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DISCID=6308d209
DTITLE=The J. Geils Band / Love Stinks
DYEAR=1980
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Just Can't Wait
TTITLE1=Come Back
TTITLE2=Takin' You Down
TTITLE3=Night Time
TTITLE4=No Anchovies, Please
TTITLE5=Love Stinks
TTITLE6=Tryin' Not To Think About It
TTITLE7=Desire (Please Don't Turn Away)
TTITLE8=Till The Walls Come Tumblin' Down
EXTD=Originally Released 1980\nCD Edition Released May 1, 1992\n\nAMG 
EXTD=EXPERT REVIEW: Released some two years after the band's EMI debut
EXTD=, Sanctuary, the Love Stinks project would see the J. Geils Band 
EXTD=going in an even more commercial-leaning direction than its prede
EXTD=cessor. Taking over the main production duties, keyboard player/m
EXTD=ain songwriter Seth Justman set out to better the band's gold-plu
EXTD=s-selling Sanctuary. And to some degree, he wildly succeeded. Alt
EXTD=hough not as consistent or diverse as Sanctuary, Love Stinks woul
EXTD=d feature one of the band's most recognizable FM songs ever -- th
EXTD=e album's infectious title track "Love Stinks." In a live setting
EXTD=, the track would often turn into a veritable tour de force only 
EXTD=to be outdone by Peter Wolf's hilarious rap about "Adam and Eve i
EXTD=n the Garden of Eden smoking weed together," which would introduc
EXTD=e the song (often on a nightly basis). "Night Time" is another gr
EXTD=eat, although somewhat typical "rave-on" type of J. Geils song; "
EXTD=No Anchovies Please" is a little strange; and closer "Till the Wa
EXTD=lls Come Tumblin' Down" is, as the song title hints, just that. B
EXTD=olstered by "Just Can't Wait," another good album opener, Love St
EXTD=inks turns out to be solid effort, but one that sounds a little o
EXTD=utdated at times due to its acerbic, synth textures. Not one of t
EXTD=he band's best overall records but one that would allow the band 
EXTD=to outdo itself with the classic Freeze Frame a year later.  -- J
EXTD=ohn Franck\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe J. Geils Band Enter
EXTD= The 80s In Style, October 1, 2005\nReviewer: The Footpath Cowboy
EXTD= "rockerusa2002" (Kingston, NY United States)\nThe J. Geils Band 
EXTD=entered the 80s in style with the album LOVE STINKS, on which the
EXTD=y welded their roots in the Memphis-Chicago-Muscle Shoals-St. Lou
EXTD=is-New Orleans-Detroit-New York-Kansas City blues/R&B/soul/rock &
EXTD= roll axis to the experiments of the previous albums MONKEY ISLAN
EXTD=D and SANCTUARY and streamlined the whole thing into a sleek new 
EXTD=sound. The song "No Anchovies, Please" isn't really a song; it's 
EXTD=a comedy routine about a woman who becomes the victim of three ma
EXTD=d scientists. That said, the best real songs here are "Just Can't
EXTD= Wait", "Come Back", "Takin' You Down", and the title track. This
EXTD= is a great album by a great band.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIE
EXTD=W\nGeils knows how to mix rock, dance, and humor, February 21, 19
EXTD=99\nReviewer: rickshaw@telusplanet.net (Calgary, Canada)\nOK, I a
EXTD=dmit it: this takes me back to the high school days of crack a fe
EXTD=w cases and turn the tunes up really high. In those pre-CD days, 
EXTD=you had to be careful to mount your turntable out of the way of t
EXTD=he pulsing speakers and the out-of-control dancers who got off on
EXTD= the music. This one was a standard. Peter Wolf manages to sing l
EXTD=ike he's got a joke that he's just dying to share with you except
EXTD= when he's pulling out the soul on Desire. Magic Dick on the harp
EXTD= blows energy to match the great guitar leaps and bounds of J. Ge
EXTD=ils (himself) and the Steve Winwood-esque manic accuracy of Seth 
EXTD=Justman on keyboards. If you go through life without hearing "No 
EXTD=Anchovies Please" then you've had a sad, miserable and partially 
