In Spades

In Spades is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band the Afghan Whigs, released on May 5, 2017, on Sub Pop Records.

Reception

The album received mainly positive reviews; according to online review aggregator Metacritic, it has a score of 79%, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from Discogs.

The Afghan Whigs

• Greg Dulli – vocals (1–10), guitars (2–6, 8, 10), piano (3, 7–10), mellotron (1, 5), harmonium (1), bass guitar (7), electric piano (7), percussion (3)
• John Curley – bass guitar (2–6, 8–10)
• Rick Nelson – cello (1, 3–5, 10), violin (1, 3–5, 10), viola (1, 4, 5), vocals (1)
• Dave Rosser – guitars (1–6, 8–10), vocals (5, 6)
• Jon Skibic – guitars (1–4, 6–10), mellotron (5)
• Patrick Keeler – drums (2–10)

Additional musicians

• Susan Marshall, vocals (1)
• Ben Ellman – baritone saxophone (3, 4)
• Ian Bowman – tenor saxophone (3)
• John Culbreth – trumpet (3, 4)
• Evan Oberla – trombone (3, 4)
• Petra Haden – violin (7, 9), vocals (9)
• Gabe Noel – cello (7)
• David Ralicke – saxophone (7), trombone (7), trumpet (7)
• Scott Bennett – vocals (9)
• Rob Ingraham – tenor saxophone (4)

Artwork

• Ramon Rodrigues Melo – artwork
• Christopher Friedman – layout

Production

• Rick Nelson – recording engineer
• Christopher Thorn – recording engineer
• Mike Napolitano – recording engineer
• Justin Smith – recording engineer
• Jeff Powell – recording engineer
• Kyle Kelso – recording engineer
• Matt Beck – recording engineer
• Wesley Graham – recording engineer
• Jon Skibic – recording engineer
• Mike Napolitano – mixing
• Christopher Thorn – mixing
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Joe Bozzi – mastering

Charts

References