Cracked Rear View
Cracked Rear View | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 5, 1994[1][2] | |||
Recorded | November 1993 − March 1994 | |||
Studio | NRG Recording Studios, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California[3] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 46:36 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Don Gehman[3] | |||
Hootie & the Blowfish chronology | ||||
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Singles from Cracked Rear View | ||||
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Cracked Rear View is the debut studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on July 5, 1994, by Atlantic Records.[2] Released to positive critical reviews, it eventually became one of the highest-selling albums in the United States, and also one of the best-selling albums worldwide, with over 20 million units.[4]
Recording
Don Gehman was chosen by A&R man Tim Sommer as a producer because of his previous work with John Mellencamp and R.E.M.[5] It cost US$200,000 to make.[6]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
Kerrang! | [10] |
MusicHound Rock | [11] |
Rolling Stone | [12] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [13] |
Cracked Rear View is Hootie & the Blowfish's most successful album. Cracked Rear View reached number one on the
Critical reviews of Cracked Rear View were mostly positive. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine crowned the album as "the success story of 1994/1995." He also stated "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."[2]
Track listing
All songs written by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim "Soni" Sonefeld, except where noted.
- "Hannah Jane" – 3:33
- "Hold My Hand" – 4:15
- "Let Her Cry" – 5:08
- "Only Wanna Be with You" – 3:46 (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld, Bob Dylan)
- "Running from an Angel" – 3:37
- "I'm Goin' Home" – 4:10
- "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) – 0:53
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".
The 25th anniversary edition from 2019 includes the following bonus discs:
Disc 2: B-sides, Outtakes, Pre-LP Independent Recordings
- "All That I Believe"
- "I Go Blind" (Neil Osborne, Phil Comparelli, Brad Merritt, Darryl Neudorf)
- "Almost Home"
- "Fine Line"
- "Where Were You"
- "Hey, Hey What Can I Do" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)
- "The Old Man and Me" – Kootchypop Version
- "Hold My Hand" – Kootchypop Version
- "If You're Going My Way" – Kootchypop Version
- "Sorry's Not Enough" – Kootchypop Version
- "Only Wanna Be with You" – Kootchypop Version
- "Running from an Angel" – 1991 Version
- "Time" – 1991 Version
- "Let Her Cry" – 1991 Version
- "Drowning" – 1991 Version
- "I Don't Understand"
- "Little Girl"
- "Look Away" – 1990 Version
- "Let My People Go"
- "Hold My Hand" – 1990 Version
Disc 3: Live at Nick's Fat City, Pittsburgh, PA, February 3, 1995
- "Hannah Jane"
- "I Go Blind"
- "Not Even the Trees"
- "If You're Going My Way"
- "Look Away"
- "Fine Line"
- "Let Her Cry"
- "Motherless Child"
- "I'm Goin' Home"
- "Use Me"
- "Running from an Angel"
- "Sorry's Not Enough"
- "Drowning"
- "The Old Man and Me"
- "Only Wanna Be with You"
- "Time"
- "Goodbye"
- "Lennon-McCartney)
- "Hold My Hand"
- "Love the One You're With" (Stephen Stills)
DVD
- 5.1 Surround Soundmix of the original album
Hi-Res 24/96 Bonus Tracks
- "All That I Believe"
- "I Go Blind"
- "Almost Home"
- "Fine Line"
- "Where Were You"
Music videos:
- "Hold My Hand"
- "Let Her Cry"
- "Only Wanna Be with You"
- "Time"
- "Drowning" – Live
Personnel
Hootie & the Blowfish
- Mark Bryan – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocal percussion, mandolin on "Only Wanna Be with You", piano on "Not Even the Trees",
- Dean Felber – bass guitar, clavinet, vocals, piano on "Only Wanna Be with You"
- Darius Rucker – vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Jim "Soni" Sonefeld – drums, percussion, vocals, piano on "Look Away" and "Goodbye", glasses on "Not Even the Trees"
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 direction
- Don Gehman – production, engineering, mixing
- Michael McLaughlin – photography
- Wade Norton – assistant engineering
- Gena Rankin – production coordination
- Eddy Schreyer – mastering
- Tim Sommer – artists and repertoire
- Liz Sroka – assistant mixing
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[34] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[35] | Diamond | 1,000,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[36] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[37] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[38] | 21× Platinum | 21,000,000‡ |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 20,000,000[39] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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
- ^ The Hard Report (July 1, 1994). "#3 Most Added". Hard Report, the (381): 9.
from the debut album Cracked Rear View out July 5
- ^ Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Cracked Rear View (CD liner). Hootie & the Blowfish. United States: Atlantic Records. 1994. 82613-2.
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- ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Archivedfrom the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
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- ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
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- ^ Evans, Paul (October 20, 1994). "Hootie & the Blowfish: Cracked Rear View". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
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- ^ Caulfield, Keith (July 5, 2012). "Usher's 'Confessions' Album Hits 10 Million in U.S. Sales". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ "Four Columbia House insiders explain the shady math behind "8 CDs for a penny"". The A.V. Club. June 10, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
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- ^ RIAA Top 100 Archived July 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "RPM — Item Display : Top Albums/CDs — Volume 62, No. 3, August 21, 1995". Library and Archives Canada. March 31, 2004. Archived from the original (PHP) on February 2, 2014.
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