The Morning After Songs Ranked
The Morning After is a near perfect follow-up to the J. Geils Band’s self-titled debut album. It’s more of the same winning blend of rocked-out blues, jumped-up soul, and pure rock & roll wildness with enough attitude and energy to get a club full of people from zero to sweaty in less than 60 seconds. Featuring the original versions of songs that became radio staples in their live incarnations (“Looking for a Love,” the Magic Dick showcase “Whammer Jammer”), a batch of covers of rare soul gems (“So Sharp,” Don Covay’s “The Usual Place,” the aforementioned “Looking for a Love”), and some fine originals (the rip-roaring opener “I Don’t Need You No More,” the very funky “Gotta Have Your Love,” and the heart-rending ballad “Cry One More Time,” which was covered memorably by Gram Parsons on G.P.), The Morning After is definite proof that the J. Geils Band were well on their way to becoming one of the best rock & roll bands of any era. Here are all of The Morning After songs ranked.
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10. It Ain’t What You Do (It’s How You Do It!)
“The early stuff is the rawest bluesiest stuff out there and definitely contains some of their greatest work. My favorite song on this one is the last song which is so fast and incredible you will be stupefied in total amazement upon hearing it for the first time.”
9. Gotta Have Your Love
“How incredible can one band be you ask. Well let me just say I have recently given this band a full exploration and now own every single album except the very last one released in 1984.”
8. Floyd’s Hotel
“J. Geils Band second long play The Morning After is decent bluesy boogie rock, not great but decent. The lead guitar player, J. Geils plays some mean blues guitar and Danny Klein lays down a mean bass line.”
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7. The Usual Place
“Peter Wolf doesn’t quite rule the roost yet so they are a rockin blues band to this point. All that changes over the next couple long plays and they become a pop band with little to no boogie or blues or for that matter, guitar.”
6. Cry One More Time
“Very similar album to Geils debut. Lots of high energy R&B and some searing Blues. Very much music for the Urban culture of the 1970s.”
5. So Sharp
“If you didn’t know The J. Geils Band was from Boston you’d swear they were from Detroit or Chicago, the Blues Brothers would love these guys”
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4. Gonna Find Me a New Love
“J Geils is responsible for supplying pure energy to the stage. Having seen them 13 times , I can honestly say they were and are my favorite concert band. Morning after sets the stage for amplified fun . I’m still a fan of Danny Kliens band who is still performing in the Boston area”
3. Whammer Jammer
“WHAMMER JAMMER is that mouth harp romper that you may hear occasionally on the radio, probably centerpieces the side, but all in all this is typical of all early J. Geils albums of the seventies. Each one is a solid slice of a rock band giving us a great show.”
2. Looking for a Love
“Looking for a Love” the soul cover and every other song on here is a bonafide CUT!! This record, and yes, their first are musts for ANY fan of rockin R&B! Fans of new bands like the DELTA 72 and the MAKE UP need look no further for inspiration.”
1. I Don’t Need You No More
“Back in the early 70s the J. Geils Band put out some bluesy harp-and-piano style rock ‘n’ roll, and their second album, 1971s “The Morning After”, is one of their best and most varied. It opens with the catchy R&B of “I Don’t Need You No More”
