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===''Black Love'' era (1996)=== Following the promotion of ''Gentlemen'', The Afghan Whigs further expanded into the public eye. In 1996, Dulli served as executive producer for the soundtrack for the [[Ted Demme]] film ''[[Beautiful Girls (film)|Beautiful Girls]]''. The Afghan Whigs appeared in the film as a bar band and contributed two songs to the soundtrack: [[Frederick Knight (singer)|Frederick Knight]]'s "Be For Real" and [[Barry White]]'s "[[Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.summerskiss.com/230/greg-dulli-vs-ted-demme/|title=Greg Dulli Vs Ted Demme|website=Summer's Kiss|date=4 June 1996|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101200028/http://www.summerskiss.com/230/greg-dulli-vs-ted-demme/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dulli also was the only musician other than [[Dave Grohl]] to appear on the debut album from [[Foo Fighters]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/foo-fighters-19950810|title=Foo Fighters|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=1 January 2015}}</ref> Eventually, work began on The Afghan Whigs' fifth full-length album, which would be called ''Black Love'' upon its release in 1996. The band started writing demos in March 1995; the recording took place in both Seattle and Memphis-based studios featuring new drummer [[Paul Buchignani]], who had replaced Steve Earle. Although previous releases explored liquor-drenched obsession, secrets and misery, ''Black Love'' stepped into a darker, seedier and complex side of Dulli's persona, passionately taking his obsession with murder and paranoia to their logical ends.<ref name="ROCK REVIEW;A Show and CD at Odds">{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Neil|author-link=Neil Strauss|date=1 June 1996|title=ROCK REVIEW;A Show and CD at Odds|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/01/arts/rock-review-a-show-and-cd-at-odds.html|access-date=1 January 2015|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot |date=4 April 1996 |title=Afghan Whigs : Black Love (Elektra) (star) |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/04/04/afghan-whigsblack-love-elektra-star-star-starthe/ |access-date=1 January 2015 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> Dulli himself noted that the songs had a conceptual framework that reflected the structure of a film, influenced by noir-influenced writer [[James Ellroy]] and violent neo-noir films like ''[[Blood Simple]].''<ref name="Put That Love Thing On Ya">{{cite web|url=http://www.summerskiss.com/213/put-that-love-thing-on-ya/|title=Put That Love Thing on Ya|website=Summer's Kiss|date=April 1996|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101201051/http://www.summerskiss.com/213/put-that-love-thing-on-ya/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other influences included pulp fiction novels, Kenneth Anger's ''[[Hollywood Babylon]]'' and the crime photographs of [[Weegee]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Powers|first=Ann|date=7 December 2011|title=Afghan Whigs Reunite: Read SPIN's 1996 Feature|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/12/afghan-whigs-reunite-read-spins-1996-feature/|access-date=1 January 2015|website=[[Spin (magazine)|SPIN]]}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated13" /> Other lyrical inspirations included the troubled life of Temptations singer [[David Ruffin]] for the song "Blame, Etc."<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://www.summerskiss.com/183/london-bar-fight/|title=London Bar Fight|website=Summer's Kiss|date=17 February 1996|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101204934/http://www.summerskiss.com/183/london-bar-fight/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album opener, "Crime Scene Part One", was allegedly influenced by the story of then-unproduced screenplay for the film ''[[The Million Dollar Hotel]]''.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> Commercially, ''Black Love'' peaked at No. 79 on the [[Billboard top 200|''Billboard'' Top 200 chart]]. The album also received critical praise for capturing the power of the Whigs' live show in a studio recording;<ref name=autogenerated9>{{cite web|url=http://www.summerskiss.com/pressreviewsblacklove/black_love_details.php|title=Black Love β Details at Summer's Kiss β Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers|publisher=Summerskiss.com|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112317/http://www.summerskiss.com/pressreviewsblacklove/black_love_details.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> its lush yet funky musicality garnered comparisons to the [[Rolling Stones]] in their 1970s-era prime and standing out once again from the day's more conventional alternative rock in its distinctive embrace of black-music idioms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.summerskiss.com/pressreviewsblacklove/black_love_spin.php|title=Black Love β Spin at Summer's Kiss β Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers|publisher=Summerskiss.com|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112328/http://www.summerskiss.com/pressreviewsblacklove/black_love_spin.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Black Love β Billboard at Summer's Kiss β Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers |url=http://www.summerskiss.com/pressreviewsblacklove/black_love_billboard.php |access-date=1 January 2015 |publisher=Summerskiss.com |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112307/http://www.summerskiss.com/pressreviewsblacklove/black_love_billboard.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=n |title=Black Love β USA Today at Summer's Kiss β Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers |url=http://www.summerskiss.com/pressreviewsblacklove/black_love_usa_today.php |access-date=1 January 2015 |publisher=Summerskiss.com |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112338/http://www.summerskiss.com/pressreviewsblacklove/black_love_usa_today.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Whigs promoted ''Black Love'' with extensive touring, including a jaunt of large venues opening for a [[Neil Young]] tour that also featured [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]].<ref name=autogenerated7>{{cite web|url=http://www.summerskiss.com/273/greg-dulli-sells-his-soul/|title=Greg Dulli Sells His Soul|website=Summer's Kiss|date=9 October 1998|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101213732/http://www.summerskiss.com/273/greg-dulli-sells-his-soul/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated11>{{cite web|url=http://www.summerskiss.com/370/rick-talks/|title=Rick Talks|website=Summer's Kiss|date=30 April 1999|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101203231/http://www.summerskiss.com/370/rick-talks/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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