This monumental record is currently the tenth bestselling album of all time in the u. The recording of cracked rear view took only three weeks. Cracked rear view reached number 1 in the billboard top 200 five times in 1995 and produced four of their biggest hits. Jun 26, 2010 look away as performed by hootie and the blowfish from the album cracked rear view released in 1994 on the atlantic record label. Review dominating this hugely appealing majorlabel debut, darius ruckers voice is a thrilling discovery. Cracked rear view was the bands first major label release. Only wanna be with you cracked rear view originally came out in 1994, and only wanna be with you and hold my hand ruled the airwaves.
The deluxe edition of cracked rear view also boasts a live recording of the bands february 3, 1995 concert at nicks fat city in pittsburgh, pa. Hold on, the new albums launch single, lifts 4342 on country airplay 2. Just picked up a sealed copy of hooties cracked rear view on vinyl, and cant seem to find the vinyl version for sale anywhere online. Terrible recording that i would have accepted 20 years ago as a bootleg. This is a fan video and no infringement intended all. Before that, the group led with cracked rear view 1995 and fairweather johnson 1996. Time as performed by hootie and the blowfish from the album cracked rear view released in 1994 on the atlantic record label. As of july 2010update, the band had charted sixteen singles on various.
Typically delivered to united states in 36 business days. These few, yet significant caveats spoil an otherwise fine effort by a hot debut act. In the future, maybe hootie will reflect and avoid mirroring the few mistakes of cracked rear view. Today, cracked rear view is the 19th bestselling record in the country. Its a startling, large number, especially for a new band, but in some ways, the success of the record isnt that. This baffled lots of people, and it can partly be understood as a backlash against too much grunge. It came out on july 5, 1994, but it was not providing the soundtrack for many belated independence day barbecues. Listening to cracked rear view 25 years later, the record suffers somewhat from its success. Hootie and the blowfish look away lyrics cracked rear view.
Every record is shipped in original factoryapplied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands. May, 2015 cracked rear view was the bands first major label release. Nov 12, 2019 before that, the group led with cracked rear view 1995 and fairweather johnson 1996. Released in 1994, it went on to be the highest selling album of 1995 and tallied over ten million total copies sold over the next two decades. Their blend of pop, folk, blues, soul and rock made them hard to pigeonhole, but easily accessible to anyone who loved good music. Jul 06, 2019 today, cracked rear view is the 19th bestselling record in the country. Hootie and the blowfishs debut album cracked rear view was the success story of 19941995, with sales clocking more than 25 million worldwide since july 1994. Its loaded with four amazing songs, ubiquitous radio hits that cast a long shadow over the album tracks, making the album feel less like a debut record and more like a greatest hits package. Its the bestselling debut album of all time to date. Stream cracked rear view by hootie and the blowfish and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. I really enjoyed hearing those old kootchypop versions. Hootie the blowfishcracked rear viewflac 96khz24bit.
Cracked rear view lp 12 album 33 rpm vinyl hootie and. Of course this is one of the albums of the century in my view, the b sides are also good collection of songs that most fans will already have. Hootie cracked rear view vinyl records and cds for sale. The southern poprockers, featuring lead singer darius rucker, mark bryan, jim sonefeld and dean felber, broke out with their. Despite being four of the most regular guys to make one of the 20 bestselling albums of alltime with 1994s cracked rear view, which has shipped 21 million copies worldwide, their popularity is viewed as somewhat of a fad from the era between grunge and teen pop. As of 2019, the monumental record is the tenth bestselling album. They were originally formed in 1986 at the university of south carolina by darius rucker, dean felber, jim sonefeld, and mark bryan. Cracked rear view set for 25th anniversary reissues hootie. I bought the original cracked rear view disc when it came out back in 1994 before that i had a copy of the kootchypop ep that came out in 1993 but it got misplaced. Im also not going to include record clubonly editions i know of some from columbia house, bmg and even the musical. I recommend this to any hootie and the blowfish fans. Hootie the blowfishcracked rear viewvinyl recordacoustic.
Those four songs helped cracked rear view finish as the highestselling record of 1995 and, as of now, the 16th highest selling record of all time in the us according to the recording industry. All the ones im going to mention are american pressings. Recorded just a few weeks after cracked rear viewwas certified gold, most of the concert has never been released, including performances of quot. Their mainstream debut album was cracked rear view 1994. View results and future entries as well as statistics by course, race type and prize money. Recorded just a few weeks after cracked rear view was certified gold, most of the concert has never been released, including performances of i go blind, hold my hand and a cover of love the one. Hootie and the blowfishs 1994 major label debut remains one of. The monumental record is currently the tenth bestselling album of all time. Ghost writing on front cover under title see picture.
With the rich, bluesy vocals of darius rucker and gleeful harmonies of. The singalong factor is ridiculous on the tunes, which helped elevate the fulllength to 16timesplatinum status, and cracked is the 16thbestselling album of all time in the u. It is the joint 19thbestselling album of all time in the united states. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. Cracked rear view vinyl lp rare green marbled vinyl. The monumental record is currently the tenth bestselling album of all time in the u. Jun 18, 2010 time as performed by hootie and the blowfish from the album cracked rear view released in 1994 on the atlantic record label. Look away as performed by hootie and the blowfish from the album cracked rear view released in 1994 on the atlantic record label. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Its a startling, large number, especially for a new band, but in some ways, the success of the record isnt that surprising. Recorded just a few weeks after cracked rear view was certified.