キーボードのセス・ジャストマンのプロデュースにより、J.Geils Band のポップな魅力が大爆発したアルバムです。印象的なカメラのシャッター音の後、セスのオルガンがポップなイントロを奏でるタイトル曲の他、とにかくセスの活躍が目立ちます。同じようにオルガンのイントロが印象的な堕ちた天使 (Centerfold) はあまりにも有名な曲 (セスの曲) で、J.Geils Band と言えばこの曲を思い浮かべてしまうほどのポップな名曲です。ストリングスが使われた Do You Remember When の寂し気なヴォーカルも心に残ります。しかしこの後にヴォーカルのピーター・ウルフが脱退。ピーター抜きで『You Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd』(再発熱望!!) が発表されますが、その後に解散してしまいますので、実質的なラスト・アルバムと言えるでしょう。熱いヴォーカルと演奏に涼し気なオルガンが絡む夏に最高の一枚です。
I purchase a lot of CDs; rip 'em to MP3, put 'em on my phone, and listen when I can. While I'm ripping, I'll listen to a song or two and then move on. Not this album - I sat there and listened to the whole thing, thinking back to the days I drove around in my dad's Pinto with a stand-alone cassette player sitting on the passenger seat. I got to "Piss On The Wall" and was reminded of a joke I'd done with my cassette version of this album back in the day: I recorded myself taking a leak at the very end of the song, and my buddies thought it was all part of the studio recording. I got used to hearing it at the end of the song myself - sadly, I can't do that with the CD and this version doesn't feature it. ;)
Go back into the memory lane with this the greatest (for me) album from this band. With a wonderful music, they ushered what was coming in the music scene of the 80s, the decade where more musical bands, incredible songs and albums were created. You wont go wrong with it.