Four (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = four
Type = Album
Artist = Blues Traveler


Released = September 13, 1994
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 56:47
Label = A&M
Producer = Michael Barbiero
Steve Thompson
Reviews =
* Allmusic.com Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:n7yvad7ky8w2 link]
* The Music Box Rating|4|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/four.html link] |
Last album = "Save His Soul"
(1993)
This album = "four"
(1994)
Next album = "Straight On till Morning"
(1997)
Misc = Singles
Name = four
Type = album
Single 1 = Run-Around
Single 1 date = February 28, 1995
Single 2 = Hook
Single 2 date = August 29, 1995
Single 3 = The Mountains Win Again
Single 3 date = 1995

"Four" (officially spelled lowercase as "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) and is most known for its hit "Run-Around".

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

Personnel

*John Popper - Vocals, harmonica, 12-string guitar on "Look Around"
*Brendan Hill - Percussion, drums
*Chan Kinchla - Electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals on "Brother John"
*Bobby Sheehan - Bass, backing vocals on "Brother John"

*Paul Shaffer - Keyboards on "Stand"
*Warren Haynes - Pedal Steel guitar on "The Mountains Win Again"
*Bashiri Johnson - Percussion
*Chuck Leavell - Piano, Keyboards
*Jono Manson - Vocals on "Brother John"
*Adam Brody - Backup Singer
*Steve Thompson - Producer
*Michael Barbiero - Producer, Engineer

Charting singles

"Run-Around" peaked at #2 in the Adult Top 40 in 1995, and "Hook" peaked at #8 in the Mainstream Top 40 in 1996.

Miscellaneous

*The song "Hook" shares the same harmonic structure as Johann Pachelbel's "Canon in D".
*"The Mountains Win Again" was used in advertisements for Busch Beer.