Monkey Island (album)

This article describes the album. For other uses of the name, see Monkey Island (disambiguation).

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	B+
Rolling Stone	(favorable) link

Monkey Island is the ninth album by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). This was the only album that the J. Geils Band released under another name, i.e. "Geils".

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Wolf and Seth Justman except as noted

1. "Surrender" – 3:49
2. "You're the Only One" – 3:05
3. "I Do" (Melvin Mason, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Alfred Smith, Willie Stephenson) – 3:09
4. "Somebody" – 5:13
5. "I'm Falling" – 5:41
6. "Monkey Island" – 9:02
7. "I'm Not Rough" (Louis Armstrong) – 3:03
8. "So Good" – 3:19
9. "Wreckage" – 5:23

Personnel

• Stephen Jo Bladd - percussion, drums, vocals
• J. Geils - guitar
• Seth Justman - keyboard, vocals
• Danny Klein - bass
• Magic Dick - harmonica, trumpet, harmonium
• Peter Wolf - vocals

Additional personnel

• Evette Benton - background vocals on 8
• Michael Brecker - saxophone, tenor saxophone, tenor solo on 5
• Randy Brecker - trumpet
• Michelle Cobbs - background vocals on 1 & 6
• Ronnie Cuber - saxophone
• Lew Del Gatto - saxophone
• Cissy Houston - lead vocals on 1
• Barbara Ingram - background vocals on 8
• Arif Mardin - strings conductor
• Theresa Reed - background vocals on 1 & 6
• Alan Rubin - trumpet
• Lew Soloff - trumpet
• G. Diane Sumler - background vocals on 1 & 6
• Harriet Tharpe - background vocals on 8
• Luther Vandross - background vocals on 1 & 6
• Frank Vicari - saxophone

Production

• Producers: J. Geils Band
• Engineer: David Thoener
• Assistant engineers: Jay Krugman, Rod O'Brien, Corky Stasiak
• Mixing: David Thoener
• Remastering: George Marino
• Design: Peter Corriston
• Photography: Alen MacWeeney

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Pop Albums	51

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1977	"You're The Only One"	Pop Singles	83

Later Samples

• "I'm Not Rough"
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