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 | Title : Hootie & The Blowfish
Author : Hootie & The Blowfish
Release Date : 20030304
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
Amazon.com Price : $11.00
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Editorial Reviews :
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
Buyer Reviews :
For the 15 million individuals (you know who you are) that abandoned Hootie and the Blowfish after the mammoth sales of 1994's Cracked Rear View, this record marks a return to the sound that made the band a household name in 1995 and a national punchline only a year later. After 1996's Fairweather Johnson went for a slightly darker, less-polished sound and 1998's Musical Chairs covered every genre, Hootie and the Blowfish is a good old fashioned rock n roll record, and probably the best you'll hear this year. From the up-tempo opener 'Deeper Side' to the get-out-of-your-seat rocking of 'Go and Tell Him (Soup Song),' this record bursts out of the speakers. On the song 'Space,' Hootie reach a new musical peak, crafting one of the finest songs ever to be recorded (if you think I am over-exaggerating, just give it a listen.) Even the ballads are great, especially the solemn 'Tears Fall Down,' but they are overshadowed by Hootie's fantastic rock songs. 'I'll Come Runnin'' and 'The Rain Song' are destined to be stuck in your head for weeks, as well as the power-ballad first single, 'Innocence.' So, for anyone who jumped on the bandwagon 8 years ago, I would encourage you to jump back on. I've never heard a bandwagon that sounds this good.
(by poprock01)
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