Sanctuary (The J. Geils Band album)

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Sanctuary
J. Geils Band - Sanctuary.jpg
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
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars link
Robert Christgau B−[1]
Rolling Stone (favorable) link

Sanctuary is the tenth album by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music).

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

This is the first J. Geils Band album labeled by EMI Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Seth Justman and Peter Wolf

  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
  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
  1. "I Do" (Live) (Melvin Mason, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Jesse Smith, Willie Stephenson) - 3:22
  2. "Land of a Thousand Dances" (Live) (Chris Kenner) - 3:27

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Arno Hecht - horn

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 (North America)

Year Chart Position
1979 Pop Albums 49

Singles - Billboard (North America)

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

References

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