Four (album)

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Four

Studio album by Blues Traveler
Released	September 13, 1994
Genre	Rock
Length	56:47
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Michael Barbiero Steve Thompson
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Blues Traveler chronology
Save His Soul (1993)	Four (1994)	Live From The Fall (1996)

Four is the breakthrough album by American jam band Blues Traveler, released on September 13, 1994 (see 1994 in music).

Four peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (North America).

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Charting singles
4 Miscellanea

[edit] Track listing

"Run-Around" (Popper) – 4:40
"Stand" (Popper) – 5:19
"Look Around" (Popper) – 5:42
"Fallible" (Kinchla/Popper) – 4:47
"The Mountains Win Again" (Sheehan) – 5:06
"Freedom" (Popper) – 4:01
"Crash & Burn" (Kinchla/Popper) – 2:59
"Price to Pay" (Kinchla/Popper) – 5:17
"Hook" (Popper) – 4:49
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (Blues Traveler/Kinchla) – 1:55
"Just Wait" (Popper) – 5:34
"Brother John" (Kinchla/Popper/Sheehan) – 6:38

[edit] Personnel

Paul Shaffer - Keyboards
Warren Haynes - Guitar
Michael Barbiero - Producer, Engineer
Bashiri Johnson - Percussion
Brendan Hill - Percussion, Drums
Chan Kinchla - Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (bckgr)
Chuck Leavell - Piano, Keyboards
Jono Manson - Vocals
Adam Brody - Backup Singer
John Popper - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Bob Sheehan - Bass, Vocals (bckgr)
Steve Thompson - Producer

[edit] Charting singles

Billboard Music Charts (North America)

1995   Run-Around      Adult Contemporary         No. 4
1995   Run-Around      The Billboard Hot 100      No. 8
1995   Hook            Mainstream Rock Tracks     No. 15
1995   Run-Around      Mainstream Rock Tracks     No. 13
1995   Hook            Modern Rock Tracks         No. 13
1995   Run-Around      Modern Rock Tracks         No. 14
1995   Hook            Top 40 Mainstream          No. 29
1995   Run-Around      Top 40 Mainstream          No. 4
1995   Run-Around      Adult Top 40               No. 2
1996   Hook            Adult Contemporary         No. 28
1996   Hook            The Billboard Hot 100      No. 23
1996   Run-Around      Top 40 Adult Recurrents    No. 1
1996   Hook            Adult Top 40               No. 22
1996   Run-Around      Adult Top 40               No. 4
1996   Hook            Top 40 Mainstream          No. 8

[edit] Miscellanea

The song Hook shares the same harmonic structure as Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D. The song's title refers to the word hook in music terminology (the catchy element or phrase of a song which makes it distinctive). The song's lyrics bluntly assert that whatever the singer sings about is effectively meaningless, since the song's hook—the evocative and universally–recognizable harmonic structure of the Canon in D—will keep listeners coming back, even if they are unaware of the reason.