Wait/Ice Breaker (For The Big M)/Cruisin' For A Love/Hard Drivin' Man/Serves You Right To Suffer/Homework/ First I Look At The Purse/What's Your Hurry/On Borrowed Time/Pack Fair & Square/Sno-Cone
The self titled debut album from the Boston blues-rock J. Geils Band featuring the raspy vocals of Peter Wolf. They would enjoy a consistently successful chart career throughout the 1970s and beyond. (US:195)
“What we have here is generic blues rock that's nothing special. All the elements that would make this band what it became can be identified already, sense of humour, good musicianship, doing it for the fun. Maybe they were already a good live band when this came out, but if those elements are present here, there was still nothing special about them.”
“Peter Wolf's voice and the whole band's interaction and confidence altogether were still far from being able to present an album that expressed the well oiled rock ‘n' roll machine they were going to become. The whole record sounds a bit contrived, a band that wants to be big, but is still too immature to take risky decisions and do things their own way, whether about song-writing, performance or production.”
“There are a few keepers on this self-titled debut LP. I quite enjoy the direct, no frills attack of Hard Drivin’ Man and Homework. And Peter Wolf's full husky voice just knocks me out. But there is something about this album that just reeks of insincerity. Somewhere along the line Boston’s finest bar band began to equate themselves to the R & B legends they were striving to emulate.”
“An incredibly good first album by a classic rock & roll band. Peter Wolf's raspy vocals and Magic Dick's wailing blues harp highlight this toe tapping medley of tunes. The best song, Wait sets the tone with Can't Do My Homework also a real winner.”
“Take a pinch of Canned Heat with a zest of Creedence Clearwater Revival and you will have an idea of the J. Geils Band's sound. Peter Wolf is a wild singer with the husky voice required for that type of music. The lead guitar, bass, drums and harmonica are on the forefront most of the time.”
“The J. Geils Band's first album is one of the best rock ‘n' roll albums ever made. It combines the basic elements of R & B with an original rock style. It has great instrumental work and terrific vocals.”
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