''Freeze-Frame'' is the tenth

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by American rock band the J. Geils Band, and the last one to feature original vocalist

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. The album was released on October 26, 1981, by

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. It reached number one on the United States ''Billboard'' 200 album chart in February 1982, and remained at the top for four weeks. The album featured the hit singles " Centerfold" (No. 1 US; No. 3 UK) and " Freeze Frame" (No. 4 US). " Angel in Blue" also reached the US Top 40. Keyboardist Seth Justman wrote or co-wrote all of the album as well as receiving credit as arranger and producer of the material. A 2013 ''

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'' article called "Flamethrower" the band's funkiest song and said: "With three avant-gardish anomalies that flirted with

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punk-jazz funk ("Rage in the Cage," "Insane, Insane Again," and "River Blindness") balancing out three slick Top 10 pop hits, 1981's ''Freeze Frame'' holds the rare if not impossible distinction of being simultaneously both the J. Geils Band's most blatantly pop and mostly blatantly experimental album."

Track listing

All songs written by Seth Justman except where noted.

Personnel

The J. Geils Band

– lead vocals * Seth Justman – keyboards, backing vocals *

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– guitar * Danny Klein – bass * Magic Dick – harmonica, trumpet, saxophone *Stephen Jo Bladd – drums

Additional musicians

* Randy Brecker, Tom "Bones" Malone, Lou Marini, George Young, Ronnie Cuber, Alan Rubin – horns * Tawatha Agee,

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, Fonzi Thornton,

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, Ken Williams – backing vocals *Cengiz Yaltkaya – conductor

Production

*Seth Justman – producer, arrangements *David Thoener – engineer, mixing at

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, New York *Jesse Henderson, Steve Marcantonio – assistant engineers *Joe Brescio – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

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