Cracked Rear View
by Hootie & The Blowfish
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Cracked Rear View is ranked as the best album by Hootie & The Blowfish.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Cracked Rear View rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,903rd | 1990s rank: 638th | 1994 rank: 75th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1994 | 13/20 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  PanheadWarrior | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 71/100 | 30 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 52 Music Albums of 1994 | 51/52 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1994 | 6/23 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1994 | 1/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 17/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | top albums, #1101-1200* | 12/78 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 122 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 378 | |||
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| ! | 6 hours ago | culwin | 1,622 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/19/2026 21:06 | Juneof44 | 2,634 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2026 19:45 | matterhornrider | 5,212 | 81/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 10/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5469): By wizardalien
BestEverAlbums 10/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5469): By wizardalien“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by wizardalien () 1. by by (1985) 3. by (1991) 5. by by (2002) 7. by (1986) 8. by by by by by by (1999) 14. by (1984) 15. by (2015) 16. by (2007) 17. by (2006) 18. by (1999) 19. by (2002) 20. by by (1989) 22. (1977) 23. by (1970) 25. by by by…”
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View topic (9 mentions) →From Romanelli 02/25/2022 23:11 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Twentysomething
Romanelli 02/25/2022 23:11 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Twentysomething“1302 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH CRACKED REAR VIEW 1994 – ATLANTIC Produced By DON GEHMAN 1. Hannah Jane 2. Hold My Hand 3. Let Her Cry 4. Only Wanna Be With You 5. Running From An Angel 6. I’m Goin’ Home 7. Drowning 8. Time 9. Look Away 10. Not Even The Trees 11. Goodbye In 1994, the popular music…”
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Ok, so this album is about as non-offensive as possible. The lyrics are dull, the ballads are cheesy as hell, and overall it's softer than the Pillsbury Doughboy. I'm still convinced that Let Her Cry and Hold My Hand are the exact same song (except that one part where the backup guy sings "won't you let me ruuuuuuuun with you" about two pitches above Darius [aka Hootie] and totally out of key...you know what part I'm talking about.) There IS one good song on this album: Time. You can probably trash the rest of this though. Shockingly, their next album (Fairweather Johnson) was actually pretty decent. (Edited)
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Aaron98 11/20/2018 22:58 | #225345 | TOP COMMENT
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It's bad and not good, don't listen to it please for the love of god... Actually though, it's really bad. After like, three or four songs, it felt like it was almost over, it was so boring. The production to me isn't even very good, and it's produced by the guy who produced R.E.M.'s debut album. There is nothing good I can really say about this album honestly. The lyrics on all of the songs are awful, the songs feel soooo boring, it lacks depth and any remote ambition. I'm glad I see it every time I go my my local thrift store, thank you jebus. (Edited)
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Likeable, but painfully safe. Great music for the elderly and the easily offended. (Edited)
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I'm thinking another reason is that there were 4 mega hits on this album. I understand your point that there is nothing special about these songs, but you can't deny the catchiness of them. There's nothing wrong with straight forward catchy pop songs every now and then.
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They were a little better than the novelty act people turned them into. I actually liked Fairweather Johnson better than this album...Honeyscrew is one of my all time favorite songs. Anyone that sees this just give that song a quick listen or two, it's great.
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