Cracked Rear View
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| Studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish | ||||
| Released | July 5, 1994[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Studio | NRG Recording Studios, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California[2] | |||
| Genre | Roots rock, pop rock, alternative rock |
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| Length | 43:04 | |||
| Label | Atlantic 82613 |
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| Producer | Don Gehman[2] | |||
| Hootie & the Blowfish chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Cracked Rear View | ||||
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Cracked Rear View is the major-label debut album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on July 5, 1994 by Atlantic Records.[1]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B[3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
Cracked Rear View is Hootie & the Blowfish's most successful album. It was the highest-selling album of 1995, with 10.5 million shipments that year alone, eventually shipping 16 million copies to retailers by March 31, 1999. It is the joint 16th-best-selling album of all time in the United States.[5] Cracked Rear View reached number one on the Billboard 200 five times over the course of 1995. The album also reached number one in Canada[6] and New Zealand.[7] Three million copies were sold through the Columbia House mail-order system.[8]
Critical reviews of Cracked Rear View were mostly positive. The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave it four and a half stars out of five, and said that it was "the success story of 1994/1995." He also said, "Although Hootie & the Blowfish aren't innovative, they deliver the goods, turning out an album of solid, rootsy folk-rock songs that have simple, powerful hooks."[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim "Soni" Sonefeld.
- "Hannah Jane" – 3:33
- "Hold My Hand" – 4:15
- "Let Her Cry" – 5:08
- "Only Wanna Be with You" – 3:46
- "Running from an Angel" – 3:37
- "I'm Goin' Home" – 4:11
- "Drowning" – 5:01
- "Time" – 4:53
- "Look Away" – 2:38
- "Not Even the Trees" – 4:37
- "Goodbye" – 4:05
- Includes hidden track "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) – 0:54
In 2001, the album was re-released on DVD-Audio with the disc featuring a discography, photo gallery, and video of a live performance of "Drowning".
Personnel
- Hootie & the Blowfish
- Mark Bryan – mandolin on "Only Wanna Be with You", piano on "Not Even the Trees", electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocal percussion
- Dean Felber – piano on "Only Wanna Be with You", bass guitar, clavinet, vocals
- Darius Rucker – vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Jim "Soni" Sonefeld – glasses on "Not Even the Trees", drums, percussion, vocals, piano
- Additional musicians
- David Crosby – background vocals on "Hold My Hand"
- Lili Haydn – violin on "Look Away" and "Running from an Angel"
- John Nau – piano on "I'm Goin' Home", Hammond organ
- Production
- Jean Cronin – art director
- Don Gehman – producer, engineer, mixing
- Michael McLaughlin – photography
- Wade Norton – assistant engineer
- Gena Rankin – production coordinator
- Eddy Schreyer – mastering
- Tim Sommer – artists and repertoire
- Liz Sroka – assistant mixing
Charts
- Album
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Top 50)[9] | 7 |
| Canada (RPM100 Albums)[6] | 1 |
| Germany (Media Control Charts) [10] | 45 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ Top 50)[7] | 1 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] | 16 |
| UK (The Official Charts Company)[12] | 12 |
| US Billboard 200[13] | 1 |
- End of decade charts
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200[14] | 7 |
Awards
| Year | Winner | Category |
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| 1996 | "Let Her Cry" | Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals |
See also
References
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| Preceded by
Friday by various artists
P•U•L•S•E by Pink Floyd Pocahontas by various artists E 1999 Eternal by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Dangerous Minds by various artists |
Billboard 200 number-one album May 27 – June 23, 1995 July 1–7, 1995 July 29 – August 4, 1995 August 26 – September 1, 1995 September 30 – October 6, 1995 |
Succeeded by P•U•L•S•E by Pink Floyd HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I by Michael Jackson Dreaming of You by Selena Dangerous Minds by various artists Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette |
