Editing You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd

{{Infobox album
| name       = You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[the J. Geils Band]]
| cover      = J. Geils Band - You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 5, 1984
| recorded   = 1983
| studio     = [[Long View Farm]], Brookfield, Massachusetts, US<ref name="liner notes"/>
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length     = 43:58
| label      = [[EMI Records|EMI]]
| producer   = Seth Justman
| prev_title = [[Showtime!]]
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name=allm>{{cite web|first=James |last=Chrispell |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/youre-gettin-even-while-im-gettin-odd-mw0000857549 |title=You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd - J. Geils Band |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2018-09-28}}</ref>
| rev2      = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2score = B−<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=4863 |title=Album: The J. Geils Band: You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd |publisher=Robert Christgau |access-date=2018-09-28}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |pages=275–276}}</ref>
}}
'''''You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd''''' is the eleventh and final [[studio album]] by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the J. Geils Band]] and the only one recorded without singer [[Peter Wolf]]. The band's keyboardist [[Seth Justman]] produced the album, did all the song and horn arrangements, wrote all the songs with lyrical help from Paul Justman, and provided the majority of the album's lead vocals, with drummer Stephen Jo Bladd singing lead on three tracks. Compared to the band's earlier works, which leaned towards a more live rock band sound, ''You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd'' emphasizes overdubbing and production.<ref name=allm/> The album was released on October 5, 1984, by [[EMI Records]].

The album contained one single, "Concealed Weapons", which peaked at No. 63 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.  ''[[Cash Box]]'' said of "Concealed Weapons" that "J. Geils here rocks hard and with a contemporary feeling on a track that makes a statement of sorts against its title."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-11-03.pdf|date=November 3, 1984|accessdate=2022-07-26|page=9}}</ref>  ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called it a "playful rock 'n' roll stomper."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Reviews|date=November 3, 1984|accessdate=2023-02-10|page=82|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCQEAAAAMBAJ&q=reviews}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All music written by [[Seth Justman]], lyrics written by Seth and Paul Justman.
{{Track listing

| title1 = Concealed Weapons
| length1 = 3:30

| title2 = Heavy Petting
| length2 = 4:16

| title3 = Wasted Youth
| length3 = 4:30

| title4 = Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe
| length4 = 3:54

| title5 = Tell 'Em, Jonesy
| length5 = 4:46

| title6 = You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd
| length6 = 6:56

| title7 = The Bite from Inside
| length7 = 5:50

| title8 = Californicatin{{'-}}
| length8 = 4:07

| title9 = I Will Carry You Home
| length9 = 6:09
}}

==Personnel==
;The J. Geils Band
*[[Seth Justman]] – keyboards, lead (1, 3–8) and backing vocals, spoken word (5)
*[[J. Geils]] – guitars
*[[Danny Klein]] – bass guitar, "flex bass"
*[[Magic Dick]] – harmonicas (7, 8), soprano saxophone, backing vocals
*Stephen Jo Bladd – drums, lead (2, 4, 9) and backing vocals<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media |type=liner notes |title=You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd |publisher=[[EMI Records]] |date=1984}}</ref>

;The Uptown Horns
*Crispin Cioe – alto and baritone saxophones
*Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone
*Paul Litteral – trumpet

;Additional personnel
*[[Phoebe Snow]] – backing vocal (4)
*Cookie Watkins, [[Fonda Rae]], and Judith Spears – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 9)
*The Institutional Radio Choir (directed by Carl Williams, Jr.) – backing vocals (9)
*Jim Donnelly – backing vocals

==Charts==
'''Album'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (1984)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|80|artist=The J Geils Band|rowheader=true|access-date=September 8, 2020}}
|}

'''Singles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Chart
!Position	
|-	
|rowspan=2|1984
|rowspan=2|"Concealed Weapons"
|''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-j-geils-band/chart-history/hsi/ |title=The J. Geils Band Chart History: Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|63
|-
|''Billboard'' Top Rock Tracks<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-j-geils-band/chart-history/rtt/ |title=The J. Geils Band Chart History: Mainstream Rock Songs |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|26
|}

==References==
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{{The J. Geils Band}}

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[[Category:1984 albums]]
[[Category:The J. Geils Band albums]]
[[Category:EMI Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Seth Justman]]