[13] The album was produced entirely by lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Greg Dulli, who also wrote most of the songs.[13] The cover photograph shows astronaut Ed White on the first American space walk as part of the Gemini 4 flight.[14]

Composition

The album incorporates jazz,[15] R&B, and soul music influences in its mainly rock sound,[1] while its songs feature erotic narratives and lyrics that brazenly celebrate sexuality.[3][7] Music journalist David Stubbs writes that the album's subject matter "reconciles lust for women with respect for women", eschewing the "ironic self-loathing" of Gentlemen (1993) and the "down in the dumps" lyrics of Black Love (1996).[7] He dubs 1965 "a triumph against the grain of post-grunge",[7] while Jason Ankeny of AllMusic calls it "the gritty soul record just always out of [The Afghan Whigs'] reach — seamlessly integrating the R&B aspirations which have textured the band's sound since the beginning".[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Greg Dulli except where noted.[13]

  1. "Somethin' Hot" – 2:58
  2. "Crazy" – 4:04
  3. "Uptown Again" – 3:11
  4. "Sweet Son of a Bitch" – 0:23
  5. "66" – 3:23
  6. "Citi Soleil" – 5:06
  7. "John the Baptist" – 5:34
  8. "The Slide Song" (Dulli, McCollum) – 3:54
  9. "Neglekted" (Dulli, McCollum) – 4:01
  10. "Omertà" (Dulli, McCollum) – 5:40
  11. "The Vampire Lanois" (Dulli, McCollum, Horrigan, Curley) – 3:21

Personnel

Credits for 1965 adapted from liner notes.[13]

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[16] 38
US Billboard 200[17] 176

References

  1. 1 2 Helms, Chris (November 1998). "Review: 1965". CMJ. College Media: 19.
  2. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "1965 – The Afghan Whigs". AllMusic. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Diehl, Matt (November 6, 1998). "1965". Entertainment Weekly. New York (457): 88. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ Vaziri, Aidin (October 25, 1998). "Afghan Whigs, 1965, Columbia". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Evans, Rodger (November 5, 1998). "Afghan Whigs: 1965 (Columbia)". The List. Edinburgh (346). Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  6. ↑ Weingarten, Marc (November 21, 1998). "1965". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Stubbs, David (September 22, 1998). "The Afghan Whigs – 1965". NME. London. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  8. ↑ Fowler, Shan (1998). "Afghan Whigs: 1965". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on February 1, 2003. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ "The Afghan Whigs: 1965". Q. London (147): 114. December 1998.
  10. ↑ Gross, Joe (2004). "Afghan Whigs". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 9–10. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  11. ↑ Lim, Dennis (November 1998). "The Afghan Whigs: 1965". Spin. New York. 14 (11): 140. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  12. ↑ Hughes, Kim (November 5, 1998). "Afghan Whigs discover their soul in N'Awlins". NOW. Toronto: Now Communications. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  13. 1 2 3 4 1965 (CD liner). The Afghan Whigs. Columbia Records. 1998. CK 69450.
  14. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  15. ↑ Jackson, Chris (September 27, 2005). "The Afghan Whigs - 1965 (album review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  16. ↑ "The Afghan Whigs - 1965". ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  17. ↑ "1965 - The Afghan Whigs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.