Cracked Rear View | 
 enlarge | Artist: Hootie & The Blowfish
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $7.98
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Rating:  113 reviews
Sales Rank: 4885
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.6 x 0.5
MPN: 82613
UPC: 075678261329
EAN: 0075678261329
ASIN: B000002IZC
Release Date: July 5, 1994
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Condition: Used - Very Good; Gently played CD. Will be shipped promptly!
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| Tracks:
| • | 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 - Hootie & the Blowfish, | | • | Not Even the Trees | | • | Goodbye | | • | Sometimes I Feel - Hootie & the Blowfish, |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Cracked Rear View marks the commercial debut of these college buddies from South Carolina, and it sold an astonishing 13 million copies in its first year of release. With Darius Rucker's ringing baritone and Mark Bryan's muscular guitar framing Jim Sonefeld's bluesy, energetic southern folk rock tunes, it's easy to understand its success: It's the kind of thoroughly likable album people sing along with on the car radio. When Rucker demands, "Stand up and let me see you smile," there's something that feels real and convincing behind it; sure, it's a formula, but a sincere one, and it works over and over again. Songs like "Let Her Cry," "Hold My Hand," and "Running from an Angel" lay down the rhythm for a cohesive, feel-good collection. There may not be a lot of virtuosity behind it, but there's plenty of fun. --Barrie Trinkle
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| Customer Reviews:
A Guilty Pleasure From the '90s. October 2, 2008
N_Joy (North Carolina)
My title says it all. Back in late 94 & 95 you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing a track from this CD. Being from the Carolinas I was familiar with Hootie before this CD came out and bought it the summer of 94 after it's release before top 40 radio began playing "Hold My Hand" every hour on the hour. Nothing ground breaking about the music on here but it was just good time pop/rock. There were the fun songs and the more introspective tunes. It was a great listen. Unfortunately sometime around April or May of '95 after being bludgoned to death with radio stations that had become "All Hootie All The Time" I stashed this CD away for five years without it seeing the light of day much less my CD player. I took a trip back to Charlotte where I had lived at the time this CD came out and was feeling nostalgic so I broke it out to listen to while on my way there. After those five years of exile from Hootie I came back to realize all the things I had first loved about this CD. Simply put it really is one my favorite "guilty pleasure" CDs. As I said before there is nothing ground breaking here but it does have it's charm.
 ROAD TRIP March 3, 2008
Anthony A. Rusinak (Chicago, IL)
This CD is one of the best Road Trip CD's ever made. You can listen to it all the way through, it keeps the energy up for the whole ride, and, if need be, you can listen to it multiple times without getting sick of it. Good times!
First CD I ever purchased February 5, 2008
Blue Hose Bone 311 (South Carolina)
I was 8 years old when this CD came out; I remember listening to this every night before going to bed. Many critics have missed the point, labeling this as just bar band schlock. I disagree, many bigger more well regarded acts can't achieve half the urgency and emotional energy found on this disc. There is something very soulful about Darius Rucker's voice; he really sells the lyrics. Often when I've had a bad day, I'll find myself humming the lyrics to "Time" quietly, or perhaps after a relationship has ended "Look Away." Is this pop? You bet; but it's pop of the very best kind. Nearly 15 years down the road this album has worn well in my very large diverse collection of music.
Instant classic, over 13 million sold for a reason, still awesome original music and sound. January 25, 2007
Wiseguy 945 (Omaha, NE)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being in college in the mid-90's , who didn't hear Hootie on their college rock station, and who didn't own this album. I dislike the fact that some people call this band a "one-hit" wonder. Yes, their first album (this one) was their most gigantic, but spawned 5 hits and other great songs. And their next album was no slouch either, selling 3+ million. Their sound is strong, original, and a great marker of that time, but it still is fresh today. A must have album in any collection of rock, many may try to imitate this sound, but nothing quite fits the nitch like Hootie and the Blowfish.
 Hootie and the Blowhards January 3, 2007
Chznarles (Oakland, CA United States)
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is perhaps one of the worst albums ever produced. While there are undeniably moments of pop catchiness, they fade within seconds. Furthermore, if you are masochist enough to subject yourself to any footage of the act, you will find a revolting arrogance that is so dreadfully misplaced that it will turn your stomach. The next time that you find yourself ever-so-briefly caught in that forgetful moment you will want to immediately destroy the device from which their putrid music emanates.
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