Bloodshot (The J. Geils Band album)

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Bloodshot
J. Geils Band - Bloodshot.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 12, 1973
Studio The Hit Factory, New York City
Genre Blues rock
Length36:45
Label Atlantic
Producer Bill Szymczyk
The J. Geils Band chronology
Live Full House
(1972)
Bloodshot
(1973)
Ladies Invited
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]
Rolling Stone (favorable) [3]

Bloodshot is the third studio album by American rock band the J. Geils Band. The album was released on April 12, 1973, by Atlantic Records. It was the breakthrough release for the band, reaching No. 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States, a peak that the band would not surpass until their 1981 multi-platinum album Freeze Frame . The single version of "Give it to Me", which had a very different ending from the album version, reached No. 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 15 on the Cash Box Top 100. [4]

Contents

Original US vinyl copies of Bloodshot were issued using red vinyl instead of the customary black, and utilized matching red 1950s style Atlantic Records labels. The band would continue to use these vintage-style Atlantic labels, in different colors with each album release, throughout their remaining tenure with the label.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Seth Justman and Peter Wolf, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(Ain't Nothin' but a) House Party"Del Sharh, Joseph Thomas4:43
2."Make Up Your Mind" 3:31
3."Back to Get Ya" 5:22
4."Struttin' with My Baby" 3:16
5."Don't Try to Hide It" 2:45
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Southside Shuffle" 3:43
7."Hold Your Loving"Bernice Snelson, Titus Turner 2:30
8."Start All Over Again" 4:15
9."Give It to Me" 6:32

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Chart (1973)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 10

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1973"Give It to Me"Pop Singles [6] 30
1973"Make Up Your Mind"Pop Singles [6] 98

References

  1. Tim Sendra. "Bloodshot - J. Geils Band". AllMusic. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Bud Scoppa (June 21, 1973). "J. Geils Band: Bloodshot". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  4. "Cash Box Top 100 6/30/73". Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  5. "The J Geils Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. 1 2 "The J. Geils Band Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard . Retrieved September 8, 2020.