''Amber Headlights'' is an album by

Greg Dulli Greg Dulli (born May 11, 1965) is an American musician from Hamilton, Ohio. Debuting as a member of the rock band the Afghan Whigs in 1986, Dulli has been a member of the Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins, and in 2020 released his debut solo albu ...

, released in 2005.

Production

In 2001, Dulli started to work on the follow-up to

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' debut album ''

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''. However, the death of his close friend

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in January 2002 led him to decide to start a new project in tribute to Demme that would eventually become ''

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''. The song "Cigarettes" became "Follow You Down" on ''Blackberry Belle''. Three years later, Dulli decided to release the songs on his own label, Infernal Recordings.

Critical reception

''Amber Headlights'' was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an

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score of 55 based on 9 reviews. ''

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'' wrote that the album "harks back to the denser guitar rock of the Afghan Whigs."

Track listing

# "So Tight" - 2:57 # "Cigarettes" - 3:34 # "Domani" - 3:54 # "Early Today (And Later That Night)" - 3:34 # "Golden Boy" - 3:44 # "Black Swan" - 3:41 # "Pussywillow" - 3:41 # "Wicked" - 4:11 # "Get the Wheel" - 1:54

References

2005 albums Albums produced by Greg Dulli Infernal Recordings albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub