text: 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 Medias 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?"
  Track listing
  All songs written by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim "Soni" Sonefeld.
  "Be the One" – 3:25
  "Sad Caper" – 2:49
  "Tucker's Town" – 3:45
  "She Crawls Away" – 4:25
  "So Strange" – 4:03
  "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" – 4:27
  "Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn" – 3:27
  "Fairweather Johnson" – 0:51
  "Honeyscrew" – 3:36
  "Let It Breathe" – 3:53
  "Silly Little Pop Song" – 2:56
  "Fool" – 3:05
  "Tootie" – 3:04
  "When I'm Lonely" – 5:34
  PersonnelHootie & the BlowfishDarius Rucker – lead vocals, guitar, Dobro
  Mark Bryan – guitar, backing vocals, mandolin, piano
  Dean Felber – bass, backing vocals
  Jim Sonefeld – drums, backing vocals, percussion, pianoOther musiciansDean Dinning – harmony vocals
  Nanci Griffith – harmony vocals
  Randy Guss – tambourine
  Lili Haydn – viola
  Peter Holsapple – accordion , Hammond organ , piano
  John Nau – Fender Rhodes , Hammond organ , piano
  Cary Phillips – infant roar
  Glen Phillips – harmony vocals
  Michael Severens – cello Production'
  John Clark – photography
  Don Gehman – engineering, mixing, production
  Ethan Hill – photography
  Phyllis Leibowitz – stylist
  Benjamin Niles – art direction
  Eddy Schreyer – mastering
  Chart positions