''Freeze-Frame'' is the tenth studio album by American

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band

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, and the last one to feature original vocalist

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. The album was released on October 26, 1981, by

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. It reached number one on the United States ''Billboard'' 200 album chart in February 1982, and remained at the top for four weeks. The album featured the hit singles "

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" (No. 1 US; No. 3 UK) and "

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" (No. 4 US). " Angel in Blue" also reached the US Top 40. Keyboardist

Seth Justman Seth Justman (born January 27, 1951) is the keyboard player for the U.S. rock band, The J. Geils Band. Biography Justman was born in Washington, D.C., grew up in Atlantic City, and is Jewish. He co-wrote many of the band's songs with singer ...

wrote or co-wrote all of the album as well as receiving credit as arranger and producer of the material. A 2013 ''

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'' article called "Flamethrower" the band's funkiest song and said: "With three avant-gardish anomalies that flirted with

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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."

Track listing

All songs written by

except where noted.

Personnel

The J. Geils Band

– lead vocals *

– keyboards, backing vocals *

J. Geils John Warren Geils Jr. () (February 20, 1946 – April 11, 2017), known professionally as J. Geils or Jay Geils, was an American guitarist. He was known as the leader of The J. Geils Band. Growing up in New York City, Geils became interested in ...

– guitar *

Danny Klein Daniel Klein (born May 23, 1946) is an American bassist best known as a member of The J. Geils Band. Early life Daniel Klein was born on May 23, 1946, in the Bronx, New York City. He moved to New Jersey at age 6 and in 1964 he began attending ...

– bass *

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– harmonica, trumpet, saxophone *Stephen Jo Bladd – drums

Additional musicians

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Tom "Bones" Malone Thomas "Bones" Malone (born June 16, 1947) is an American jazz musician, arranger, and producer. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone but he also plays saxophone, trumpet, tuba, flute, and bass guitar. He has been a member of ...

Lou Marini Louis William Marini Jr. (born May 13, 1945), known as "Blue Lou" Marini, is an American saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his work in jazz, rock, blues, and soul music, as well as his association with The Blues Brothe ...

, George Young,

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– horns *

Tawatha Agee Tawatha Agee (born November 14, 1954) is an American backing vocalist and songwriter. Her voice has been described in ''The New York Times'' as an "acrobatic, gospel-charged soprano." She was the lead singer of funk and soul band Mtume; her soul ...

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, Ken Williams – backing vocals *Cengiz Yaltkaya – conductor

Production

*Seth Justman – producer, arrangements *David Thoener – engineer, mixing at

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, New York *Jesse Henderson, Steve Marcantonio – assistant engineers *Joe Brescio – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1981 albums The J. Geils Band albums EMI Records albums Albums recorded at Long View Farm Albums produced by Seth Justman