Hootie & the Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson
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Artist: Hootie & the BlowfishEdition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 1996-04-23
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Be the One
- Sad Caper
- Tucker's Town
- She Crawls Away
- So Strange
- Old Man & Me
- Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn
- Fairweather Johnson
- Honeyscrew
- Let It Breathe
- Silly Little Pop Song
- Fool
- Tootie
- When I'm Lonely
Free Music Notes for Fairweather Johnson
Free Music Review: Probably their best CD in the catalog...
Hit: 4 Stars
The sappy romantic in me:
This CD has a unique place in my life. I bought this during a difficult time in my life, and it's been a comfort to me every time I hear it.
The pragmatic in me:
Everyone has heard Cracked Rear View. It's what one would expect from any band that has Glen Ballard backing them as a producer and Steve Albini mastering a few of their singles. Yet despite this polish and the millions of copies sold, critics accused Hootie and The Blowfish of having no depth, and Fairweather Johnson was their answer. There's a more natural sound to a lot of their songs. Instead of their prior album, you get a lot more blues, melancholy, angst, and yes, even a few pop-absorbable singles.
What to expect:
After their first track "Be the One", you know this isn't the comfortable anymore. Probably one of their angriest songs, yet isn't self loathing. "Sad Caper" and "Tucker's Town" are the obvious singles on the disc. "She Crawls Away" and "Old Man and Me" is leaning towards Cracked Rear View, probably a set of B-Sides they cut from it. (Nothing wrong with them... just not particularly memorable) "The World Stopped Cold at Dawn" is a simple acoustic adagio to a possible death, the eponymous "Fairweather Johnson" a nod to their mutual love of sports and "Honeyscrew" an obvious lament to a cheated relationship. "Tootie" and "Fool" are two of my favorite tracks... Fool sounding like the end of a work day at a familiar bar, very relaxing. Tootie is a downbeat love song for someone who left you long ago. "Silly Little Pop Song" near the end is a fun, quick, and at the end pointless pop song. Just to show you they can still find a catchy melody in all the seriousness of the back 7 tracks of the album. And the closing track "When I'm Lonely" feels like a car ride back home after something very tiring.
So, short of a few tracks I could do without: (Let it Breathe and So Strange are "meh" tracks... you hear em, you go "Meh", and you press track forward) this is my favorite album from Hootie and The Blowfish. Short of Not Even The Trees, Look Away, and Time, I would pass on the first album altogether and just get the greatest hits if you want their singles, but don't pass on this album. It's underrated enough.
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