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

Sanctuary
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1978
RecordedLongview Farms, North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Record Plant Studios, New York City
GenreRock
Length36:52
LabelEMI
ProducerSeth Justman, Joseph Wissert
The J. Geils Band chronology
Monkey Island
(1977)
Sanctuary
(1978)
Best of The J. Geils Band
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]

Cash Box said that the single "Take It Back" is "good-time rock 'n' roll" with "a swinging handclap beat, pithy piano fills, [and] Magic Dick harmonica licks."[4]

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



Charts


Album

Chart (1979) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 49
Australian (Kent Music Report)[6] 82

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1979 "One Last Kiss" Pop Singles[7] 35
1979 "Take It Back" Pop Singles[7] 67

References


  1. John Franck. "Sanctuary - J. Geils Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  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 (1979-03-08). "J. Geils Band: Sanctuary". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  4. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 10, 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  5. "The J Geils Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. "The J. Geils Band Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

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Sanctuary è il decimo album dei The J. Geils Band, uscito nel 1978.



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