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
Released	April 23, 1996
Recorded	Late 1995
Genre	Pop rock roots rock alternative rock
Length	49:20
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
"Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" Released: April 2, 1996 "Tucker's Town" Released: July 1, 1996 "Sad Caper" Released: 1996

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[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

• John Clark – photography
• Don Gehman – engineering, mixing, production
• Ethan Hill – photography
• Phyllis Leibowitz – stylist
• Benjamin Niles – art direction
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering

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.