J. Geils Band - Hotline - Atlantic CDs • Vinyl Records • LPs • Music Albums J. Geils Band - Hotline J. Geils Band Hotline     Hotline is J. Geils's seventh album, but it might as well be their second or their 11th. Its chief distinction is as a chronicle of the further disintegration of a group which once promised to be counted among the finest white soul and rock groups. Hotline contains not a single track which would break the formula the band has mined since the beginning. Its slickly funky jacket holds an album whose best moments derive from soul and blues classics—the obscure "Love-Itis," which gives vocalist Peter Wolf an outlet for his usual ostentatious wino jive, Eddie Burns's "Orange Driver" and John Brim's "Be Careful (What You Do)." The originals are equally formularized: straight blues Read More with soul insertions (the piano lead on "Fancy Footwork," which is perhaps the best new song here, is lifted from the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On," for instance). The deterioration is individual as well as collective. Wolf panders with insensate falsity despite the programmed looseness of his stage patter, and his overestimation of his vocal prowess is no great help either; singing Curtis Mayfield's "Believe in Me" is not just vanity, but hubris. Lead guitarist J. Geils, meanwhile, has become increasingly hackneyed (check "Be Careful"), his excesses bloating the simplest songs to the edge of endurance. And Magic Dick's harmonica, once abrasively savage, is now only predictably abrasive (as on "Orange Driver"). J. Geils is a group that must transcend its limitations; Hotline emphasizes them. Even keyboardman Seth Justman, who became the dominant instrumental force with Ladies Invited, has retrenched from that album's hints of pop power back to the same old good-time boogie. What seems to be plaguing J. Geils most of all is a lack of nerve. Ladies Invited was an honest, surprisingly successful attempt at writing straight pop, nonboogie music; its lack of sales apparently scared the group from continuing on that track. Instead, each of the succeeding albums—Nightmares and now Hotline—has attempted to regain their identity as the number one party band. This ignores the fact that their get-down jamming was what stalled them at second-level stardom in the first place. And that their old style can't be re-created without regaining the conviction, the spirit of fun, which is utterly absent here. "Ain't gonna hang up my rock and roll shoes," Wolf sings here. Hotline makes you wonder why not. (RS 198) DAVE MARSH J. Geils Band Records and CDs: 45 Rpm: Freeze Frame Angel In Blue Best Of Bloodshot Blow Your Face Out Centerfold Centrefold Come Back    Concealed Weapons Freeze Frame Give It To Me Hotline I Do I Do (live Version) J. Geils Band: Letterman 5-21-99, Today Show 6-18-99    Ladies Invited Live Full House Love Stinks Monkey Island Nightmares One Last Kiss Rock Pop    Rotterdam Sanctuary Showtime The Morning After Usa

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		Artist		Title	Condition	Format	Price USD [Change]	Seller	Location
		Geils J.		Hotline - Atlantic	VG+/VG+	LP	$251.30	F-seventies	France
		Geils J. &		Hotline (ltd. Edition) Lp Atlantic	VG/VG+	LP	$34.21	Musica Music	Italy
		Geils J. &		Hotline Ltd. Edition Lp And Digitally Remastered Audiophile Cd. Professional Artwork, Track Listing, Cd Jewel Case Etc Special Order	New	LP+CDR	$80.64	Vinyl Revolu	USA
