Gentlemen (album)

Gentlemen
Studio album by The Afghan Whigs
Released	October 5, 1993
Recorded	May–June 1993 at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee (except track 1 recorded April 1993 at Ultrasuede in Cincinnati, Ohio)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	48:56
Label	Elektra (US) / Blast First (UK)
Producer	Greg Dulli
The Afghan Whigs chronology
Uptown Avondale (1992) Gentlemen (1993) What Jail Is Like EP (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Punknews.org	[3]
Robert Christgau	A−[4]
Sputnikmusic	(5.0/5)[5]

Gentlemen is the fourth studio album by an American alternative rock band The Afghan Whigs. It was released in 1993 on Elektra Records in America and Blast First in England and was produced by Greg Dulli.

Track listing

All tracks written by Greg Dulli except where noted.

1. "If I Were Going" – 3:05
2. "Gentlemen" – 3:54
3. "Be Sweet" (Dulli/Rick McCollum) – 3:37
4. "Debonair" – 4:15
5. "When We Two Parted" (Dulli/McCollum) – 5:47
6. "Fountain and Fairfax" – 4:21
7. "What Jail Is Like" – 3:30
8. "My Curse" (sung by Marcy Mays of Scrawl) – 5:45
9. "Now You Know" – 4:10
10. "I Keep Coming Back" (Leo Austell/Leo Graham) – 4:52
11. "Brother Woodrow/Closing Prayer" – 5:40

An LP version of the album also included a bonus 12" vinyl limited edition containing the following 4 tracks, originally recorded for a radio session (Goodier Session, BBC Radio 1):

1. "Rot" (Mays/Harshe/O’Leary)
2. "Fountain and Fairfax"
3. "Keep Coming Back" (Austell/Graham)
4. "Tonight"

Personnel

• Greg Dulli – vocals, rhythm guitar, producer
• Rick McCollum – lead guitar
• John Curley – bass, engineer
• Steve Earle – drums
• Harold Chichester – piano, mellotron
• Barb Hunter – cello
• Marcy Mays – vocals on "My Curse"
• Jody Stephens – back vocals on "Now You Know"
• Jeff Powell, John Hampton – engineer
• Jeffrey Reed – assistant engineer
• Billy Phelps – photography

References