Cracked Rear View
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| Studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish | |||||
| Released | July 5, 1994 | ||||
| Recorded | 1994 at North Hollywood, USA | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 43:04 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||
| Producer | Gloria Gabriel, Don Gehman | ||||
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Cracked Rear View is the debut album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released in 1994. It was the highest-selling album of 1995, 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.) It is currently tied with seven other albums, all certified 16x platinum, for the 13th best selling album of all time in the United States[1].
It is tied with classic rock band Boston for best-selling debut of all time, beating out Guns N Roses' Appetite for Destruction.
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[edit] Track listing
- All songs written by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker, and Jim 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
- "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
- "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (J. W. Johnson and J. R. Johnson) – 0:53[2]
[edit] Song notes
[edit] Only Wanna Be with You
[edit] Drowning
"Drowning" deals with racism in America and makes references to an ongoing controversy in Hootie & the Blowfish's home state of South Carolina.
| Why is there a rebel flag hanging from the state house walls? |
A later verse of the song makes reference to the Nanci Griffith song "It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go":
| Nanci singing it's a hard life wherever you go |
| About some fat racist living in Chicago |
| Trying to teach his kids to hate everyone |
| Well tell me why is that something you wanna teach your son? |
[edit] Personnel
- Mark Bryan - Guitar
- Dean Felber - piano, bass, vocals, clavinet
- Darius Rucker - acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals
- Jim Sonefeld - percussion, piano, drums, vocals, glasses
[edit] 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 |
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| 1994 | Heatseekers | 1 |
| 1995 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 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 |
[edit] Awards
| Year | Winner | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Let Her Cry" | Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal |
[edit] Notes
- ^ RIAA Top 100
- ^ In some software-based audio players and CD rippers that use CD lookup databases such as CDDB or Freedb, Sometimes I Feel (Like a Motherless Child) is mistakenly tagged as "Sometimes I Feel" or "Cracked Rear View".
| Preceded by Friday (soundtrack) by Various artists |
Billboard 200 number-one album May 27 - June 20, 1995 July 1 - July 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 |
