This is one of the overlooked gems in the band’s catalog, not as strong as their best work but certainly worth many listens. Elsewhere, the band shows nice restraint on the heartbroken ballad “Think It Over,” exhibits blazing blues chops on John Brim’s “Be Careful (What You Do)” and Eddie Burns’ “Orange Driver,” and get very funky on “Fancy Footwork.” The one song that sounds like their hearts aren’t all the way in it, the cover of the Impressions’ “Believe In Me,” is still a rollicking good time. Why none of them, like the driving “Easy Way Out,” the peppy “Jealous Love,” and the cold as ice “Mean Love,” never got much airplay is a mystery. Along with “Love-Itis,” at least half of the record would have sounded excellent blasting from AOR stations. The bandmembers show no signs of letting down and sound as dedicated to their house-party ethic as ever. Kicking off with one of their live favorites, a barn-burning cover of Harvey Scales & the Seven Sounds’ obscure soul nugget “Love-Itis,” the disc runs through hard-edged blues, funky soul, rip-roaring rock & roll, and a ballad or two. It is also one of their most cohesive, satisfying, and fun albums. Geils Band’s sixth studio album, 1975’s Hotline, didn’t spawn any hits, didn’t reach very high on the charts, and was very true to the band’s formula (going back to a mix of originals and covers after two all-original albums). The album was released on September 9, 1975, by Atlantic Records. Hotline is the sixth studio album by American rock band The J.

38 in 1980 and was featured in several films), “Centerfold” (No. 32 in 1980), “Love Stinks” (which reached No. Their biggest hits included “Must of Got Lost” (No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972), as well as the single “Give It to Me” (No. The band first released several Top 40 singles in the early 1970s, including a cover of the song “Lookin’ for a Love” by The Valentinos (which reached No. Beginning in 1999, the band had several reunions prior to the death of its namesake, J.

After Wolf left the band in 1983 to pursue a solo career, the band released one more album in 1984 with Justman on lead vocals, before breaking up in 1985. The band played R&B-influenced blues rock during the 1970s and soon achieved commercial success before moving towards a more mainstream radio-friendly sound in the early 1980s, which brought the band to its commercial peak. Wolf and Justman served as principal songwriters. The original band members included vocalist Peter Wolf, harmonica and saxophone player Richard “Magic Dick” Salwitz, drummer Stephen Bladd, vocalist/keyboardist Seth Justman, and bassist Danny Klein. Geils Band was an American rock band formed in 1967, in Worcester, Massachusetts, under the leadership of guitarist John “J.” Geils.

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