Fairweather Johnson

{{Infobox album

| name = Fairweather Johnson

| type = studio

| artist = Hootie & the Blowfish

| cover = Hootie & the Blowfish Fairweather Johnson CD cover.JPG

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1996|04|23}}

| recorded = 1995

| studio = The Site, San Rafael, California

| genre = {{hlist|Roots rock|heartland rock|alternative rock|jangle pop|folk rock}}

| length = 49:20

| label = Atlantic
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| producer = Don Gehman

| prev_title = Cracked Rear View

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Musical Chairs

| next_year = 1998

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Fairweather Johnson

| type = studio

| single1 = Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)

| single1date = April 2, 1996

| single2 = Tucker's Town

| single2date = June 25, 1996

| single3 = Sad Caper

| single3date = 1996

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r233637|pure_url=yes}}|title=Fairweather Johnson - Hootie & the Blowfish |author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2012-02-15}}

| rev2 = Christgau’s Consumer Guide

| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=590 |title=CG: Artist 590 |publisher=Robert Christgau |date=1996-08-06 |accessdate=2012-02-15}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/04/26/music-review-fairweather-johnson/|title=Music Review: 'Fairweather Johnson'|last=Browne|first=David|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=April 26, 1996|access-date=August 25, 2023}}

| rev4 = Los Angeles Times

| rev4Score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-21-ca-60903-story.html|title=Hootie Doesn't Blow It|last=Hochman|first=Steve|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=1996-04-21|access-date=2013-04-06}}

| rev5 = Now

| rev5score = {{rating|1|5}}{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000516160226/http://www.nowtoronto.com:80/issues/15/34/Ent/discnow.html|title=Discs NOW|website=Now|last=Perlich|first=Tim|date=16 May 2000|access-date=6 April 2025}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/hootietheblowfish/albums/album/192633/review/5946752/fairweather_johnson|title=Hootie & the Blowfish: Fairweather Johnson : Music Reviews|last=Fricke|first=David|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=1996-12-02|access-date=2012-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001002809/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/hootietheblowfish/albums/album/192633/review/5946752/fairweather_johnson|archive-date=2007-10-01|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = Spin

| rev7score = 5/10{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JpJ-kK1j2_MC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA113#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=SPIN Jun 1996|website=Spin|last=Berrett|first=Jesse|date=1 June 1996|access-date=6 April 2025}}

}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-following-monster-181546917.html |title=Chart Watch Extra: Following Up A Monster |author=Paul Grein |work=Yahoo Music (Chart Watch) |date=May 16, 2012 }}

Despite its initial success, sales tapered off quickly, and the album earned mixed reviews; much of the criticism took aim at the album's dour, alt-rock inspired sound as opposed to the jangly radio-friendly style of Cracked Rear View. It was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of "ten career-killing albums" of the 1990s.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7856-a-feature-about-nothing-the-1990s-in-lists/|title=A Feature About Nothing: The 1990s in Lists|website=Pitchfork}} 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?"{{Cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/the-non-definitive-guide-to-the-follow-up.htm |title=The Non-Definitive Guide to the Follow-Up - Article - Stylus Magazine |access-date=2015-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924123049/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/the-non-definitive-guide-to-the-follow-up.htm |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}