Cracked Rear View

Hootie & The Blowfish | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 5, 1994)
• Original Release Date: July 5, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B000002IZC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (124 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,891 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #70 in Music > Rock > Jam Bands > Rock Jam Bands

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I CAN NO LONGER FRONT..., June 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Cracked Rear View (Audio CD)

It's strange how a band can be the hugest act in America and the most hated all at the same time.This strange pop paradox fits Hootie & The Blowfish like a glove.

Down-home South Carolina boys playing unoffensive,very enjoyable,heartland style rock.Hootie offered an alternative to the morose,moody stylings of grunge in the world of rock/pop in
the mid '90s and turned out to have one of the best-selling albums in US history with this 1994 debut,"Cracked Rear View".

Now I know that it's "against the rules" for a credible music
fan to display love towards a unabashed mainstream pop act but
I happened to like Hootie's brand of feel-good frat boy rock!:-)
"Time",the lovelorn hit "Let Her Cry","I Only Want To Be With You",and the criminally overplayed "Hold My Hand"-all down-home,
Americana-styled pop/rock songs that are as easy and cozy as a Southern breeze.

Those who bash Hootie seem to be missing the point.They never seemed to proclaim themselves as intellectual rockers

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh if you want, but this is actually good, March 1, 2003

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rockthebells (Jacksonville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cracked Rear View (Audio CD)

Over the last several years, it seems that people make fun of those who still like Hootie & the Blowfish. No matter what they say, this album is still a classic. The massive amount of hits ("Hold My Hand," "Let Her Cry," "Only Wanna Be With You," and "Time")are great, but the lesser-known songs are even better. "Hannah Jane" and "Running from an Angel" are awesome, while the albums final two tracks, "Not Even the Trees" and "Goodbye" are probably the best songs the band has ever put out. The weaker material ("I'm Goin' Home," "Drowning") is pretty good, but the excellence of the rest of the songs makes the few decent ones forgivable. The album as a whole flows well and, while not groundbreaking or complex, it's still a really good album.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great start to awesome music!, November 18, 2006

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J. Schultz (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cracked Rear View (Audio CD)

This album is awesome... There is a reason that it sold 16+ million copies. Unfortunately it was overplayed and backlashed on the band, as is most music today. I will today and will always say that this is one of the best albums from the 90's/00's, as are all 6 of their albums.