Sanctuary (The J. Geils Band album)

Sanctuary
Studio album by The J. Geils Band
Released November 1978
Recorded Longview Farms, North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Record Plant Studios, New York City
Genre Rock
Length 36:52
Label EMI
Producer Seth Justman, Joseph Wissert
The J. Geils Band chronology
Monkey Island
(1977)Monkey Island1977		 Sanctuary
(1978)		 Best of The J. Geils Band
(1979)Best of The J. Geils Band1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB−[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]

Sanctuary is the eighth studio album by American rock band The J. Geils Band. The album was released in November 1978, by EMI Records.

A 1998 re-release on the Razor & Tie label added two bonus tracks, taken from the 1982 live album Showtime!.

Track listing

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

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."I Could Hurt You"3:53
2."One Last Kiss"4:19
3."Take It Back"3:18
4."Sanctuary"3:50
5."Teresa"3:46
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Wild Man"5:22
7."I Can't Believe You"4:11
8."I Don't Hang Around Much Anymore"4:37
9."Jus' Can't Stop Me"3:36
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."I Do (Live)"Melvin Mason, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Jesse Smith, Willie Stephenson3:22
11."Land of a Thousand Dances"Chris Kenner3:27

Personnel

Production

  • Producers: Seth Justman, Joseph Wissert
  • Engineer: David Brown, David Hewitt, Jon Mathias, Kooster McAllister, Frank Pavlich, David Thoener
  • Assistant engineers: Jesse Henderson, Jon Mathias
  • Mixing: David Thoener
  • Mastering: Joe Brescio, Elliot Federman
  • Project director: Mike Ragogna
  • Production coordination: David Richman
  • Arranger: Seth Justman
  • Layout design: Paula Bisacca
  • Photography: Alen MacWeeney, Rob Van Petten
  • Liner notes: John Tobler

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1979 Pop Albums 49

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1979 "One Last Kiss" Pop Singles 35
1979 "Take It Back" Pop Singles 67

References

  1. ↑ John Franck. "Sanctuary - J. Geils Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Sanctuary". Robert Christgau.
  3. ↑ Dave Marsh (1979-03-08). "J. Geils Band: Sanctuary". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
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