Fairweather Johnson
Fairweather Johnson | ||||
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Studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish | ||||
Released | April 23, 1996 | |||
Recorded | Late 1995 | |||
Genre | Pop rock, roots rock, alternative rock | |||
Length | 49:23 | |||
Label | Atlantic 82886-2 |
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Producer | Don Gehman | |||
Hootie & the Blowfish chronology | ||||
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Singles from Fairweather Johnson | ||||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
Los Angeles Times | [4] |
Robert Christgau | [5] |
Rolling Stone | [6] |
Fairweather Johnson is the second studio album by the band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996. Three songs from the album were released as singles: "Old Man & Me", "Tucker's Town", and "Sad Caper". The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in May 1996. It has sold 2,361,000 copies in the US as of May 2012.[7] The album was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of "ten career-killing albums" of the 1990s.[8] Stylus Magazine shared sentiments, including it in their "Non-Definitive Guide to the Follow-Up", saying "really, everyone saw this one coming a mile off. Who was really gonna care about another Hootie album?".[9]
Track listing
All songs written by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim "Soni" Sonefeld.
- "Be the One" – 3:25
- "Sad Caper" – 2:49
- "Tucker's Town" – 4:02
- "She Crawls Away" – 4:09
- "So Strange" – 4:03
- "Old Man & Me (When I Get To Heaven)" – 4:27
- "Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn" – 3:29
- "Fairweather Johnson" – 0:51
- "Honeyscrew" – 3:36
- "Let It Breathe" – 3:53
- "Silly Little Pop Song" – 2:56
- "Fool" – 3:05
- "Tootie" – 3:04
- "When I'm Lonely" – 5:34
Chart positions
Chart (1996)[10] | Peak position |
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Australian Albums chart | 12 |
Canadian Albums chart[11] | 6 |
Dutch Albums chart | 37 |
German Albums chart | 41 |
New Zealand Albums chart | 6 |
Scottish Albums chart[12] | 9 |
Swedish Albums chart | 36 |
Swiss Albums chart | 37 |
UK Albums chart | 9 |
US Billboard 200 | 1 |
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- ↑ http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7856-a-feature-about-nothing-the-1990s-in-lists/4/
- ↑ http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/the-non-definitive-guide-to-the-follow-up.htm
- ↑ http://swisscharts.com/album/Hootie-&-The-Blowfish/Fairweather-Johnson-2306
- ↑ Canadian Album peak
- ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19960428/40/
Preceded by | Billboard 200 number-one album May 11–24, 1996 |
Succeeded by The Score by Fugees |
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