Bloodshot (The J. Geils Band album)

Bloodshot
Studio album by
The J. Geils Band
ReleasedApril 12, 1973
StudioThe Hit Factory, New York City
GenreBlues rock
Length36:45
LabelAtlantic
ProducerBill Szymczyk
The J. Geils Band chronology
Live Full House
(1972) 		Bloodshot
(1973) 		Ladies Invited
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[3]

Bloodshot is the third studio album by American rock band The J. Geils Band. The album was released on April 12, 1973, by Atlantic Records. It was the breakthrough release for the band, reaching #10 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States, a peak that the band would not surpass until their 1981 multi-platinum album Freeze Frame. The single version of "Give it to Me", which had a very different ending from the album version, reached #30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #15 on the Cash Box Top 100.[4]

Original US vinyl copies of Bloodshot were issued using red vinyl instead of the customary black, and utilized matching red 1950s style Atlantic Records labels. The band would continue to use these vintage-style Atlantic labels, in different colors with each album release, throughout their remaining tenure with the label.

  1. ^ Tim Sendra. "Bloodshot - J. Geils Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Bud Scoppa (1973-06-21). "J. Geils Band: Bloodshot". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  4. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/30/73". Archived from the original on 2015-06-09. Retrieved 2016-09-03.