Cracked Rear View

Cracked Rear View
Studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish
Released	July 5, 1994 (1994-07-05)[1]
Recorded	1994 at N.R.G. Recording Services, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California[2]
Genre	Rock
Length	43:04
Label	Atlantic 82613
Producer	Don Gehman[2]
Hootie & the Blowfish chronology
Cracked Rear View (1994) Fairweather Johnson (1996)

Cracked Rear View is the major-label debut album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on July 5, 1994 by Atlantic Records.^[1] 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. It is the joint fifteenth best selling album of all time in the United States.^[3]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Awards 5 See also 6 Notes

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim "Soni" Sonefeld.

1. "Hannah Jane" – 3:33
2. "Hold My Hand" – 4:15
3. "Let Her Cry" – 5:08
4. "Only Wanna Be with You" – 3:46
5. "Running from an Angel" – 3:37
6. "I'm Goin' Home" – 4:11
7. "Drowning" – 5:01
8. "Time" – 4:53
9. "Look Away" – 2:38
10. "Not Even the Trees" – 4:37
11. "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 (1994)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	1
Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australia (Top 50)[5]	7
Canada (RPM100 Albums)[6]	1
Germany (Media Control Charts) [7]	45
New Zealand (RIANZ Top 50)[8]	1
UK (The Official Charts Company)[9]	12

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard 200[10]	7

Awards

Year	Winner	Category
1996	"Let Her Cry"	Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

See also

• List of best-selling albums worldwide
• List of best-selling albums in the United States

Notes

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

Hootie & the Blowfish Mark Bryan • Dean Felber • Darius Rucker • Jim Sonefeld Studio albums Cracked Rear View • Fairweather Johnson • Musical Chairs • Hootie & the Blowfish • Looking for Lucky Other albums Scattered, Smothered and Covered • The Best of Hootie & the Blowfish: 1993–2003 • Live in Charleston Singles "Hold My Hand" • "Let Her Cry" • "Only Wanna Be with You" • "Time" • "Drowning" • "Hey Hey What Can I Do" • "Old Man & Me" • "Tucker's Town" • "Sad Caper" • "I Go Blind" • "I Will Wait" • "Only Lonely" • "Innocence" • "Goodbye Girl" • "One Love" • "Get Out of My Mind"

Billboard Year-End number one albums (1990–2009) 1990: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 – Janet Jackson 1991: Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey 1992: Ropin' the Wind – Garth Brooks 1993: The Bodyguard – Soundtrack 1994: The Sign – Ace of Base 1995: Cracked Rear View – Hootie & the Blowfish 1996: Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette 1997: Spice – Spice Girls 1998: Titanic – Soundtrack 1999: Millennium – Backstreet Boys 2000: No Strings Attached – 'N Sync 2001: 1 – The Beatles 2002: The Eminem Show – Eminem 2003: Get Rich or Die Tryin' – 50 Cent 2004: Confessions – Usher 2005: The Massacre – 50 Cent 2006: Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood 2007: Daughtry – Daughtry 2008: As I Am – Alicia Keys 2009: Fearless – Taylor Swift Complete list (1956–1969) (1970–1989) (1990–2009) (2010–2029)