The J. Geils Band (album)
1970 studio album by The J. Geils Band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1970 studio album by The J. Geils Band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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| Review scores | |
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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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[5] | 195 |
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