Fairweather Johnson

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 #1 on the Billboard 200 in May 1996. It has sold 2,361,000 copies in the US as of May 2012.[6] The album was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of "ten career-killing albums" of the 1990s.[7] 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?".[8]

Fairweather Johnson
Studio album by
Hootie & the Blowfish
ReleasedApril 23, 1996 (1996-04-23)
RecordedLate 1995
Genre
Length49:20
LabelAtlantic
82886-2
ProducerDon 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: July 1, 1996
  3. "Sad Caper"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
Robert Christgau[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

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

  • Mark Bryan – background vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano
  • Dean Felber – background vocals, bass guitar
  • Darius Rucker – dobro, guitar, vocals
  • Jim Sonefeld – background vocals, drums, percussion, piano

Other musicians

  • Dean Dinning – vocals
  • Nanci Griffith – vocal harmony
  • Randy Guss – tambourine
  • Lili Haydn – viola
  • Peter Holsapple – accordion, guest artist, organ
  • John Nau – Hammond organ, piano
  • Glen Phillips – guest artist
  • Snow – vocal harmony

Production

Chart positions
Chart (1996)[9] Peak
position
Australian Albums chart 12
Canadian Albums chart[10] 6
Dutch Albums chart 37
German Albums chart 41
New Zealand Albums chart 6
Scottish Albums chart[11] 9
Swedish Albums chart 36
Swiss Albums chart 37
UK Albums chart 9
US Billboard 200 1

References
  1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Fairweather Johnson - Hootie & the Blowfish". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. Browne, David (1996-04-26). "Music Review: 'Fairweather Johnson' Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  3. Hochman, Steve (1996-04-21). "Hootie Doesn't Blow It". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  4. "CG: Artist 590". Robert Christgau. 1996-08-06. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  5. Fricke, David (1996-12-02). "Hootie & the Blowfish: Fairweather Johnson : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  6. Paul Grein (May 16, 2012). "Chart Watch Extra: Following Up A Monster". Yahoo Music (Chart Watch).
  7. "A Feature About Nothing: The 1990s in Lists". Pitchfork.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Hootie & The Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com.
  10. "Canadian Album peak". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  11. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.



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