Sanctuary (The J. Geils Band album)

Sanctuary
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	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.

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 on 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

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

Personnel

• Peter Wolf - lead vocals
• J. Geils - guitar
• Magic Dick - harmonica
• Seth Justman - keyboards
• Danny Klein - bass
• Stephen Bladd - drums

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)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

References