The band's ninth album, Love Stinks (1980), produced two top 40 singles in the US and in Canada: 'Come Back' and the title track. Geils Band - Artist Details Active 1960s - 2010s Formed 1967 in Worcester, MA Disbanded 1985 Genre Pop/Rock Styles Album Rock Blues-Rock Contemporary Pop/Rock Hard Rock Rock & Roll Arena Rock Boogie Rock Dance-Rock Group Members Peter Wolf J. A nice mix of nostalgia, intensity, and bar band excitement, the album serves as fair warning that the Geils Band was on the scene and was ready to bring back the good-time spirit of the juke joint, the abandon of the early rock & roll scene, and the high energy of the late-'60s concert halls. Geils Band's first album to receive gold certification from the RIAA since Bloodshot. Geils, and the jack of many trades Seth Justman (keys, compositions, backing vocals), the Geils Band rips through some classic blues by the likes of Otis Rush ("Homework"), Walter Price ("Pack Fair and Square"), and John Lee Hooker (a slow-burning "Serves You Right to Suffer"), old Motown gems ("First I Look at the Purse"), and originals that stand up well next to the covers ("Wait," "What's Your Hurry," and future live favorite "Hard Drivin' Man"). The fact that Love Stinks was not as good as Freeze-Frame wasnt enough to put me off from exploring the bands earlier works and, again with Sanctuary, I took a single step into their past.I no longer doubt that the J Geils Band always fostered a tongue-in-cheek pop sensibility and an ability to not take themselves or their music too seriously - this album is testament to that.
Featuring the hipster jive of singer Peter Wolf, the amazing afro and harp chops of Magic Dick, the fret-burning work of J. The bands ninth album, Love Stinks (1980), produced two top 40 singles in the US and in Canada: Come Back and the title track. Though it sounds a bit reserved in the light of the albums that followed, compared to the majority of bands on the scene, it was a nonstop blast of energy, fun, and sweat. 149.95 7 Used from 4.98 2 New from 147.00 4 Collectible from 10.00. Here, towards the end, the band changed their sound so. The band had already honed their blues/rock/soul amalgam with sweat-soaked shows on countless stages, so they were firing on all pistons by the time they cut these tracks. Geils Band than they had mined for nearly their entire career. Geils Bands 1970 debut album didnt make much of a splash sales-wise, but it kicked off the career of one of Americas finest R&B bands with plenty of punch. Geils Band's self-titled debut serves notice that rock & roll wasn't dead in 1970 despite the best efforts of the singer/songwriter brigade. Released 26 October 1981 on EMI America (catalog no.
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