Fairweather Johnson

Fairweather Johnson
Studio album by
Hootie & the Blowfish
ReleasedApril 23, 1996 (1996-04-23)
Recorded1995
StudioThe Site, San Rafael, California
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: June 25, 1996
  3. "Sad Caper"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
Rolling Stone[1]

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 number one on the Billboard 200 in May 1996, while their debut, Cracked Rear View, was still in the charts. It has sold 2,361,000 copies in the US as of May 2012.[6]

Despite its initial success, sales tapered off quickly, and the album earned mixed reviews; much of the criticism took aim at the album's dour, alt-rock inspired sound as opposed to the jangly radio-friendly style of Cracked Rear View. It 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]

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Fairweather Johnson - Hootie & the Blowfish". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. ^ Browne, David (April 26, 1996). "Music Review: 'Fairweather Johnson'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Hochman, Steve (1996-04-21). "Hootie Doesn't Blow It". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  5. ^ "CG: Artist 590". Robert Christgau. 1996-08-06. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  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. ^ "The Non-Definitive Guide to the Follow-Up - Article - Stylus Magazine". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-04.