		Geils J. Band		Hotline Atl 18147xlpu lp Rare! Cond: Mint- Title: Hotline Rock Special Order		LP	$81.92	CDExpress	Netherl
		Geils J. Band		Hotline Lp And Digitally Remastered Audiophile Cd. Professional Artwork, Track Listing, Cd Jewel Case Etc Special Order	New	LP+CDR	$58.71	Vinyl Revolu	USA
		Geils J. Band		Hotline - Atl	VG+/VG+	LP	$440.30	F-seventies	France
		Geils,j.		Hotline Atlantic Sd 18147	NM/NM	LP	$8.00	Memory Lane	USA
		Geils,j.		Hotline Lp + Cdr Copy: Ex Atlantic Sd 18147: This Is An Excellent Lp That We Will Acquire Through Our Ne... Special Order	NEW	LP+CDR	$52.95	cdBBQ	USA
		Geils,j. Band		Hotline Atlantic, 18147	VG+/NM	LP	$3.24	Nick's World	USA
		Geils,j. Band		Hotline		LP	$3.99 - $7.99	Musical Ener	USA
		Geils,j. Band		Hotline Die Cut Cover Atantic Sd 18147	VG+ / VG+	LP	$3.99	Musical Ener	USA
		Geils,j. Band		Hotline Die Cut Cover Atantic Sd 18147	VG++ / VG+	LP	$7.99	Musical Ener	USA
		Geils,j. Band		Hotline Original Pull-out Phone Cover Usa, Atlantic, Sd-18147, 1975	VG+ VG++	LP	$8.05	Proud MaryRe	USA
		Geils,j. Band		Hotline Aatlantic Sd18147	NM VG+,PR,	LP	$10.00	CM Allmon	USA
		Geils,j. Band		Hotline Lp Vinyl 9 Songs 1. Love-itis 2. Easy Way Out 3. Think It Over 4. Be Careful (what You Do) ...	NEW	LP	$30.00	Horizons	USA
		Geils,j. Band		Hotline Lp + Cdr Copy: Ex Die Cut Cover Atantic Sd 18147: This Is An Excellent Lp That We Will Acquire T... Special Order	NEW	LP+CDR	$50.95	cdBBQ	USA
		Geils,j.,band		Hotline Lp + Cdr Copy: Ex Die-cut Jacket Atlantic:sd18147: This Is An Excellent Lp That We Will Acquire ... Special Order	NEW	LP+CDR	$49.95	cdBBQ	USA
		J. Geils Band		Hotline The J. Geils Band's Sixth Studio Album, 1975's Hotline, Didn't Spawn Any Hits, Didn't Reach Very ...	NEAR MINT	LP	$8.79	coolforever	Canada
		J. Geils Band		Hotline Atlantic, Sd 18147, 1975, Die Cut Jacket, Notch	VG+ M-	LP	$11.50	Brothers	USA
		J. Geils Band		Hotline Inner, Gimmick Cover, Co, V. Sl Cw Atlantic, 18147	M-	LP	$12.00	Craig Moerer	USA
		J. Geils Band		Hotline 1975,die-cut Cover,lyric Sleeve,promo Sticker Oc,bent Corners Atlantic Sd 18147	VG/EX	LP	$14.40	Solid Viper	USA
		J. Geils Band		Hotline Label: Atlantic Woc, Soc Gimmick Cover[marc] Atlantic, P-10057a	C:EX,M:NM	LP	$35.32	recordsale	Germany
		J. Geils Band		Hotline Us, Atlantic, Sd 18147	M/M	LP	$128.52	Vinylshop	UK
		J. Geils Band		Hotline Lp+cdr Copy -- This Is Not A Commercial Cd. It Is A Vinyl Record Album With A Custom Made Convers...	VG/EX	LP+CDR	$44.85	Solid Viper	USA
		J. Geils Band		Hotline Lp And Digitally Remastered Audiophile Cd. Professional Artwork, Track Listing, Cd Jewel Case Etc Special Order	New	LP+CDR	$56.62	Vinyl Revolu	USA
		J. Geils Band		Hotline Lp + Cdr Copy: Ex Atlantic, Sd 18147, 1975, Die Cut Jacket, Notch: This Is An Excellent Lp That ... Special Order	NEW	LP+CDR	$57.95	cdBBQ	USA
		J. Geils Band		Hotline - Atlantic	VG+/VG+	LP	$105.70	F-seventies	France
		J. Geils Band		Hotline Original Telephone Cover Sd 18147 Die Cut Cover With Original Inner Sleeve	VG+/VG	LP	$5.50	MightyVinyl	USA
		J. Geils Band		Hotline Sealed Original Telephone Cover Sd 18147 (#2) Sealed Cutcorner Die Cut Cover With Original Inner Sleeve	SS	LP	$27.50	MightyVinyl	USA
		J. Geils Band		Hotline-75 - Atlantic	VG+/VG+	LP	$157.50	F-seventies	France

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