What Jail Is Like

Afghan Whigs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 2011)
• Original Release Date: August 9, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra/Asylum
• ASIN: B000002HGP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,636 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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AFGHAN WHIGS What Jail Is Like (1994 US 7-track CD EP including live versions of What Jail Is Like Now You Know and My World Is Empty Without You/I Hear A Symphony. Title design picture sleeve and tracklisting back insert)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars kickin', June 7, 1999

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This review is from: What Jail Is Like (Audio CD)

great disc. 'dark end of the street' is dark, moody, classic whigs. 'My World Is Empty Without You/I Hear A Symphony' is great, too. really gives you a feel for what they sound like live. get this. now.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid, underrated recording by the Afghan Whigs, January 7, 2003

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Jason Panella (Beaver Falls, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Jail Is Like (Audio CD)

The What Jail is Like EP is not only a great vehicle for the title track (from the impressive album Gentlemen), but a superb collection of studio covers and live cuts.

The EP opens with the song "What Jail Is Like," a harrowing tune that splices splintered guitars with chiming piano. Definitely one of the best songs from Gentlemen, this is the band at their best, a song both soothing and jarring simultaniously. A cover of the Ass Ponies' "Mr. Superlove" is a surprisingly effective song, a dark song about abuse. The lyrics are given surprising clarity over singer Greg Dulli's overdriven guitar and a *banjo* (a gesture toward the slight twang the Whigs sometimes used).

The next two tracks, James Carr's "Dark End of the Street" and the Rodgers & Hart classic "Little Girl Blue" are some of the best songs the Afghan Whigs have ever recorded. Lots of piano (thanks to Howlin' Maggie frontman/longtime Whigs goon Harold Chichester) and string accompaniment make these songs sublime and eerie (in a gorgeous way).

The last trio, live versions of "What Jail Is Like," "Now You Know," and the Supremes' "My World Is Empty Without You/I Hear a Symphony," give a great peek into the versitility of the band's live show. The band shows they're just as passionate on stage as they were in the studio.

The What Jail Is Like EP is a great recording, and probably my favorite by the Whigs. I highly recommend it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this CD!, December 4, 2010

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Lilybet Ortega "Lily.O" (CT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Jail Is Like (Audio CD)

I was looking for a song The Afghan whigs Re-made.My world is empty with out you {Live}, and it was on this CD. i loved it and was Happy that some other songs were also live { What Jail is like}..Love it!