The J. Geils Band (album)
# The J. Geils Band (album)

The J. Geils Band is the self-titled debut studio album by American rock band The J. Geils Band. The album was released on November 16, 1970, by Atlantic Records.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+ |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |

The band had once been known as the J. Geils Blues Band, but its debut album revealed the stylistic range it had long developed. In an effusive contemporary review, a journalist for rock magazine Creem praised the diversity and wrote: "It could be called blues, it could be called R&B, it could be called rock and roll; I prefer to call it good energetic music and leave it at that. They spent their formative years absorbing the best of all these musics and the sound they have distilled is truly their own."

## Track listing

Juke Joint Jimmy is a pseudonym used by The J. Geils Band for group compositions.

## Personnel

### The J. Geils Band

* Peter Wolf – lead vocals
* J. Geils – guitar
* Magic Dick – harmonica
* Seth Justman – piano, organ
* Danny Klein – bass
* Stephen Jo Bladd – drums, backing vocals

### Technical

* Dave Crawford, Brad Shapiro – producers
* Jay Messina, Geoffrey Haslam – engineers
* Stephen Paley – photography
* Lloyd Ziff – design
* Fred Lewis - special assistance

## Charts

| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard 200 | 195 |
