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Showtime (The J. Geils Band album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Showtime!

| type = live

| artist = The J. Geils Band

| cover = J. Geils Band - Showtime!.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 12, 1982

| recorded = September 4, 1982

| venue = The Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, Michigan

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length = 47:58

| label = EMI

| producer = Seth Justman

| prev_title = Freeze Frame

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd

| next_year = 1984

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Showtime!

| type = live

| single1 = I Do b/w "Sanctuary

| single1date = Fall 1982

| single2 = Land of a Thousand Dances b/w "Jus' Can't Stop Me

| single2date = Winter 1983

}}

}}

Showtime! is the third and final live album by American rock band The J. Geils Band during their career. It was recorded at the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan on September 4, 1982. While some critics consider it to be weaker than the group's two earlier live albums "Live" Full House (1972) and Blow Your Face Out (1976), this release captures the band at its commercial peak. The tracks are drawn primarily from the four studio albums released since Blow Your Face Out: Monkey Island (1977); Sanctuary (1978); Love Stinks (1980); and Freeze Frame (1981). This was the last release by the band before frontman Peter Wolf's departure in 1983.{{cn|date=March 2011}}

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r38758|first= Mark |last= Allan|accessdate= 2017-12-12}}

|rev2 = Rolling Stone

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last= Considine|first= J. D. |date= 1983-01-20 |title= J. Geils Band: Showtime! |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jgeilsband/albums/album/286182/review/5941117/showtime |magazine= Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107130643/https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jgeilsband/albums/album/286182/review/5941117/showtime|archive-date= 2009-11-07|access-date= 2017-12-12 |url-status=dead}}

}}

Track listing

All songs written by Seth Justman and Peter Wolf, except where noted.{{cn|date=March 2011}}

  1. "Jus' Can't Stop Me" (from Sanctuary) – 3:44
  2. "Just Can't Wait" (from Love Stinks) – 3:27
  3. "Till the Walls Come Tumblin' Down" (from Love Stinks) – 3:31
  4. "Sanctuary" (from Sanctuary) – 3:49
  5. "I'm Falling" (from Monkey Island) – 6:01
  6. "Love Rap" – 5:14
  7. "Love Stinks" (from Love Stinks) – 3:28
  8. "Stoop Down #39" (from Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle) – 5:56
  9. "I Do (from Monkey Island)" (Melvin Mason, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Jesse Smith, Willie Stephenson) – 3:04
  10. "Centerfold" (from Freeze Frame) (Justman) – 4:03
  11. "Land of a Thousand Dances" (Chris Kenner) – 5:41

Note: on the LP version of the album, the cross-fade between "Love Rap" and "Love Stinks" is divided with an abrupt ending of "Love Rap" at the end of Side 1, and continuing with "Love Stinks" at the beginning of Side 2.{{cn|date=March 2011}}

Personnel

  • Peter Wolf – lead vocals
  • J. Geils – guitar
  • Magic Dick – harmonica
  • Seth Justman – keyboards, vocals
  • Danny Klein – bass
  • Stephen Jo Bladd – drums, vocals
  • The Uptown Horns – Crispin Cioe (saxophone), Arno Hecht (tenor saxophone), Paul "Hollywood" Litteral (trumpet)

=Production=

  • Producer: Seth Justman{{cn|date=March 2011}}
  • Engineers: David Brown, Phil Gitomer, David Hewitt, Jon Mathias, Kooster McAllister, Frank Pavlich
  • Mixing assistant: Steve Marcantonio
  • Mastering: Joe Brescio
  • Live sound engineer: Frank Pavlich
  • Lighting: Dave Berndt
  • Arranger: Seth Justman
  • Art direction: Carin Goldberg
  • Design: Carin Goldberg
  • Illustrations: Leslie Cabarga
  • Lettering: Leslie Cabarga
  • Liner notes: John Tobler

Charts

Album

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col"| Chart (1982)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|23|artist=The J Geils Band|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}

Singles

class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Year

!align="left"|Title

!align="left"|Chart

!align="left"|Position

align="left"|1983

|align="left"|"I Do"

|align="left"|Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-j-geils-band/chart-history/hsi/ |title=The J Geils Band Chart History: Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate= 2020-09-08}}

|align="left"|24

References

{{reflist}}

{{The J. Geils Band}}

Category:The J. Geils Band live albums

Category:1982 live albums

Category:EMI Records live albums

Category:1982 in Michigan