Cracked Rear View

Cracked Rear View is the debut studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish, released on July 5, 1994 by Atlantic Records.^[1] The album became extremely popular and remains one of the best-selling albums in history.

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..^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	B^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[5]

Cracked Rear View is Hootie & the Blowfish's most successful album. 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 16th-best-selling album of all time in the United States.^[6] Cracked Rear View reached number one on the Billboard 200 five times over the course of 1995. The album also reached number one in Canada^[7] and New Zealand.^[8] Three million copies were sold through the Columbia House mail-order system.^[9]

Critical reviews of Cracked Rear View were mostly positive. The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave it four and a half stars out of five, and said that it was "the success story of 1994/1995." He also said, "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."^[1]

Track listing

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

"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

Includes hidden track "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) – 0:54

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".

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 (1995)	Peak position
Australia (Top 50)^[10]	7
Canada (RPM100 Albums)^[7]	1
Germany (Media Control Charts) ^[11]	45
New Zealand (RIANZ Top 50)^[8]	1
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[12]	16
UK (The Official Charts Company)^[13]	12
US Billboard 200^[14]	1

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard 200^[15]	7

Awards

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

References

1 2 3 4 Stephen Thomas Erlweine. "Cracked Rear View — Hootie & the Blowfish : Overview". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
1 2 Cracked Rear View (CD liner). Hootie & the Blowfish. United States: Atlantic Records. 1994. 82613-2.
↑ Sommer, Tim (July 14, 2016). "My Life in the Bush of Hootie: How I Signed the Biggest Band of 1995". New York Observer. Jared Kushner.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Hootie and the Blowfish". RobertChristgau.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
↑ Evans, Paul (February 2, 1998). "Hootie & the Blowfish: Cracked Rear View : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
↑ RIAA Top 100 Archived January 17, 2010, at WebCite
1 2 "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.
1 2 "Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Archived from the original (ASP) on February 2, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
↑ Zaleski, Anne (June 9, 2015). "Four Columbia House Insiders Explain the Shady Math Behind '8 CDs for a Penny'". The A.V. Club.
↑ "Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish". australian-charts. Hung Medien. Archived from the original (ASP) on February 20, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
↑ Steffen Hung. "Hootie & The Blowfish – Cracked Rear View". swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
↑ . Official Charts Company http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19950312/40/. Retrieved 17 February 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish" (PHP). Chartstats. United Kingdom: The Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
↑ "Hootie & the Blowfish — Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
↑ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade — The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.

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

Extended Play	Kootchypop

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 (When I Get to Heaven)" "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

1956–1975	1956: Calypso – Harry Belafonte 1957: Music from My Fair Lady – Original Cast 1958: Music from My Fair Lady – Original Cast 1959: The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini 1960: Music from The Sound of Music – Original Cast 1961: Camelot – Original Cast 1962: West Side Story – Soundtrack 1963: West Side Story – Soundtrack 1964: Music from Hello, Dolly! – Original Cast 1965: Music from Mary Poppins – Soundtrack 1966: Whipped Cream & Other Delights – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass 1967: More of the Monkees – The Monkees 1968: Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1969: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida – Iron Butterfly 1970: Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel 1971: Jesus Christ Superstar – Soundtrack 1972: Harvest – Neil Young 1973: The World Is a Ghetto – War 1974: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John 1975: Greatest Hits – Elton John

1976–2000	1976: Frampton Comes Alive! – Peter Frampton 1977: Rumours – Fleetwood Mac 1978: Saturday Night Fever – Soundtrack 1979: 52nd Street – Billy Joel 1980: The Wall – Pink Floyd 1981: Hi Infidelity – REO Speedwagon 1982: Asia – Asia 1983: Thriller – Michael Jackson 1984: Thriller – Michael Jackson 1985: Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen 1986: Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston 1987: Slippery When Wet – Bon Jovi 1988: Faith – George Michael 1989: Don't Be Cruel – Bobby Brown 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: Music from the Motion Picture – James Horner 1999: Millennium – Backstreet Boys 2000: No Strings Attached – NSYNC

2001–present	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 2010: I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle 2011: 21 – Adele 2012: 21 – Adele 2013: The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake 2014: Frozen – Soundtrack 2015: 1989 – Taylor Swift 2016: 25 – Adele

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