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.
- Hannah Jane
- Hold My Hand
- Let Her Cry
- Only Wanna Be with You
- Running from an Angel
- I’m Goin’ Home
- Drowning
- Time
- Look Away
- Not Even the Trees
- Goodbye – includes hidden traditional trackSometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
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