Freeze Frame (The J. Geils Band album)

Freeze Frame was released on October 26, 1981, by EMI Records. The album debuted at No. 62, and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 11, 1982. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The single peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. Music videos were made for all three singles. == Promotion ==

The J. Geils Band supported the album with the "Freeze Frame" tour, during which they played shows in the US, Europe, Japan, Australia and Canada. EMI Records also prepared a large marketing campaign for the album. The music video for "Centerfold" was directed by Paul Justman, the brother of the band's keyboardist Seth Justman, and recorded in Boston. The music video for "Freeze-Frame" was also directed by Paul Justman, and makes use of many special effects. The music video was shot at the Cintel Studio in Boston. A music video was also made for "Angel in Blue". ==Critical reception==

A 2013 Spin article called "Flamethrower" the band's funkiest song and said: "With three avant-gardish anomalies that flirted with harmolodic punk-jazz funk ("Rage in the Cage," "Insane, Insane Again," and "River Blindness") balancing out three slick Top 10 pop hits, 1981's Freeze Frame holds the rare if not impossible distinction of being simultaneously both the J. Geils Band's most blatantly pop and mostly blatantly experimental album." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote "Good-time rock & roll remains at the core of the group's music, but the sound of the record is glossier, shining with synthesizers and big pop hooks." Billboard says that the album "trades their earlier guitar focus for producer Seth Justman's updated keyboard emphasis," and that the "new wave influence has been toned down slightly, yielding a welcome restoration of the partying humor that's never been entirely absent from this veteran group's work." ==Track listing==

All songs written by Seth Justman, except where noted. ==Personnel==

The J. Geils Band • Peter Wolf – lead vocals • Seth Justman – keyboards, vocals • J. Geils – guitar • Danny Klein – bass • Magic Dick – harmonica, saxophone • Stephen Jo Bladd – drums, vocals Additional musicians • Randy Brecker, Tom "Bones" Malone, Lou Marini, George Young, Ronnie Cuber, Alan Rubin – horns • Tawatha Agee, Cissy Houston, Fonzi Thornton, Luther Vandross, Ken Williams – backing vocals • Cengiz Yaltkaya – conductor Production • Seth Justman – producer, arrangements • David Thoener – engineer, mixing at Record Plant, New York • Jesse Henderson, Steve Marcantonio – assistant engineers • Joe Brescio – mastering ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts Singles ==Certifications==