On July 5, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “Cracked Rear View”, the debut Hootie & the Blowfish studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “NRG Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Don Gehman. “Cracked Rear View” was the highest-selling album of 1995, with 10.5 million shipments that year alone, and became the16th-best-selling album of all time in the US.

Personnel:

• Mark Bryan – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
• percussion, mandolin, piano
• Dean Felber – vocals, bass guitar, clavinet, piano
• Darius Rucker– vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
• Jim “Soni” Sonefeld – vocals, drums, percussion, piano, glasses
• John Nau – piano, Hammond organ
• Lili Haydn– violin
• David Crosby– backing vocals
• Don Gehman– engineer, mixing
• Wade Norton – engineer assistant
• Liz Sroka – mixing, assistant
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering
• Jean Cronin – art direction
• Michael McLaughlin – photography
• Gena Rankin – production coordination
• Tim Sommer– artists and repertoire

Track listing:

All tracks by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim “Soni” Sonefeld.

1. Hannah Jane
2. Hold My Hand
3. Let Her Cry
4. Only Wanna Be with You
5. Running from an Angel
6. I’m Goin’ Home
7. Drowning
8. Time
9. Look Away
10. Not Even the Trees
11. Goodbye – includes hidden traditional trackSometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child