Fairweather Johnson

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Fairweather Johnson
Hootie & the Blowfish Fairweather Johnson CD cover.JPG
Studio album by
Hootie & the Blowfish
ReleasedApril 23, 1996 (1996-04-23)
Recorded1995
StudioThe Site, San Rafael, California
Genre
Length49:20
Label Atlantic
82886-2
Producer Don Gehman
Hootie & the Blowfish chronology
Cracked Rear View
(1994)		Fairweather Johnson
(1996)		 Musical Chairs
(1998)
Singles from Fairweather Johnson
  1. "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)"
    Released: April 2, 1996
  2. "Tucker's Town"
    Released: June 25, 1996
  3. "Sad Caper"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau’s Consumer Guide Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Now Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Spin 5/10 [7]

Fairweather Johnson is the second studio album by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996, through Atlantic Records. Three songs from the album were released as singles: "Old Man & Me", "Tucker's Town", and "Sad Caper". The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in May 1996, while their debut, Cracked Rear View , was still in the charts. It has sold 2,361,000 copies in the US as of May 2012. [8]

Contents

Despite its initial success, sales tapered off quickly, and the album earned mixed reviews; much of the criticism took aim at the album's dour, alt-rock inspired sound as opposed to the jangly radio-friendly style of Cracked Rear View. It was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of "ten career-killing albums" of the 1990s. [9] 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?" [10]

Track listing

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

  1. "Be the One" – 3:25
  2. "Sad Caper" – 2:49
  3. "Tucker's Town" – 3:45
  4. "She Crawls Away" – 4:25
  5. "So Strange" – 4:03
  6. "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" – 4:27
  7. "Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn" – 3:27
  8. "Fairweather Johnson" – 0:51
  9. "Honeyscrew" – 3:36
  10. "Let It Breathe" – 3:53
  11. "Silly Little Pop Song" – 2:56
  12. "Fool" – 3:05
  13. "Tootie" – 3:04
  14. "When I'm Lonely" – 5:34

Personnel

Hootie & the Blowfish

Other musicians

Production

Chart positions

Chart (1996) [11] Peak
position
Australian Albums chart12
Canadian Albums chart [12] 6
Dutch Albums chart37
German Albums chart41
New Zealand Albums chart6
Scottish Albums chart [13] 9
Swedish Albums chart36
Swiss Albums chart37
UK Albums chart9
US Billboard 2001

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [14] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Gold100,000‡
United States (RIAA) [16] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, David (December 2, 1996). "Hootie & the Blowfish: Fairweather Johnson : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Fairweather Johnson - Hootie & the Blowfish". AllMusic . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ "CG: Artist 590". Robert Christgau. August 6, 1996. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ Browne, David (April 26, 1996). "Music Review: 'Fairweather Johnson'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  5. ↑ Hochman, Steve (April 21, 1996). "Hootie Doesn't Blow It". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ Perlich, Tim (May 16, 2000). "Discs NOW". Now . Archived from the original on May 16, 2000. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  7. ↑ Berrett, Jesse (June 1, 1996). "SPIN Jun 1996". Spin . Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  8. ↑ Paul Grein (May 16, 2012). "Chart Watch Extra: Following Up A Monster". Yahoo Music (Chart Watch).
  9. ↑ "A Feature About Nothing: The 1990s in Lists". Pitchfork.
  10. ↑ "The Non-Definitive Guide to the Follow-Up - Article - Stylus Magazine". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Hootie & The Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com.
  12. ↑ "Canadian Album peak". Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  14. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Hootie & The Blowfish – Fairweather Johnson". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  15. ↑ "British album certifications – Hootie & The Blowfish – Fairweather Johnson". British Phonographic Industry.
  16. ↑ "American album certifications – Hootie & The Blowfish – Fairweather Johnson". Recording Industry Association of America.
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