Monkey Island (album)

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.

Monkey Island
Studio album by
The J. Geils Band
ReleasedJune 9, 1977
Recorded1977
GenreRock
Length41:44
LabelAtlantic
ProducerThe J. Geils Band
The J. Geils Band chronology
Blow Your Face Out
(1976)		 Monkey Island
(1977)		 Sanctuary
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]

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 (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. Dave Marsh (1977-07-28). "J. Geils Band: Monkey Island". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
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