![]() The bizarre cover art only hints at the theme while a half a dozen horn players including Randy Brecker add some brass. Fans of the hard-driving rock of the group's '70s albums will find the sleek sound of Freeze Frame slightly disorienting, but the production gives the album cohesion. Geils Band finally broke through into the big leagues with Freeze Frame. The elements that are the foundation of this group's sound are sweetened up for radio, and was it ever a smart blend. by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Tempering their bar band R&B with a touch of new wave pop production, the J. Peter Wolf told Goldmine in 1983: By the time an album is finished, theres less pressure on you and the. Geils Band taking their early Atlantic sound and spiffing it up on EMI for more punch, and popularity. In this one, the fun the band was having was real. "Now I`m looking at a flashback Sunday.This freeze frame moment can`t be wrong" is the lyric and Wolfy sings it with suitable panache - just not as lewd as "Centerfold." Recorded out at Long View Farm, the luxury studio in Western, Massachusetts, the stop/go chorus was The J. As with the other two hits from the album, it is full of sexual innuendo - a novel idea of freezing a lovely moment in time - a wonderful one night stand. ![]() Geils Band were suddenly the toast of the town, also due in part to their exposure on the fledgling MTV network with the videos of the aforementioned 'Centerfold' along with 'Freeze-Frame' and 'Rage in a Cage', as. After years of touring and honing their sound, J. ![]() The title track of 1981's Freeze Frame album by the J.Geils Band, three minutes and fifty seven seconds of a Seth Justman/Peter Wolf tune - not to be confused with the title track composition of a Godley & Creme (of 10-CC fame) 1979 release - went gold and Top 4 on the heels of "Centerfold's success, but is strong enough that it would have certainly achieved the same status even without the momentum of the previous single. Digitally remastered edition of the album that took this group to the top of the charts on the strength of the single 'Centerfold'.
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