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Album Review: Congregation

  • Artist: The Afghan Whigs
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1991 08
  • Total Time: 39:23
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

The grunge era's most overlooked masterpiece, Congregation was the Afghan Whigs' breakthrough album, an incendiary and insidious set which bridges the gap between the noisy aggression of the band's early releases and the soulful swagger of their later work. Slipping with ominous ease into the sinister, self-obsessed Lothario guise which would serve him so well from here on out, Greg Dulli announces his arrival as a truly magnetic presence -- by turns predator ("Tonight") and prey ("I'm Her Slave"), he's the guy your parents always warned you about, delivering each syllable of his remarkable lyrics with equal measures of innuendo and venom. Equally startling is the Whigs' musical growth -- while still unmistakably a member of the Sub Pop stable, there's a greater maturity and depth to their sinewy sound, with a newfound grasp of mood and nuance on tracks like the opening "Her Against Me" and "Let Me Lie to You" -- the wah-wah guitar which dominates "Turn On the Water," meanwhile, offers the first taste of the funk ambitions to follow. It was hardly a surprise when the Whigs jumped to Elektra soon after -- Congregation was clearly their ticket to the big leagues. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Her Against Me (Lyrics) Greg Dulli The Afghan Whigs (:47)
I'm Her Slave (Lyrics) Greg Dulli The Afghan Whigs (2:59)
Turn On The Water (Lyrics) Greg Dulli, John Curley The Afghan Whigs (4:18)
Conjure Me (Lyrics) Greg Dulli, John Curley The Afghan Whigs (4:03)
Kiss the Floor (Lyrics) Greg Dulli The Afghan Whigs (4:00)
Congregation (Lyrics) Greg Dulli The Afghan Whigs (4:27)
This Is My Confession (Lyrics) Greg Dulli The Afghan Whigs (3:13)
Dedicate It (Lyrics) Greg Dulli The Afghan Whigs (3:22)
The Temple Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber The Afghan Whigs (4:06)
Let Me Lie to You (Lyrics) Greg Dulli The Afghan Whigs (4:36)
Tonight (Lyrics) Greg Dulli The Afghan Whigs (3:41)
[Untitled Track] The Afghan Whigs (5:06)

Credits

John Curley (Musician), Shecky Stein (Piano), Lance (Piano), Steve Earle (Drums), Caroline DeVita (Design), Chris Cuffaro (Photography), Rick McCollum (Vocals), Rick McCollum (Guitar), Jack Skinner (Mastering), Miss Ruby Belle (Vocals), John Curley (Vocals), Larry Brewer (Second Engineer), Greg Dulli (Vocals), Ross Ian Stein (Engineer), Larry Brewer (Engineer), Ross Ian Stein (Engineer), Shawn Smith (Vocals (Background)), Greg Dulli (Musician), Rick & Bubba (Vocals), Greg Dulli (Producer), Ross Ian Stein (Producer), Shawn Smith (Vocals), Ross Ian Stein (Producer), John Curley (Photography), Lance (Vocals)
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Congregation
Studio album by The Afghan Whigs
Released January 31, 1992
Recorded July-August, 1991
Genre Alternative rock
Length 39:23
Label Sub Pop
Producer Greg Dulli and Ross Ian Stein
Professional reviews
The Afghan Whigs chronology
Up in It
(1990)
Congregation
(1992)
Gentlemen
(1993)

Congregation is the third album by The Afghan Whigs, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). The album has been remembered as a classic that was at the time virtually ignored in the shadow of releases from giants like Pearl Jam and Nirvana.

Track listing

  1. "Her Against Me" (Dulli) – 0:47
  2. "I'm Her Slave" (Dulli) – 2:59
  3. "Turn on the Water" (Curley/Dulli/Earle/McCollum) – 4:18
  4. "Conjure Me" (Curley/Dulli/Earle/McCollum) – 4:03
  5. "Kiss the Floor" (Dulli/McCollum) – 4:00
  6. "Congregation" (Dulli/McCollum) – 4:27
  7. "This Is My Confession" (Dulli) – 3:13
  8. "Dedicate It" (Dulli) – 3:22
  9. "The Temple" (Lloyd Webber/Rice) – 4:06
  10. "Let Me Lie to You" (Dulli) – 4:36
  11. "Tonight" (Dulli) – 3:41
  12. "Miles Iz Ded" (unlisted track) (Dulli) – 5:06

Personnel

  • Jack Skinner - Mastering
  • Miss Ruby Belle - Vocals
  • John Curley - Vocals, Photography, Musician
  • Greg Dulli - Vocals, Producer, Musician
  • Lance - Piano, Vocals
  • Shawn Smith - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
  • Ross Ian Stein - Producer, Engineer
  • Shecky Stein - Piano
  • Larry Brewer - Engineer, Second Engineer
  • Caroline DeVita - Design
  • Chris Cuffaro - Photography
  • Steve Earle - Drums
  • Rick McCollum - Guitar, Vocals
  • Rick & Bubba - Vocals

 
 
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