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]

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

1. ^ ^{a b} Stephen Thomas Erlweine. "Cracked Rear View — Hootie & the Blowfish : Overview". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/cracked-rear-view-r203110. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} (1994) Album notes for Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish [CD liner]. United States: Atlantic Records (82613-2).
3. ^ RIAA Top 100
4. ^ "Hootie & the Blowfish — Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hootie-the-blowfish-p44727/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
5. ^ "Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish" (ASP). australian-charts. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Hootie+%26+The+Blowfish&titel=Cracked+Rear+View&cat=a. Retrieved December 28, 2010. 
6. ^ "RPM — Item Display : Top Albums/CDs — Volume 62, No. 3, August 21, 1995" (PHP). Library and Archives Canada. March 31, 2004. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2735&type=2&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3. 
7. ^ http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Hootie+%26+The+Blowfish&titel=Cracked+Rear+View&cat=a
8. ^ "Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish" (ASP). charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Hootie+%26+The+Blowfish&titel=Cracked+Rear+View&cat=a. Retrieved December 28, 2010. 
9. ^ "Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish" (PHP). Chartstats. United Kingdom: The Official Charts Company. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=13025. Retrieved December 28, 2010. 
10. ^ 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. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. 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