J Geils Band: Bloodshot (Atlantic)
Ben Edmonds, Creem, August 1973
FROM THE guitar blitz that ushers in House Party, you know that, after a couple of false starts, Bloodshot is the record which finally begins to show some recognition of the tremendous potential which the J. Geils Band waved in our faces with their first album.
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