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| Artist: Hootie & The Blowfish
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 40413
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 83564
UPC: 075678356421
EAN: 0075678356421
ASIN: B00008A7QI
Publication Date: 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Deeper Side | | • | Little Brother | | • | Innocence | | • | Space | | • | I'll Come Running | | • | Tears Fall Down | | • | The Rain Song | | • | Show Me Your Heart | | • | When She's Gone | | • | Little Darlin' | | • | Woody | | • | Go And Tell Him (Soup Song) | | • | Alright |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
It took Hootie and the Blowfish more than four years to lick their wounds and get back into the studio after sales for 1998's Musical Chairs tanked--at least when measured again their 1994 debut, Cracked Rear View, which sold over 16 million copies. To prevent another commercial misstep, ?ber-producer Don Was was recruited to give their rootsy pop rock a tune-up and, to Was's credit, that's all he did. Was has cleaned up their folksy rock, turned up the guitars, and encouraged singer Darius Rucker to unleash his inner soulfulness. On songs like the simple but engaging "Little Brother," Rucker sounds like a modern-day Brenton Wood as he twists his elastic vocals around lyrics that impart a homespun tale about making one's own luck. On "Little Darlin'," the band wades into country rock. A cover of the Continental Drifters features Drifters vocalists Vicki Peterson and Susan Cowsill. --Jaan Uhelszki
Album Description
One of 2003s most eagerly anticipated musical events. This self-titled collection is the first new album in more than four years. Recorded in Venice CA with renowned producer Don Was. Atlantic.
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| Customer Reviews:
 new to me Hootie July 31, 2008
Jim Duster (Austin, TX)
just "okay" CD. I like Hootie, and when I was needing to make a sample Amazon purchase I picked this CD, unknown to me at the time. It certainly isn't full of winners. I've listened to it twice and none "stick in my head". The lyrics and beats of the Hootie I'm used to just weren't there.
 Hootie & The Blowfish January 9, 2007
C. L. Gosch (Shelbyville IN USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My niece was having trouble finding this CD. Amazon always comes through for me. It arrived in a short period of time and in perfect condition.
Not the wonderful Hootie I am used to. July 17, 2006
Clint Gale (Idaho)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I own four other albums and all of them are great. When I pop in a Hootie CD I expect to be relaxed by the soothing voice and the familiar sound that accompany one of my all time favorite bands. I buy CD's and keep those CD's on the premise that the entire CD is worth keeping. I am not buying a CD for one or two songs, but the CD as a whole. I just bought this album the other day. Half of the songs had the familiar feel but the rest could go to waste. I am giving it a 2.5, because half the album is great.
Theyre back! August 15, 2005
Edd H. Lovetteiii (Fort Worth, TX)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been a H&TB fan ever since cracked rear view. I can admit that there have been some sub-par albums put out. I was very excited the day in 2003 when the self titled CD came out, but I was quite dissapointed when I finally got the chance to listen to it. Musical Chairs had some good hits, but I couldnt listen to it cover-to-cover.
Last week when this CD came out I was hoping for the best and this time I think I got what I wanted. This album is definately more along the lines of Cracked Rear View and Fairweather Johnson.
There are only a few tracks I skip--Free to Everyone and Waltz Into Me. The rest is classic H&TB in my opinion. Hope everyone else enjoys it as much as I do!
 Decent but not as inspired as some of their others March 2, 2005
Greg Brady (Capital City)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Don Was was brought in to produce because of "disappointing" sales for the last CD "Musical Chairs". Largely he makes good decisions that take Hootie closest to the sound on their biggest-seller, debut "Cracked Rear View" (major label anyway..I don't want nitpicks from those who have the self-released demo "Kootchypop" and others...).
How great this is to you depends on whether you think "Cracked Rear View" is their best CD or not (I happen to think that honour goes to the sophomore CD "Fairweather Johnson".) The songs are pretty consistently tuneful, but there's not much artistic innovation.
Probably the biggest "stretch" is the reggae-ish tinge on "Little Brother" which works pretty well (despite an ill-advised use of ghetto slang. "flossin'"? C'mon guys..you're too old for that crap..) The rest are trademark Hootie with "Deeper Side", "Innocence" (were Hootie now passe, this would have been the big hit ballad from the disc), crumbing love affair anthem "Space" and the lovely (and modern sounding) "Tears Fall Down", which is probably the other experimental tune because of the loops used on it.
Low points are "The Rain Song", not so much because it's a bad song, but because of the use of backing vocalists Vicki Peterson and Susan Cowsill. I realize it's a cover of a song the pair wrote, but they just don't "mesh" well with Darius' voice. (The songs Darius did with Nancy Griffith worked better..) "Little Darlin'" never finds a compelling hook. Stratchy funk ain't what Hootie does best.."Go and Tell Him (Soup Song)" is another miss.
Bottom Line: It's not their finest work, but it's a good outing. Hootie fans will need it. Those who like melodic pop-rock will probably enjoy it.
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