Best of the J. Geils Band [1979]

Performer: J. Geils Band
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Although best known for such early-'80s pop/new wave hits as "Love Stinks," "Freeze Frame," and "Centerfold," Boston's J. Geils Band spent the '70s churning out soulful, funky, and bluesy rock & roll that could automatically kick start a party. If you're a newcomer to the group and don't feel like wading through the 10 albums from their first decade together, then 1979's BEST OF is your best bet. Featured are such early J. Geils classics as the instrumental "Whammer Jammer," such rockers as "Musta Got Lost," "I Do," "Southside Shuffle," and "Ain't Nothing But a House Party," as well as the blues-rock of "Where Did Our Love Go."

Boston's J. Geils Band appeared at the dawn of the '70s as a high-energy blues/R&B band offering an alternative to the singer/songwriters, soft pop, and prog-rock then in ascendance. Powered by Peter Wolf's Mick Jagger-like showmanship and Magic Dick's blues harmonica wail, they chugged along powerfully for years, but didn't acheive star status till they incorporated synthesizers and pop at the turn of the decade, only to break up soon after.

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