Fairweather Johnson

Fairweather Johnson is the second studio album by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996, through Atlantic Records. Three songs from the album were released as singles: "Old Man & Me", "Tucker's Town", and "Sad Caper". The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in May 1996, while their debut, Cracked Rear View, was still in the charts. It has sold 2,361,000 copies in the US as of May 2012. Despite its initial success, sales tapered off quickly, and the album earned mixed reviews. It was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of "ten career-killing albums" of the 1990s. Stylus Magazine shared sentiments, including it in their "Non-Definitive Guide to the Follow-Up", saying "really, everyone saw this one coming a mile off. Who was really gonna care about another Hootie album?"

Fairweather Johnson
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 23, 1996 (1996-04-23)
Recorded1995
StudioThe Site, San Rafael, California
Genre
Length49:20
LabelAtlantic
82886-2
ProducerDon Gehman
Hootie & the Blowfish chronology
Cracked Rear View
(1994)
Fairweather Johnson
(1996)
Musical Chairs
(1998)
Singles from Fairweather Johnson
  1. "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)"
    Released: April 2, 1996
  2. "Tucker's Town"
    Released: July 1, 1996
  3. "Sad Caper"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau
Entertainment WeeklyB
Los Angeles Times
Rolling Stone
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