Don't Forget The AlcoPOLL (ooh baby! ooh baby!): ILM Artist Poll #109 - The Afghan Whigs - RESULTS

and that's all for now

ty for your service

Voted for everything less than or equal to 28.

And yeah, thanks.

I've really only dug into Gentleman, 1965, and especially, Black Love, and if they (and Dulli) have 26 songs better than Double Day, sign me up.

what are y’all’s dream whigs covers? i mentioned the following on the voting thread

Nothing Dulli has made since Black Love has made a connection -- will keep trying, thanks in part to you all -- but I've heard Telefon Tel Aviv's "I Lied" as a Whigs piano ballad since 2004, word to "Nolia Clap."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPkcd1qpZJw

Surprised that neither "Rot" nor "Chalk Outline" received any covers votes.

If elected, my team and I will do everything in our power to facilitate a discussion between Dulli and Linda Ronstadt that enables Ronstadt to air out her legitimate objection to the cover of Gentlemen and ends with her hearing the Whigs' version of "Dark End of the Street" (which would have been number two for me, after "Come See About Me").

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKBvG8XJrSU

Whoa, basically a whole day of too lows. Algiers, Papillon, Crazy, 66, Into the Floor, Double Day all in my top ten.

so far:

26. The Afghan Whigs - Citi Soleil - 136 points, 6 votes
26. The Afghan Whigs - Demon in Profile - 136 points, 6 votes
27. The Afghan Whigs - Double Day - 134 points, 5 votes
28. The Afghan Whigs - Somethin' Hot - 130 points, 4 votes
29. The Twilight Singers - There's Been an Accident - 126 points, 5 votes
30. The Twilight Singers - Bonnie Brae - 126 points, 4 votes
31. The Twilight Singers - Candy Cane Crawl - 122 points, 5 votes
32. The Afghan Whigs - Step Into the Light - 118 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote
33. The Afghan Whigs - I'm Her Slave - 114 points, 5 votes
34. The Afghan Whigs - Into the Floor - 112 points, 5 votes
35. The Afghan Whigs - 66 - 112 points, 4 votes
36. The Afghan Whigs - Retarded - 102 points, 4 votes
37. The Afghan Whigs - Lost in the Woods - 100 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote
38. The Afghan Whigs - Crazy - 88 points, 4 votes
39. The Twilight Singers - Papillon - 88 points, 3 votes
40. The Afghan Whigs - Algiers - 80 points, 4 votes
41. The Afghan Whigs - Brother Woodrow/Closing Prayer - 76 points, 3 votes
42. The Twilight Singers - Twilight - 74 points, 4 votes
43. The Twilight Singers - Esta Noche - 68 points, 3 votes
44. The Twilight Singers - That's Just How That Bird Sings - 64 points, 3 votes
46. The Twilight Singers - Verti-Marte - 62 points, 2 votes
46. The Twilight Singers - Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair - 62 points, 2 votes
47. The Afghan Whigs - It Kills - 60 points, 3 votes
48. The Afghan Whigs - Neglekted - 56 points, 4 votes
50. The Twilight Singers - I Wish I Was - 56 points, 3 votes
50. The Afghan Whigs - If I Were Going - 56 points, 3 votes

Wondering how high the song I keep replaying in my head will place.

https://i.imgur.com/EvF5R4b.jpg
24. The Afghan Whigs - Conjure Me
146 points, 6 votes
from Congregation

^voted for this one

I apologize for failing to vote. I realized I couldn’t hack it emotionally!! Too intense for me rn, but I’ll follow the rollout when I can. My love for this band isn’t going anywhere ❤️💕❤️

https://i.imgur.com/6woHaJL.jpg
23. The Afghan Whigs - When We Two Parted
148 points, 10 votes
from Gentlemen

wow way too low!

Sorry, that's one I prized out of my ballot with a crowbar to make room for other stuff.

https://i.imgur.com/u40ra0G.jpg
22. The Afghan Whigs - Turn on the Water
160 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote
from Congregation

^and the same here

"When We Two Parted" is a favorite... it's got personality

yeah "when we two parted" just missed the ranked section of my ballot, now i kinda wish i ranked it

the steel guitar make when we two parted for me. everything is just so perfectly weepy.

https://i.imgur.com/zQwKBsX.jpg
21. The Twilight Singers - Teenage Wristband
168 points, 7 votes
from Blackberry Belle

https://i.imgur.com/vXhabQC.jpg
21. The Afghan Whigs - Now You Know
168 points, 7 votes
from Gentlemen

I know this is a lame thing to say but I feel "teenage wristband" was a decent-sized hit in a slightly different universe

bit into a rotten one xp

xp that applies to so many dulli songs lol

you wanna go for a riiiide

love the vanessa carlton intro

yeah that piano part is brilliant

also love all those vocal parts in the bridge

my ex used to refer to teenage wristband as dulli’s tori amos song, due to the piano; i thought this was facile, so we broke up

(not really)

https://i.imgur.com/LhFCud2.jpg
19. The Afghan Whigs - Omertà
184 points, 7 votes
from 1965

absolutely too low. it's great on record with "the vampire lanois" but live it's really taken to the next level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joIR_qQ4-aw

yeahhhhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhh

too fuckin low!

why didnt i vote for this.

https://i.imgur.com/lBytHJ9.jpg
18. The Afghan Whigs - Oriole
186 points, 6 votes
from In Spades

one of the biggest surprises for me was seeing how well this did. it's fine but not really a standout among their post-reunion work or anything?

it's a clear standout! those strings! that choogling groove

it does choogle btw, won't hear arguments against that!

I voted for "Oriole," whether because Brad swayed me or of my own accord, I could't tell you right now.

https://i.imgur.com/xtR94uq.jpg
17. The Afghan Whigs - My Enemy
186 points, 8 votes
from Black Love

love the interplay between the guitars on this one, kinda post-punk

"oriole" is amazing, dulli apparently dreamed the chord progression in the second half of the song

Right

https://i.imgur.com/24dvdDR.jpg
16. The Afghan Whigs - Blame, Etc.
198 points, 8 votes
from Black Love

Voted for almost all of Black Love, including those two.

Didn't get around to a ballot in the end, but loving the rollout. Biggest revelation so far has been There's Been An Accident, which has taken the top of my head off three times today. Omerta fucking rules.

didn't vote for blame, etc. but love the funhouse mirror motown thing it has going on

in some ways this is the purest distillation of what made black love so great, everything's there

https://i.imgur.com/Vbx1a6g.jpg
15. The Afghan Whigs - Be Sweet
216 points, 7 votes
from Gentlemen

what a ridiculous song lol

the guitar sounds incredible, obviously

a song so precise, I even found it pretty uh legible when I was like 11

https://i.imgur.com/ZSPe4qY.jpg
14. The Afghan Whigs - Going to Town
264 points, 12 votes
from Black Love

YESSS
I would like subpoll of all songs where Dulli 1) goes to town 2) takes a ride