Recorded Late 1995 Fairweather Johnson
(1996) Musical Chairs
(1998) Release date 23 April 1996 Label Atlantic Records | Length 49:20 Artist Hootie & the Blowfish Producer Don Gehman | |
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Released April 23, 1996 (1996-04-23) Genres Rock music, Alternative rock, Roots rock Similar Hootie & the Blowfish albums, Alternative rock albums | ||
Hootie and the blowfish she crawls away
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. The album was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of "ten career-killing albums" of the 1990s. 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?".
Contents
Fairweather johnson hootie and the blowfish
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" – 3:45
- "She Crawls Away" – 4:25
- "So Strange" – 4:03
- "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" – 4:27
- "Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn" – 3:27
- "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
Songs
1Be the One3:26
2Sad Caper2:49
3Tucker's Town4:02