Love Stinks (album)

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Love Stinks
J. Geils Band - Love Stinks.jpg
Studio album by
the J. Geils Band
ReleasedJanuary 28, 1980
Recorded1979
Studio Long View Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Genre
Length37:34
Label EMI
Producer Seth Justman
The J. Geils Band chronology
Best of the J. Geils Band
(1979)		Love Stinks
(1980)		 Freeze Frame
(1981)
Singles from Love Stinks
  1. "Come Back b/w "Takin' You Down"
    Released: 1980
  2. "Love Stinks b/w "Till the Walls Come Tumblin' Down"
    Released: 1980
  3. "Just Can't Wait b/w "No Anchovies, Please"
    Released: 1980

Love Stinks is the ninth studio album by American rock band the J. Geils Band. The album was released on January 28, 1980, by EMI Records.

Contents

The title song, "Love Stinks", is a rant against unrequited love. It has been covered by industrial metal band Bile, by Andru Branch in the film Love Stinks , Joan Jett in the film Mr. Wrong and Adam Sandler in the film The Wedding Singer .

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau C+ [4]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rolling Stone (mixed) [6]

Cash Box said that the single "Just Can't Wait" has "earthy old wave rock guitar riffing, with a souped up synthesized farfisa organ sound." [7] Record World called it "certified boogie music with a hook that will grab summer listeners." [8] Classic Rock History critic Brian Kachejian named "Just Can't Wait" as the band's 7th best song, stating that "The song’s Farfisa organ lick was very symbolic of the sound of the early 1980s, when all styles of music were merging into a new wave-type sound." [9]

Track listing

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

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Just Can't Wait" 3:24
2."Come Back" 5:11
3."Takin' You Down" 4:05
4."Night Time"Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer 4:31
5."No Anchovies, Please" 2:41
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Love Stinks"3:44
7."Tryin' Not to Think About It"6:22
8."Desire (Please Don't Turn Away)"3:35
9."Till the Walls Come Tumblin' Down"4:01

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [10] 18
Australian (Kent Music Report) [11]
43

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1980"Come Back US Pop Singles [12]
32
1980"Come Back"US Club Play Singles [13]
69
1980"Just Can't Wait"US Pop Singles [12]
78
1980"Love Stinks"US Pop Singles [12]
38

References

  1. ↑ Rolling Stone Staff (November 11, 2020). "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rolling Stone . Retrieved September 30, 2023. The Geils gang kicked down the door into the Eighties with a surprise New Wave makeover for Boston's finest blues-rock party monsters.
  2. ↑ "20 of the Best New Wave Albums by Rock/Pop Artists". PopMatters. June 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ John Franck. "Love Stinks - J. Geils Band". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Love Stinks". Robert Christgau.
  5. ↑ Nicholls, Mike (March 15, 1980). "The J Geils Band: Love Stinks". Record Mirror . p. 23.
  6. ↑ Ed Levine (April 3, 1980). "J. Geils Band: Love Stinks". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 22, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  7. ↑ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 12, 1980. p. 11. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. July 19, 1980. p. 15. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  9. ↑ Kachejian, Brian (January 2024). "10 J. Geils Band Songs Fans Love". Classic Rock History. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  10. ↑ "The J Geils Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  11. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 122. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  12. 1 2 3 "The J. Geils Band Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  13. ↑ "The J. Geils Band Chart History: Dance Club Songs". Billboard . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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