The J. Geils Band - Love Stinks (35th anniversary)

Today (January 28th) marks the thirty fifth anniversary of Love Stinks, the eleventh studio album from the J. Geils Band. It peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard Album chart, spent forty-two weeks total on the chart, and produced a number of singles.

For my full album review, click here.

J. Geils Band - Showtime

Today (November 12th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Showtime, the thirteenth studio album from the J. Geils Band. Recorded in Detroit, Michigan, it was also the group’s third live album. Lead singer Peter Wolf left the band after this release to pursue a solo career.

Showtime was a Gold seller in the US and peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 200.

The J. Geils Band - Love Stinks

Happy sixty-sixth birthday today (February 20th) to American rock guitarist and singer J. Geils.

In 1980, the J. Geils Band entered into their second decade of recording with the album Love Stinks. The album went to number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 200 chart and generated a couple of singles.

J. Geils Band - Freeze-Frame

In the fall of 1981, which corresponded to the start of my junior year of high school, the J. Geils Band released their twelfth album Freeze-Frame. The band from Massachusetts had been around for a little more than a decade by this point, but this release would be their first to go to number 1 on the Billboard 200 Album charts (where it stayed on top for four weeks) and the first to be a Platinum seller.