Two-time GRAMMY Award-winning and RIAA 2x Diamond-certified iconic band Hootie & the Blowfish will unveil a robust and comprehensive new box set, The Atlantic Years 1994-2003, on January 24, 2025. It will be available in multiple configurations, including 6LP and 5CD. The 6LP version will be available exclusively at Rhino.com, while the 5CD version will arrive in stores nationwide and at Rhino.com.
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The box set presents the group’s seminal albums released on Atlantic Records in one essential package. The 6LP configuration boasts their definitive RIAA 22x Platinum-certified history-making debut, Cracked Rear View (1994), as well as the 3x Platinum Fairweather Johnson (1996) and Platinum Musical Chairs (1998)—both pressed on vinyl for very the first time in over 25 years! Plus, The Atlantic Years 1994-2003 includes two titles never-before-available on vinyl, namely the covers album Scattered, Smothered and Covered (2000) and the self-titled Hootie & the Blowfish (2003).
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Cracked Rear View stands out as one of the top 10 best-selling studio albums of all time, “the highest-certified debut album of all-time,” according to the RIAA, and a cornerstone of the modern zeitgeist. Released on July 5, 1994, it reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and moved over 22 million copies and counting. The album propelled the band to the GRAMMY Award for “Best New Artist” and “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals” for “Let Her Cry.” With additional iconic songs, including “Hold My Hand,” “Only Wanna Be With You,” and “Time,” the album has impressively generated over 1 billion streams and counting. Retrospectively, Billboard proclaimed, “Cracked Rear View surpassed all expectations — and then some, to put it mildly.” Forbes and GRAMMY.com also recently looked back on the record in extensive features.
On its heels, Fairweather Johnson bowed at #1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded “Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)” and “Tucker’s Town,” while Musical Chairs saw the band return to the Top 5. Scattered, Smothered and Covered notably comprised covers of everyone from Led Zeppelin, Roy Orbison, and The Smiths to R.E.M., Tom Waits, and Bill Withers. The band’s 2003 self-titled album, Hootie & the Blowfish, marked their final release with Atlantic Records. The album boasted irresistible sing-along tracks like “Deeper Side” and “Little Darlin’” alongside power ballads like “Rain Song” featuring vocals from The Bangles’ guitarist Vicki Peterson and Continental Drifters’ co-founder Susan Cowsill.
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CRACKED REAR VIEW
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
FAIRWEATHER JOHNSON
Be the One
Sad Caper
Tucker’s Town
She Crawls Away
So Strange
Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)
Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn
Fairweather Johnson
Honeyscrew
Let It Breathe
Silly Little Pop Song
Fool
Tootie
When I’m Lonely
MUSICAL CHAIRS
I Will Wait
Wishing
Las Vegas Nights
Only Lonely
Answer Man
Michelle Post
Bluesy Revolution
Home Again
One By One
Desert Mountain Showdown
What’s Going On Here
What Do You Want from Me Now
SCATTERED, SMOTHERED AND COVERED
Fine Line
I Go Blind
Almost Home
Hey Hey What Can I Do
Renaissance Eyes
Before the Heartache Rolls In
Araby
I’m Over You
Gravity of the Situation
I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You
Dream Baby
Driver 8
Let Me Be Your Man
Please, Please, Please Let Get What I Want
Use Me
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH
Deeper Side
Little Brother
Innocence
Space
I’ll Come Runnin
Tears Fall Down
The Rain Song
Show Me Your Heart
When She’s Gone
Little Darlin’
Woody
Go and Tell Him (Soup Song)
