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The J. Geils Band - Love Stinks

Happy Valentine's Day. "Love Stinks" was probably the first time I remember hearing The J. Geils Band Band. There was a video I saw once that was so goofy I wasn't sure how to process what I was seeing - was it terrible or awesome? It.Was.Awesome. I was hanging out at buddies house for the weekend around the time the album came out and Gerry says, "Hey check this out." He plays "No Anchovies, Please" and I'm enthralled. Over the last forty plus years, I hadn't heard that song until I put the record for the first time in the basement. But, I'm getting ahead of myself ... I need a preamblemeanderamble first. The J. Geils Band broke wide open to the masses after a long career as a party band who managed to avoid their big break as they built up their audience - which honestly was unbeknownst to me at the time. Nor did I know that Love Stinks was their tenth album, and they were going to peak a year later with Freeze Frame , and then quiet...