Bloodshot [Original recording remastered]

J. Geils Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B000002J68
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,393 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: GEILS,J. BAND
Title: BLOODSHOT
Street Release Date: 10/31/1995
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, August 23, 2003

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bloodshot (Audio CD)

I prefer the J. Geils Band's gritty R&B-albums from the early seventies to their latter-day mainstream albums, and "Bloodshoot" from 1973 is one of their best.

John "Jay" Geils and his band may not have been the most original ensemble touring the US during the 70s, but they did put out a handful of really funky rock n' roll records with a bluesy edge and a lot of great hooks. And there is no need to program anything out here - "Bloodshot" has one of the strongest track lists of any J. Geils Band album...perhaps even the strongest. Great songs, and great arrangements, too, particularly Magic Dick Salwitz's harp blasts and the organ and piano playing of Seth Justman.
The highlights include "(Ain't Nothing But A) House Party", "Make Up Your Mind", "Back To Get Ya", "Southside Shuffle", and the relatively unknown gem "Struttin' With My Baby" (delightful R&B-piano playing on that one, and one of the deepest, funkiest grooves the J. Geils Band ever managed to capture on tape). But literally everything is worth a listen.

If you want more than just the double-disc anthology "Houseparty", this is one of the first J. Geils CDs that you should pick up, along with their self-titled debut album, and 1971s "The Morning After". Classic, good-time rock n' roll - good enough for 4 1/2 stars or there about.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album Of White R&B, August 23, 2005

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The Footpath Cowboy "rockerusa2002" (Kingston, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloodshot (Audio CD)

BLOODSHOT is a great white R&B album, with deep roots in the Memphis-Chicago-Muscle Shoals-St. Louis-New Orleans-Detroit-New York-West Coast blues-rock-R&B axis. Most of the songs here are top notch, with "(Ain't Nothin' But A) Houseparty", "Southside Shuffle", and the reggae-tinged "Give It To Me" standing out as particular highlights. Any serious fan of rock and/or R&B should own BLOODSHOT.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great hard-rocking R&B from legendary Boston band, November 13, 2000

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloodshot (Audio CD)

Though front-man Peter Wolf's manic live performances may have been the band's visual signature, their albums offered up the sort of well-schooled rock/blues/R&B that only comes through countless nights on the road. This, their third studio LP (and fourth LP overall), was a peak moment, combining a well-picked cover of The Show Stoppers' "Ain't Nothin' But a House Party" with eight originals. The balance towards original compositions (their first two studio LPs had more covers) shows the band to have absorbed their influences, rather than aping them. The songs range from all-out rockers to funky shuffles to emotional ballads. Throughout the band provides terrific support, perhaps most of all from the harp of Magic Dick, reaching many a soulful groove.