The J. Geils Band (album)

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.

The J. Geils Band
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 16, 1970
RecordedAugust 1970
StudioA&R Studios, New York City
GenreBlues rock
Length33:22
LabelAtlantic
ProducerDave Crawford, Brad Shapiro
The J. Geils Band chronology
The J. Geils Band
(1970)
The Morning After
(1971)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[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

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wait"Seth Justman, Peter Wolf3:25
2."Ice Breaker (For The Big "M")"J. Geils2:15
3."Cruisin' for a Love"Juke Joint Jimmy2:32
4."Hard Drivin' Man"Wolf, Geils2:18
5."Serves You Right to Suffer"John Lee Hooker5:01
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Homework"Otis Rush, Al Perkins, Dave Clark2:45
7."First I Look at the Purse"Robert Rogers, Smokey Robinson3:54
8."What's Your Hurry"Wolf, Justman2:44
9."On Borrowed Time"Wolf, Justman3:03
10."Pack Fair and Square"Big Walter Price2:01
11."Sno-Cone"Albert Collins3:24

Juke Joint Jimmy is a pseudonym used by The J. Geils Band for group compositions.

Personnel

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The J. Geils Band

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Technical

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  • Dave Crawford, Brad Shapiro – producers
  • Jay Messina, Geoffrey Haslam – engineers
  • Stephen Paley – photography
  • Lloyd Ziff – design
  • Fred Lewis - special assistance

Charts

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Chart (1970) Peak
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US Billboard 200[5] 195

References

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  1. ^ Tim Sendra. "The J. Geils Band - J. Geils Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Edmonds, Ben (March 1971). "J Geils Band: Beantown Get-down". Creem. Retrieved June 23, 2018 – via Rock's Backpages.
  5. ^ "The J Geils Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.