Fairweather Johnson

Fairweather Johnson
Studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish
Released	April 23, 1996
Recorded	Late 1995
Genre	Pop rock, roots rock, alternative rock
Length	49:23
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]

Fairweather Johnson is the second studio album by the band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996. 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]

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" – 4:02
4. "She Crawls Away" – 4:09
5. "So Strange" – 4:03
6. "Old Man & Me (When I Get To Heaven)" – 4:27
7. "Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn" – 3:29
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

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. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7856-a-feature-about-nothing-the-1990s-in-lists/4/
8. http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/the-non-definitive-guide-to-the-follow-up.htm
9. http://swisscharts.com/album/Hootie-&-The-Blowfish/Fairweather-Johnson-2306
10. Canadian Album peak
11. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19960428/40/