Four (Blues Traveler album)

Last updated
four
BluesTravelerfour.jpg
Studio album by
Blues Traveler
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1994
Recorded1993–94
Studio Bearsville (Woodstock, New York) [1]
Genre Rock
Length56:47
Label A&M
Producer Michael Barbiero
Steve Thompson
Blues Traveler chronology
Save His Soul
(1993)		four
(1994)		 Straight On till Morning
(1997)
Singles from four
  1. "Run-Around"
    Released: February 28, 1995
  2. "Hook"
    Released: August 29, 1995
  3. "The Mountains Win Again"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
The Music BoxStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Four (stylized as four) is the fourth album by American rock band Blues Traveler, released on September 13, 1994. Blues Traveler broke into the mainstream following the release of four.

Contents

four peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and is most known for its hits "Run-Around" and "Hook", which charted at No. 8 and 23, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. Both songs also charted in the top 20 on the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts. According to the RIAA, the album is certified as 6× Platinum (6 million copies sold in the U.S.). "Run-Around" won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. [6]

Track listing

  1. "Run-Around" (John Popper) – 4:40
  2. "Stand" (Popper) – 5:19
  3. "Look Around" (Popper) – 5:42
  4. "Fallible" (Chan Kinchla, Popper) – 4:47
  5. "The Mountains Win Again" (Bobby Sheehan) – 5:06
  6. "Freedom" (Popper, Sheehan) – 4:01
  7. "Crash Burn" (Kinchla, Popper) – 2:59
  8. "Price to Pay" (Kinchla, Popper) – 5:17
  9. "Hook" (Popper) – 4:49
  10. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (Kinchla, Popper, Sheehan, Brendan Hill) – 1:55
  11. "Just Wait" (Popper) – 5:34
  12. "Brother John" (Kinchla, Popper, Sheehan) – 6:38

Personnel

Blues Traveler
Additional musicians
Technical personnel

Charting singles

"Run-Around" peaked at No. 2 on the Adult Top 40 chart in 1995,[ citation needed ] and "Hook" peaked at No. 8 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart in 1996.[ citation needed ]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11] 2× Platinum200,000^
United States (RIAA) [12] 6× Platinum6,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ↑ Walsh, Christopher (13 October 2001). "Songs From The Wood: 30 Years of Bearsville Studios". Billboard. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Four at AllMusic
  3. ↑ "Four". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 2009-04-25.
  4. ↑ The Music Box review
  5. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p.  88. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone blues traveler album guide.
  6. ↑ "Four: Blues Traveler / Awards". Allmusic . Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2780". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Blues Traveler Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Blues Traveler – Four". Music Canada . Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  12. ↑ "American album certifications – Blues Traveler – Four". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 12, 2022.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blues Traveler</span> American rock band

Blues Traveler is an American rock band that formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. They are known for their extensive use of segues in live performances, and could be considered a key part of the re-emerging jam band scene of the 1990s, spearheading the H.O.R.D.E. touring music festival.

<i>Travelers and Thieves</i> 1991 studio album by Blues Traveler

Travelers and Thieves is Blues Traveler's second album, released on A&M Records in 1991. The album was released in two different versions: an album-only version, and an extremely limited two-CD pressing. The bonus disc was called On Tour Forever. On iTunes the album is listed only as Travelers due to the full name being split across two drawings, one on the cover and one inside the CD liner notes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chan Kinchla</span> American musician

Chandler Kinchla, better known as Chan Kinchla, is a Canadian-American musician best known as the guitarist for the jam band Blues Traveler.

<i>Straight On till Morning</i> (album) 1997 studio album by Blues Traveler

Straight On till Morning is the fifth album by American jam band Blues Traveler. It was released in July 1997. The title of the album, and the accompanying cover art, are from the directions to Neverland, as given by Peter Pan in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1904/1911): "Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning." It is the last of the band's albums to feature bassist Bobby Sheehan, who died of a drug overdose in 1999.

