Cracked Rear View
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| Studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish | ||||
| Released | July 5, 1994[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1994 at N.R.G. Recording Services, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California[2] | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 43:04 | |||
| Label | Atlantic 82613 |
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| Producer | Don Gehman[2] | |||
| Hootie & the Blowfish chronology | ||||
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B[3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
Cracked Rear View is Hootie & the Blowfish's most successful album to date. 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 and selling 10.2 million copies by May 16, 2012.[5] It is the joint 16th-best-selling album of all time in the United States.[6]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[7] and New Zealand.[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
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 |
|---|---|
| Australia (Top 50)[9] | 7 |
| Canada (RPM100 Albums)[7] | 1 |
| Germany (Media Control Charts) [10] | 45 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ Top 50)[8] | 1 |
| UK (The Official Charts Company)[11] | 12 |
| US Billboard 200[12] | 1 |
- End of decade charts
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200[13] | 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 |
References
- ^ a b c d Stephen Thomas Erlweine. "Cracked Rear View — Hootie & the Blowfish : Overview". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Cracked Rear View (CD liner). Hootie & the Blowfish. United States: Atlantic Records. 1994. 82613-2.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Hootie and the Blowfish". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
- ^ Evans, Paul (1998-02-02). "Hootie & the Blowfish: Cracked Rear View : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
- ^ Grein, Paul (2012-05-16). "Chart Watch Extra: Following Up A Monster". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ^ RIAA Top 100
- ^ a b "RPM — Item Display : Top Albums/CDs — Volume 62, No. 3, August 21, 1995" (PHP). Library and Archives Canada. March 31, 2004.
- ^ a b "Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish" (ASP). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
- ^ "Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish" (ASP). australian-charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ^ "Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish" (PHP). Chartstats. United Kingdom: The Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
- ^ "Hootie & the Blowfish — Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
- ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade — The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
| 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 |
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