Blow Your Face Out

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Blow Your Face Out
Blow Your Face Out cover
Live album by J. Geils Band
Released April 22, 1976
Recorded November 15, 1975 at Boston Garden, Boston and November 19, 1975 at Cobo Hall, Detroit
Genre Rock
Length 74:39
Label Atlantic
Producer(s) Bill Szymczyk, Allan Blazek and Seth Justman
Professional reviews
J. Geils Band chronology
Hotline
(1975)
Blow Your Face Out
(1976)
Monkey Island
(1977)


Blow Your Face Out is the eighth album (and second live album) by American rock band J. Geils Band, released in 1976.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Seth Justman and Peter Wolf unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Southside Shuffle" – 4:16
  2. "Back to Get Ya" – 4:38
  3. "Shoot Your Shot" (Junior Walker, James Graves, Lawrence Horn) – 3:56
  4. "Must Have Got Lost" – 6:34
  5. "Where Did Our Love Go" (Edward Holland Jr., Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) – 4:00
  6. "Truck Drivin' Man" (Terry Fell) – 1:52
  7. "Love-Itis" (Harvey Scales, Albert Vance) – 4:05
  8. "Intro: (Lookin' for a Love)" (James Alexander, Zelda Samuels) – 2:06
  9. "(Ain't Nothin' But A) Houseparty" (Del Sharh, Zelda Thomas) – 5:04
  10. "So Sharp" (Arlester Christian) – 2:38
  11. "Detroit Breakdown" – 6:25
  12. "Chimes" – 8:56
  13. "Sno-Cone" (Albert Collins) – 3:04
  14. "Wait" – 3:44
  15. "Raise Your Hand" (Eddie Floyd) – 4:08
  16. "Start All Over Again" – 2:21
  17. "Give It to Me" – 6:52

[edit] Miscellanea

This was the second of three live albums recorded by the J. Geils Band. The others were "Live" Full House in 1972 and Showtime! in 1982.

All three live albums released by the J. Geils Band were recorded in Detroit, Michigan, though at different venues. This album, unlike the other two live albums which were entirely recorded in Detroit, featured some performances recorded in the band's hometown of Boston, Massachusetts.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Year Chart Position
1976 Billboard Pop Albums 40

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1975 "Must Have Got Lost" Billboard Pop Singles 12