The J Geils Band - The J Geils Band (Full album 1970)

“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 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."

“The J Geils Band” este albumul de studio de debut autointitulat al trupei americane de rock The J Geils Band. Albumul a fost lansat la 16 noiembrie 1970 de catre Atlantic Records.
Trupa era cunoscuta mai demult sub numele de J. Geils Blues Band, dar albumul de debut a relevat un grad stylistic mai larg. Intr-o cronica contemporana entuziasta un critic de la revista de rock Creem a laudat diversitatea lor si a scris:”Poate fi numit blues, poate fi numit R&B, poate fi numit rock and roll; eu o numesc muzica energetica si atat. Ei si-au petrecut anii de formare absorbind tot ce e mai bun in muzica si sunetul pe care l-au distilat acum este intr-adevar al lor.”

List of tracks

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

Personnel

Peter Wolf – lead vocals

J. Geils – guitar

Magic Dick – harmonica

Seth Justman – piano, organ

Danny Klein – bass

Stephen Bladd – drums, backing vocals

Production

Producers: Dave Crawford, Brad Shapiro

Engineers: Jay Messina, Geoffrey Haslam