Sanctuary (The J. Geils Band album)

Sanctuary is the eighth studio album by American rock band The J. Geils Band. The album was released in November 1978, by EMI Records.

Sanctuary
Studio album by The J. Geils Band
Released	November 1978
Recorded	Longview Farms, North Brookfield, Massachusetts Record Plant Studios, New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	36:52
Label	EMI
Producer	Seth Justman, Joseph Wissert
The J. Geils Band chronology
Monkey Island (1977) Sanctuary (1978) Best of The J. Geils Band (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B–[2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[3]

A 1998 re-release on the Razor & Tie label added two bonus tracks, taken from the 1982 live album Showtime!.

Track listing

All songs written by Seth Justman and Peter Wolf, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Could Hurt You"	3:53
2.	"One Last Kiss"	4:19
3.	"Take It Back"	3:18
4.	"Sanctuary"	3:50
5.	"Teresa"	3:46

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Wild Man"	5:22
7.	"I Can't Believe You"	4:11
8.	"I Don't Hang Around Much Anymore"	4:37
9.	"Jus' Can't Stop Me"	3:36

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"I Do (Live)"	Melvin Mason, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Jesse Smith, Willie Stephenson	3:22
11.	"Land of a Thousand Dances"	Chris Kenner	3:27

Personnel

• Peter Wolf – vocals
• J. Geils – guitar
• Magic Dick – harmonica
• Seth Justman – keyboards, vocals
• Danny Klein – bass
• Stephen Bladd – drums, vocals

Production

• Producers: Seth Justman, Joseph Wissert
• Engineer: David Brown, David Hewitt, Jon Mathias, Kooster McAllister, Frank Pavlich, David Thoener
• Assistant engineers: Jesse Henderson, Jon Mathias
• Mixing: David Thoener
• Mastering: Joe Brescio, Elliot Federman
• Project director: Mike Ragogna
• Production coordination: David Richman
• Arranger: Seth Justman
• Layout design: Paula Bisacca
• Photography: Alen MacWeeney, Rob Van Petten
• Liner notes: John Tobler

References

1. John Franck. "Sanctuary - J. Geils Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
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. Dave Marsh (1979-03-08). "J. Geils Band: Sanctuary". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2018-09-24.