Monkey Island (album)

Monkey Island
Studio album by The J. Geils Band
Released June 9, 1977
Recorded 1977
Genre Rock
Length 41:44
Label Atlantic
Producer The J. Geils Band
The J. Geils Band chronology
Blow Your Face Out
(1976)Blow Your Face Out1976		 Monkey Island
(1977)		 Sanctuary
(1978)Sanctuary1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]

Monkey Island is the seventh studio album by American rock band The J. Geils Band. The album was released on June 9, 1977, by Atlantic Records.

The album did not perform well in the marketplace, and would be the J. Geils Band's last original album for Atlantic Records after almost eight years with the label. It was, however, the band's first album on which they did not use an outside producer, as well as their first project with recording engineer David Thoener, with whom they later collaborated on their best-selling albums Love Stinks and Freeze Frame.

The album contains the studio version of "I Do," a live recording of which (from the album Showtime!) would be the J. Geils Band's last hit single in 1982.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Wolf and Seth Justman except as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Surrender" 3:49
2."You're the Only One" 3:05
3."I Do"Melvin Mason, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Alfred Smith, Willie Stephenson3:09
4."Somebody" 5:13
5."I'm Falling" 5:41
6."Monkey Island" 9:02
7."I'm Not Rough"Louis Armstrong3:03
8."So Good" 3:19
9."Wreckage" 5:23

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

  • Producers: J. Geils Band
  • Engineer: David Thoener
  • Assistant engineers: Jay Krugman, Rod O'Brien, Corky Stasiak
  • Mixing: David Thoener
  • Remastering: George Marino
  • Design: Peter Corriston
  • Photography: Alen MacWeeney

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1977 Pop Albums 51

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1977 "You're The Only One" Pop Singles 83

References

  1. ↑ Tim Sendra. "Monkey Island - J. Geils Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Monkey Island". Robert Christgau.
  3. ↑ Dave Marsh (1977-07-28). "J. Geils Band: Monkey Island". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
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