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''Fairweather Johnson'' is the second studio album by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996, through
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. 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. 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,
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inspired sound as opposed to the jangly radio-friendly style of ''Cracked Rear View''. It was included in ''
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s 2010 list of "ten career-killing albums" of the 1990s. ''
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'' 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?"


Track listing

All songs written by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber,
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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


Personnel

Hootie & the Blowfish *Darius Rucker – lead vocals, guitar, Dobro *Mark Bryan – guitar, backing vocals, mandolin, piano *Dean Felber – bass, backing vocals *Jim Sonefeld – drums, backing vocals, percussion, piano Other musicians * Dean Dinning – harmony vocals *
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– harmony vocals * Randy Guss – tambourine * Lili Haydn – viola * Peter Holsapple – accordion , Hammond organ , piano *John Nau – Fender Rhodes , Hammond organ , piano *Cary Phillips – infant roar * Glen Phillips – harmony vocals *Michael Severens – cello Production *John Clark – photography *Don Gehman –
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, mixing, production *Ethan Hill – photography *Phyllis Leibowitz – stylist *Benjamin Niles –
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*Eddy Schreyer – mastering


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* * * {{Authority control 1996 albums Albums produced by Don Gehman Atlantic Records albums Hootie & the Blowfish albums