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In Spades
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  • Summary: The eighth full-length studio release for the Cincinnati alternative rock band led by Greg Dulli was recorded in New Orleans.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Record Collector
    May 9, 2017
    100
    Greg Dulli’s vocals grow only more aching with age as he transitions from cocky young buck to greying Don Juan. There are jagged riffs and funky organs aplenty; the latter a welcome call-back to last year’s reissue of 1996’s sumptuous Black Love. Yet there’s a fresh emphasis on lush, elegantly experimental arrangements with much snazzy brass and graceful orchestration on show.
  2. The 405
    May 10, 2017
    85
    An already impressive album that both solidifies their reputation as one of the more compelling bands to come out of the 90s alternative landscape, and cements their reunion as one of the few necessary ones that are currently happening.
  3. Uncut
    Apr 27, 2017
    80
    In Spades is a thrillingly impassioned addition to their catalogue. [Jun 2017, p.21]
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  4. PopMatters
    May 1, 2017
    80
    [The album] will stand as one of the Afghan Whigs’ finest and most ambitious works.
  5. musicOMH.com
    May 16, 2017
    80
    Vocally he’s still capable of making the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. The rougher edges and more aggressive attack that coloured his early performances might not be so much in evidence, but what he lacks in rawness, he makes up for with sheer soul.
  6. Consequence
    May 11, 2017
    75
    So much of In Spades recalls what makes the Whigs so much fun. It’s unapologetically brash, soulful, seductive, and more sophisticated than naysayers might care to admit. What prevents the record from nearing the realm of Gentlemen or Black Love really begins and ends with Dulli’s vocals.
  7. The Independent (UK)
    May 10, 2017
    40
    The results are spiritually exhausting.

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