Freeze Frame (The J. Geils Band album)

Freeze-Frame
Studio album by
the J. Geils Band
ReleasedOctober 26, 1981 (1981-10-26)
Recorded1980–1981
StudioLong View Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Genre
Length40:55
LabelEMI
ProducerSeth Justman
The J. Geils Band chronology
Love Stinks
(1980) 		Freeze-Frame
(1981) 		Showtime!
(1982)
Singles from Freeze-Frame
  1. "Centerfold/"Rage in the Cage"
    Released: September 13, 1981
  2. "Freeze-Frame/"Flamethrower"
    Released: January 14, 1982
  3. "Angel in Blue/"River Blindness"
    Released: May 26, 1982

Freeze-Frame is the tenth studio album by American rock band the J. Geils Band, and the last one to feature original vocalist Peter Wolf. The album was released on October 26, 1981, by EMI Records. 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 "Centerfold" (No. 1 US; No. 3 UK) and "Freeze Frame" (No. 4 US). "Angel in Blue" also reached the US Top 40.

Keyboardist Seth Justman wrote or co-wrote all of the album as well as receiving credit as arranger and producer of the material.

  1. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (May 27, 2020). "The Number Ones: The J. Geils Band's "Centerfold". Stereogum. Retrieved July 21, 2023. But on Freeze Frame, the band latched onto the twitchy, bleepy aesthetic of new-wave rockers like the Cars...