EXTD=empty existence. I am desperately hoping that the Coen Brothers e
EXTD=ventually film it. Bottom line: rock and pop and dance and all th
EXTD=e genres that music has divided into nowadays used to exist in a 
EXTD=sort of frenzied detente and this album represents the best of wh
EXTD=at can happen when it happens.\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: 
EXTD=Seth Justman \n\nAlbum Notes\nJ. Geils Band: J. Geils (guitar); S
EXTD=eth Justman (vocals, keyboards); Stephen Bladd (vocals, drums); P
EXTD=eter Wolf (vocals); Magic Dick (harmonica, alto saxophone); Danie
EXTD=l Klein (bass).\n\nRecorded at Long View Farm, Massachusetts.\n\n
EXTD=After spending the 1970s as a hard-touring rock band with a few h
EXTD=its sprinkled here and there, the J. Geils Band retooled their so
EXTD=und for 1980's LOVE STINKS. The album resulted in the band's firs
EXTD=t ever back-to-back set of gold certified albums (1978's SANCTUAR
EXTD=Y reached the half million mark as well), which showed that in ad
EXTD=dition to their legion of longtime fans, newer fans were just dis
EXTD=covering the band as well.\nSynthesizers became an integral part 
EXTD=of the J. Geils Band's sound around this time, making their album
EXTD=s from here on out much more radio friendly. The decade-old band 
EXTD=wasn't afraid of the new promo video marketing tool, as several o
EXTD=f the tracks were made into short films--the humorous rock of the
EXTD= title track (an early MTV favorite), as well as the almost disco
EXTD= sounds of "Come Back."\n\nIndustry Reviews\nRanked #8 in CMJ's T
EXTD=op 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980.\nCMJ (01/05/2004)\n\nROLLING ST
EXTD=ONE REVIEW\nLike The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the J. Geils
EXTD= Band got its start by churning out loving, frantic cover version
EXTD=s of R&B, blues and Fifties rock 'n' roll classics. While the Bea
EXTD=tles and Stones moved on to find their own niches (mostly because
EXTD= of the compositional abilities of Lennon-McCartney and Jagger-Ri
EXTD=chards), the lack of a solid writer always held J. Geils back. Ho
EXTD=wever, on the group's last two albums, Monkey Island and Sanctuar
EXTD=y, Peter Wolf and Seth Justman finally seemed to have developed a
EXTD= strong songwriting flair. "Surrender," "You're the Only One," "S
EXTD=anctuary" and "One Last Kiss" were fine rock numbers, and the fut
EXTD=ure looked bright. Unfortunately, the promise of those two LPs ma
EXTD=kes Love Stinks more than a little disappointing.\n\nThings start
EXTD= out okay with "Just Can't Wait," an infectious uptempo pop rocke
EXTD=r that boasts an irresistible hook and a catchy, handclap-dominat
EXTD=ed chorus. Later, the Strangeloves' Sixties classic, "Night Time,
EXTD=" gets treated with energy and conviction. "Till the Walls Come T
EXTD=umblin' Down" is a typical Geils raveup, excitingly propelled by 
EXTD=the band's airtight rhythm section.\n\nBut the rest of the record
EXTD= is plagued by indifferent material and Seth Justman's bloated, u
EXTD=neven, synthesizer-dominated production. "Come Back" spotlights a
EXTD= Eurodisco feel that simply sounds incongruous, while the title t
EXTD=rack is marred by banal lyrics and a mundane melody. "Tryin' Not 
EXTD=to Think about It" carries a heavy-metal intro that seems unconne
EXTD=cted to the body of the tune. "No Anchovies, Please" is an embarr
EXTD=assing talking song that could be a Firesign Theater reject.\n\nL
EXTD=ove Stinks is a step backward for J. Geils. One can only hope tha
EXTD=t whatever inspired the group on Monkey Island can be rediscovere
EXTD=d and used again. Indeed, some inspiration would appear essential
EXTD= if the J. Geils Band is going to evolve toward a more distinct a
EXTD=nd original musical identity. (RS 314 - Apr 3, 1980)  -- ED LEVIN
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