Monkey Island (album)

This article describes the album. For other uses of the name, see Monkey Island (disambiguation).
Monkey Island
Studio album by The J. Geils Band
Released June 9, 1977
Recorded ???
Genre Rock
Length 41:44
Label Atlantic
Producer The J. Geils Band
The J. Geils Band chronology

Blow Your Face Out
(1976)		 Monkey Island
(1977)		 Sanctuary
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic link
Robert Christgau B+[1]
Rolling Stone (favorable) link

Monkey Island is the ninth album by American rock band The J. Geils Band (credited simply as "Geils"), released in 1977 (see 1977 in music).

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

  1. "Surrender" – 3:49
  2. "You're the Only One" – 3:05
  3. "I Do" (Melvin Mason, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Alfred Smith, Willie Stephenson) – 3:09
  4. "Somebody" – 5:13
  5. "I'm Falling" – 5:41
  6. "Monkey Island" – 9:02
  7. "I'm Not Rough" (Louis Armstrong) – 3:03
  8. "So Good" – 3:19
  9. "Wreckage" – 5:23

Personnel


Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1977 Pop Albums 51

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1977 "You're The Only One" Pop Singles 83

Later Samples

References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Monkey Island". Robert Christgau.