Fairweather Johnson

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Fairweather Johnson
Studio album by Hootie & the Blowfish
Released	April 23, 1996
Genre	Rock
Length	49:31
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Don Gehman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Hootie & the Blowfish chronology
Cracked Rear View (1994) Fairweather Johnson (1996) Musical Chairs (1998)

Fairweather Johnson is the second studio album by the band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996. The album has been certified triple-platinum in the US. Three singles were released off the album: "Old Man and Me", "Tucker's Town", and "Sad Caper". The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart. Though it has since gone triple platinum, this is significantly less than their previous effort, Cracked Rear View, which went platinum sixteen times.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Be the One"
2. "Sad Caper"
3. "Tucker's Town"
4. "She Crawls Away"
5. "So Strange"
6. "Old Man & Me"
7. "Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn"
8. "Fairweather Johnson"
9. "Honeyscrew"
10. "Let it Breathe"
11. "Silly Little Pop Song"
12. "Fool"
13. "Tootie"
14. "When I'm Lonely"

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1996	The Billboard 200	1

Preceded by Evil Empire by Rage Against the Machine

Billboard 200 number-one album May 11 - May 24, 1996

Succeeded by The Score by Fugees