Anyone who wants to get the real picture of one of the most exciting, wall-shaking bands of the '70s (with a fair chunk of their later work included) needs to investigate Rhino's two-CD set Houseparty: Anthology instead. Geils Band Collector's Edition Reissued J. As it is, the disc is suitable only for the most casual of J. It also would have helped the compilation live up to the "Best" in the title. Still, a fifty/fifty split on this best of would have done the band more justice. Granted more people remember the later hits like "Centerfold," "Freeze-Frame," "Just Can't Wait" or "Love Stinks," and you can't deny that they had a run of great pop songs at EMI. Surely relatively weak songs like the pseudo-rockabilly rave-up "Piss on the Wall" or the bland ballad "Teresa" could have sacrificed to make room for some more prime J. Quality guaranteed In original artwork/packaging unless otherwise noted.
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There are a handful of classic rockers from the mid-'70s notably "Whammer Jammer" and "Looking for a Love" from 1972's Live - Full House and "Must Have Got Lost" and "(Ain't Nothing But A) Houseparty" from 1976's Blow Your Face Out but add the laid-back reggae tune "Give It to Me from 1973's Bloodshot and that's it for the Atlantic years, a move that omits too many great songs to mention here. That may be fine for the casual fan, but anyone who wants a booster shot of the raucous, house party-starting J. In fact five songs come from 1981's smash Freeze Frame, three from 1980's Love Stinks, and two from 1982's live disc Showtime! Add it up and three years account for more than half of the songs here. It would be nice to say it is a definitive look at their career, but perhaps due to the record being released by Capitol (a member of the EMI family), the record is tipped in favor of the group's more commercial, pop-oriented songs of the '80s. Geils Band is the first single-disc collection to feature songs from the group's tenures at Atlantic and EMI. ∙ The band reunited in 2013 to perform at the Boston Strong concert, which benefited victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.2006's Best of the J. 32 and remaining in the Top 40 for five weeks. 'Come Back' was the first single from the album, and reached the US Top 40, peaking at No. ∙ “Centerfold,” from their 1981 Platinum album, Freeze Frame, became the group’s biggest hit and was later included on Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Hot 100 Songs chart. Geils Band, appearing on their 1980 album Love Stinks. Where their contemporaries were influenced by the heavy boogie of British blues-rock and the ear-splitting sonic adventures of psychedelia, the J. ∙ They embraced New Wave on 1980’s Love Stinks, whose title track has been covered numerous times, including by Adam Sandler in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer. Geils Band was one of the most popular touring rock & roll bands in America during the '70s. ∙ An iconic live band, they earned their first Gold record with the 1972 concert LP Full House, which contained definitive versions of such tracks as “Whammer Jammer.” ∙ In 1971, they headlined the final show at New York’s legendary Fillmore East, alongside The Allman Brothers Band and bluesman Albert King. ∙ After working Boston’s infamously tough late-’60s rock circuit, they earned airplay for hard-driving covers of The Valentinos’ “Lookin’ for a Love” and The Contours’ “First I Look At the Purse.”
Geils Band were known for their rousing live shows before finding even greater success as hitmakers in the ’80s. One of the defining blues-rock outfits of the ’70s, The J.
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