Cracked Rear View

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Cracked Rear View

Studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish
Released	July 5, 1994
Recorded	1994 at North Hollywood, USA
Genre	Rock
Length	43:04
Label	Atlantic
Producer(s)	Gloria Gabriel, Don Gehman
All Music Guide link The Music Box link
Hootie & the Blowfish chronology
	Cracked Rear View (1994)	Fairweather Johnson (1996)

Cracked Rear View is the debut album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released in 1994. It was the highest-selling album of the year, and it eventually sold over 16 million copies to retailers in the U.S., earning a Diamond certificate from the RIAA along the way (for 10 million+ albums sold). 9,817,666 were sold to the public according to Soundscan as per 1999. It is currently tied with 6 other albums, all certified 16x platinum, for the 12th best selling album of all time in the United States. [1]

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 Charts
5 Awards

[edit] Track listing

"Hannah Jane" (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld) – 3:33
"Hold My Hand" (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld) – 4:15
"Let Her Cry" (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld) – 5:08
"Only Wanna Be With You" (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld) – 3:46
"Running from an Angel" (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld) – 3:37
"I'm Goin' Home" (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld) – 4:10
"Drowning" (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld) – 5:01
"Time" (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld) – 4:53
"Look Away" – 2:38
"Not Even the Trees" (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld) – 4:37
"Goodbye" (Bryan, Felber, Rucker, Sonefeld) – 4:05
"Sometimes I Feel (Like A Motherless Child)" (J.W. Johnson & J.R. Johnson) – 0:53

[edit] Personnel

Mark Bryan
Dean Felber - piano, bass, vocals, clavinet
Darius Rucker - acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals
Jim Sonefeld - percussion, piano, drums, vocals, glasses

Additional personnel

David Crosby - background vocals
Lili Haydn - viola
John Nau - piano, Hammond organ

[edit] Production

Producers: Gloria Gabriel, Don Gehman
Engineer: Don Gehman
Assistant engineer: Wade Norton
Mixing: Don Gehman
Mixing assistant: Liz Sroka
Mastering: Eddy Schreyer
Production coordination: Gena Maria Rankin
Art direction: Jean Cronin
Photography: Mike McLaughlin

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1994	Heatseekers	1
1994	The Billboard 200	1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"Hold My Hand"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	4
1994	"Hold My Hand"	Top 40 Mainstream	7
1994	"Let Her Cry"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	28
1995	"Drowning"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	21
1995	"Hold My Hand"	Adult Contemporary	6
1995	"Hold My Hand"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	30
1995	"Hold My Hand"	The Billboard Hot 100	10
1995	"Hold My Hand"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	2
1995	"Hold My Hand"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	5
1995	"Hold My Hand"	Top 40 Mainstream	2
1995	"Let Her Cry"	Adult Contemporary	6
1995	"Let Her Cry"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	9
1995	"Let Her Cry"	Modern Rock Tracks	34
1995	"Let Her Cry"	The Billboard Hot 100	9
1995	"Let Her Cry"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	10
1995	"Let Her Cry"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	10
1995	"Let Her Cry"	Top 40 Mainstream	2
1995	"Only Wanna Be With You"	Adult Contemporary	3
1995	"Only Wanna Be With You"	Adult Top 40	2
1995	"Only Wanna Be With You"	Adult Top 40	7
1995	"Only Wanna Be With You"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	2
1995	"Only Wanna Be With You"	Modern Rock Tracks	22
1995	"Only Wanna Be With You"	The Billboard Hot 100	6
1995	"Only Wanna Be With You"	Top 40 Mainstream	1
1995	"Time"	Adult Contemporary	4
1995	"Time"	Adult Top 40	1
1995	"Time"	The Billboard Hot 100	14
1996	"Only Wanna Be With You"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	2
1996	"Time"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	26
1996	"Time"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	1