Qobuz Store wallpaper
Categories:
Cart 0

Your cart is empty

The J. Geils Band|Love Stinks

Love Stinks

The J. Geils Band

Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

Unlimited Streaming

Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps

Start my trial period and start listening to this album

Enjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription

Subscribe

Enjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription

Digital Download

Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.

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by "Just Can't Wait," another good album opener, Love Stinks turns out to be solid effort, but one that sounds a little outdated at times due to its acerbic, synth textures.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 /TiVo

More info

Love Stinks

The J. Geils Band

launch qobuz app I already downloaded Qobuz for Windows / MacOS Open

download qobuz app I have not downloaded Qobuz for Windows / MacOS yet Download the Qobuz app

You are currently listening to samples.

Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.

Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.

From 12.49€/month

1
Just Can't Wait
00:03:25

Peter Wolf, ComposerLyricist - Seth Justman, ComposerLyricist - The J. Geils Band, MainArtist

℗ 1979 Capitol Records, LLC

2
Come Back
00:05:12

Peter Wolf, ComposerLyricist - Seth Justman, ComposerLyricist - The J. Geils Band, MainArtist

℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC

3
Takin' You Down
00:04:05

Peter Wolf, ComposerLyricist - Seth Justman, ComposerLyricist - The J. Geils Band, MainArtist

℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC

4
Night Time
00:04:31

Richard Gottehrer, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Goldstein, ComposerLyricist - Robert Feldman, ComposerLyricist - The J. Geils Band, MainArtist

℗ 1979 Capitol Records, LLC

5
No Anchovies, Please
00:02:41

Peter Wolf, ComposerLyricist - Seth Justman, ComposerLyricist - The J. Geils Band, MainArtist

℗ 1979 Capitol Records, LLC

6
Love Stinks
00:03:44

Peter Wolf, ComposerLyricist - Seth Justman, Producer, ComposerLyricist - David Thoener, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The J. Geils Band, MainArtist - Dave Thoener, Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC

7
Tryin' Not To Think About It
00:06:21

Peter Wolf, ComposerLyricist - The J. Geils Band, MainArtist - S. Justman, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC

8
Desire (Please Don't Turn Away)
00:03:37

Peter Wolf, ComposerLyricist - The J. Geils Band, MainArtist - S. Justman, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC

9
Till The Walls Come Tumblin' Down
00:04:04

Peter Wolf, ComposerLyricist - Seth Justman, ComposerLyricist - The J. Geils Band, MainArtist

℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC

Album review

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 /TiVo

About the album

Improve album information

Qobuz logo Why buy on Qobuz...

On sale now...

Keep Your Courage

Natalie Merchant

Keep Your Courage Natalie Merchant

The Köln Concert (Live at the Opera, Köln, 1975)

Keith Jarrett

You're the One

Rhiannon Giddens

You're the One Rhiannon Giddens

Owl Song

Ambrose Akinmusire

Owl Song Ambrose Akinmusire
More on Qobuz
By The J. Geils Band

There's A Party Goin' On!

The J. Geils Band

There's A Party Goin' On! The J. Geils Band

Bloodshot

The J. Geils Band

Bloodshot The J. Geils Band

Tearin' It Up

The J. Geils Band

Tearin' It Up The J. Geils Band

Best Of The J. Geils Band

The J. Geils Band

Best Of The J. Geils Band The J. Geils Band

Full House "Live"

The J. Geils Band

Full House "Live" The J. Geils Band

Playlists

You may also like...

i/o

Peter Gabriel

i/o Peter Gabriel

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney

Band On The Run Paul McCartney

Money For Nothing

Dire Straits

Money For Nothing Dire Straits

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

Rumours Fleetwood Mac

Now And Then

The Beatles

Now And Then The Beatles