<i>2XS</i> 1982 studio album by Nazareth

2XS is the thirteenth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released internationally in 1982 by Vertigo Records, whereas its distribution was handled by NEMS International in the United Kingdom and by A&M Records in North America. Recorded and mixed at AIR Studios on the island of Montserrat, the album was produced and engineered by John Punter.

<i>Bridge</i> (Blues Traveler album) 2001 studio album by Blues Traveler

Bridge is the sixth studio album by American jam band Blues Traveler, released in May 2001. The record is the band's first since the 1999 death of original bassist, Bobby Sheehan, and the first to include new members Tad Kinchla and Ben Wilson on bass and keyboards, respectively.

<i>Blues Traveler</i> (album) 1990 studio album by Blues Traveler

Blues Traveler, the eponymous debut album from Blues Traveler, was released on A&M Records in 1990. The album features "jam structures on basic blues riffs" focused around the harmonica playing of band leader John Popper, which writer William Ruhlmann said gave the band a more focused sound than that of the Grateful Dead.

<i>Save His Soul</i> 1993 studio album by Blues Traveler

Save His Soul is the third studio album by American jam band Blues Traveler, released on April 6, 1993, by A&M Records.

<i>¡Bastardos!</i> 2005 studio album by Blues Traveler

¡Bastardos! is an American jam band Blues Traveler's eighth studio album, released on September 13, 2005, and produced by Jay Bennett.

<i>Live from the Fall</i> 1996 live album by Blues Traveler

Live From the Fall is American jam band Blues Traveler's first full-length live album, released on July 2, 1996. It presents highlights of the band's autumn 1995 tour on two discs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brendan Hill</span> Musical artist

Brendan Colin Charles Hill is an English-born American musician, best known as the drummer of the jam band Blues Traveler.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Run-Around (song)</span> 1995 single by Blues Traveler

"Run-Around" is a song by American rock band Blues Traveler, featured on their fourth studio album, Four (1994). The song was the band's breakthrough hit, peaking at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on Canada's RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. It gave the band their first Grammy Award in 1996, for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.

<i>Truth Be Told</i> (Blues Traveler album) 2003 studio album by Blues Traveler

Truth Be Told is American jam band Blues Traveler's seventh studio album, released on August 5, 2003.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tad Kinchla</span> American musician

Thaddeus Arwood "Tad" Kinchla is an American musician, who is the bassist for the jam band Blues Traveler.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hook (Blues Traveler song)</span> 1995 single by Blues Traveler

"Hook" is a song by American rock band Blues Traveler, from their fourth studio album, Four (1994). The title of the song is a reference to the term hook: "A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener". The lyrics are a commentary on the banality and vacuousness of successful pop songs, making "Hook" both a hit song and a satire of a hit song. Commercially, "Hook" peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 40 on the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart.

<i>Travelogue: Blues Traveler Classics</i> 2002 compilation album by Blues Traveler

Travelogue: Blues Traveler Classics is a compilation album by American rock band Blues Traveler, released in 2002. It is composed of the band's greatest hits from before they were dropped by A&M Records.

<i>25</i> (Blues Traveler album) 2012 compilation album by Blues Traveler

25 is a compilation album by American rock band Blues Traveler celebrating their 25th anniversary. It was released on March 6, 2012. The album's first disc is a greatest hits retrospective and the second contains a mix of rarities, including B-sides, a demo, unreleased studio tracks, and a remix of "Run-around".

<i>Suzie Cracks the Whip</i> 2012 studio album by Blues Traveler

Suzie Cracks the Whip is American jam band Blues Traveler's eleventh studio album, released on June 26, 2012.

This is the discography for American blues rock band Blues Traveler.

<i>Hurry Up & Hang Around</i> 2018 studio album by Blues Traveler

Hurry Up & Hang Around is the thirteenth studio album by American jam band Blues Traveler, released on October 12, 2018. The album was produced by Matt Rollings and released through BMG Rights Management. The album's lead single, "Accelerated Nation", was released on July 6, 2018, with a lyric video for the song being released through YouTube days later.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.