The J. Geils Band - Love Stinks (1980)

Artist:  The J. Geils Band
Title:  Love Stinks
Release:  1980
Format:  LP
Label:  EMI
Catalog#  1A062-86071

“Love Stinks” is the eleventh album by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1980.
The title song, “Love Stinks” is a rant against unrequited love.
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"Just Can't Wait," another good album opener, “Love Stinks” turns out to be solid effort, but one that sounds a little outdated at times due to its acerbic, synth textures.


Side one
1.  Just Can't Wait  (3:24)
2.  Come Back  (5:11)
3.  Takin' You Down  (4:05)
4.  Night Time  (4:31)
5.  No Anchovies, Please  (2:41)

Side two
1.  Love Stinks  (3:44)
2.  Trying Not to Think About It  (6:22)
3.  Desire (Please Don't Turn Away)  (3:35)
4.  Till the Walls Come Tumblin' Down  (4:01)

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