The J. Geils Band is the self-titled debut studio album by American rock band The J. Geils Band. The album was released on November 16, 1970, by Atlantic Records.
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| Released | November 16, 1970 | |||
| Recorded | August 1970 | |||
| Studio | A&R Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 33:22 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Dave Crawford, Brad Shapiro | |||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[3] |
The band had once been known as the J. Geils Blues Band, but its debut album revealed the stylistic range it had long developed. In an effusive contemporary review, a journalist for rock magazine Creem praised the diversity and wrote: "It could be called blues, it could be called R&B, it could be called rock and roll; I prefer to call it good energetic music and leave it at that. They spent their formative years absorbing the best of all these musics and the sound they have distilled is truly their own."[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Wait" | Seth Justman, Peter Wolf | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Ice Breaker (For The Big "M")" | J. Geils | 2:15 |
| 3. | "Cruisin' for a Love" | Juke Joint Jimmy | 2:32 |
| 4. | "Hard Drivin' Man" | Wolf, Geils | 2:18 |
| 5. | "Serves You Right to Suffer" | John Lee Hooker | 5:01 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "Homework" | Otis Rush, Al Perkins, Dave Clark | 2:45 |
| 7. | "First I Look at the Purse" | Robert Rogers, Smokey Robinson | 3:54 |
| 8. | "What's Your Hurry" | Wolf, Justman | 2:44 |
| 9. | "On Borrowed Time" | Wolf, Justman | 3:03 |
| 10. | "Pack Fair and Square" | Big Walter Price | 2:01 |
| 11. | "Sno-Cone" | Albert Collins | 3:24 |
Juke Joint Jimmy is a pseudonym used by The J. Geils Band for group compositions.
Personnel
editThe J. Geils Band
edit- Peter Wolf – lead vocals
- J. Geils – guitar
- Magic Dick – harmonica
- Seth Justman – piano, organ
- Danny Klein – bass
- Stephen Jo Bladd – drums, vocals
Technical
editCharts
edit| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[5] | 195 |
References
edit- ^ Tim Sendra. "The J. Geils Band - J. Geils Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Jon Landau (1971-01-07). "J. Geils Band: The J. Geils Band (1st LP)". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ Edmonds, Ben (March 1971). "J Geils Band: Beantown Get-down". Creem. Retrieved June 23, 2018 – via Rock's Backpages.
- ^ "The J Geils Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.