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The J. Geils Band Love Stinks Release Date: 1980 Label: Beat Goes On Rating:

Released some two years after the band's EMI debut, Sanctuary, the Love Stinks project would see the J. Geils Band going in an even more commercial-leaning direction than its predecessor. Taking over the main production duties, keyboard player/main songwriter Seth Justman set out to better the band's gold-plus-selling Sanctuary. And to some degree, he wildly succeeded. Although not as consistent or diverse as Sanctuary, Love Stinks would feature one of the band's most recognizable FM songs ever -- the album's infectious title track "Love Stinks." In a live setting, the track would often turn into a veritable tour de force only to be outdone by Peter Wolf's hilarious rap about "Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden smoking weed together," which would introduce the song (often on a nightly basis). "Night Time" is another great, although somewhat typical "rave-on" type of J. Geils song; "No Anchovies Please" is a little strange; and closer "Till the Walls Come Tumblin' Down" is, as the song title hints, just that. Bolstered by "Just Can't Wait," another good album opener, Love Stinks turns out to be solid effort, but one that sounds a little outdated at times due to its acerbic, synth textures. Not one of the band's best overall records but one that would allow the band to outdo itself with the classic Freeze Frame a year later. John Franck, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Just Can't Wait	Justman, Wolf	3:25
2	Come Back	Justman, Wolf	5:10
3	Takin' You Down	Justman, Wolf	4:07
4	Night Time	Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer	4:32
5	No Anchovies, Please	Justman, Wolf	2:43
6	Love Stinks	Justman, Wolf	3:45
7	Tryin' Not to Think About It	Justman, Wolf	6:22
8	Desire (Please Don't Turn Away)	Justman, Wolf	3:37
9	Till the Walls Come Tumblin' Down	Justman, Wolf	4:07

Releases:

Year	Type	Label
2002		Beat Goes On
1995	CD	BGO
1994	CD	Beat Goes On
1992	CD	Capitol
2001	CD	EMI
	CD	EMI America
1996	CD	EMI America
	CS	EMI America
1991	CS	EMI America
1980	LP	EMI
198?	LP	Nautilus

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