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Musical Chairs (Hootie & the Blowfish album)

Musical Chairs is the third studio album by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on September 15, 1998, by Atlantic Records. Three singles were released off the album: "I Will Wait", "Only Lonely", and "Wishing". Guest musicians on the album include Peter Holsapple, Susan Cowsill, David Immergluck, and Boyd Tinsley.

Musical Chairs
Studio album by
Hootie & the Blowfish
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1998 (1998-09-15)
Recorded1998
StudioRoyaltone Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre
Length49:30
LabelAtlantic
ProducerDon Gehman
Hootie & the Blowfish chronology
Fairweather Johnson
(1996) 		Musical Chairs
(1998) 		Scattered, Smothered and Covered
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune(favorable)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
USA Today[6]

Track listing

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All songs written by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim Sonefeld.

  1. "I Will Wait" – 4:15
  2. "Wishing" – 2:48
  3. "Las Vegas Nights" – 4:05
  4. "Only Lonely" – 4:38
  5. "Answer Man" – 3:22
  6. "Michelle Post" – 2:20
  7. "Bluesy Revolution" – 4:46
  8. "Home Again" – 4:07
  9. "One By One" – 3:50
  10. "Desert Mountain Showdown" – 2:45
  11. "What's Going On Here" – 4:36
  12. "What Do You Want from Me Now" – 3:40

Hidden tracks

  2. silence – 0:30
  3. silence – 0:30
  4. "Closet Full of Fear" – 3:18

Personnel

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Hootie & the Blowfish[7]

  • Mark Bryan – guitars, background vocals, banjo (track 6)
  • Dean Felber – bass guitar, background vocals, acoustic guitar (track 6)
  • Darius Rucker – vocals, guitars, mandolin (track 10)
  • Jim Sonefeld – drums, percussion, background vocals, bass guitar (track 6)

Additional musicians[7]

  • John Nau – Hammond organ, piano, harmonica (track 11), Vox Jaguar (track 2), Wurlitzer (track 9)
  • Robert Becker – viola (track 4)
  • David Campbell – string arrangement (track 4)
  • Larry Corbett – cello (track 4)
  • Susan Cowsill – vocals (tracks 4, 12)
  • Joel Derouin – violin (track 4)
  • Bruce Dukov – violin (track 4)
  • Armen Gahabedian – violin (track 4)
  • Gary Greene – percussion (tracks 1, 3, 4, 11, 12)
  • Peter Holsapple – accordion (track 2), Dobro (track 10), electric guitar (track 9), mandolin (track 9), piano (track 8)
  • David Immerglück – electric slide guitar (tracks 1, 9), pedal steel (track 2)
  • Suzie Katayama – cello (track 4)
  • LeRoi Moore – soprano and alto sax (track 11)
  • Rachel Purkin – violin (track 4)
  • Gena Rankin – vocals (track 12)
  • Boyd Tinsley – violin (tracks 1, 10)
  • Patrick Warren – Chamberlin (track 4)

Production[7]

  • Don Gehman – producer, engineer, co-mixing
  • Doug Trantow – engineer, co-mixing
  • Curt Kroeger – assistant engineer
  • Roger Sommers – assistant engineer
  • David Leonard – mixing
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering

Chart positions

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Chart (1998)[8] Peak
position
Canadian Albums chart[9] 27
German Albums 72
New Zealand Albums 20
Scottish Albums[10] 14
UK Albums chart 15
US Billboard 200 4

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Galipault, Gerry (September 13, 1998). "Hootie & the Blowfish spawn another hit album". Pause and Play. Retrieved February 6, 2022. Out Sept. 15, the album finds Bryan, Felber, lead singer-guitarist Darius Rucker and drummer Jim "Soni" Sonefeld marching to its familiar Hootie beat but also slightly stretching pop's boundaries with forays into country, bluegrass and even R.E.M.-ish alternative rock
  2. ^ Musical Chairs at AllMusic
  3. ^ Durchholz, Daniel (1998-09-20). "Hootie and the Blowfish Musical Chairs (Atlantic)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  4. ^ Weingarten, Marc (1998-09-14). "Musical Chairs Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  5. ^ DeCurtis, Anthony (1998-09-04). "Hootie & the Blowfish: Musical Chairs : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  6. ^ Gundersen, Edna (1998-09-29). "Hootie's 'Musical Chairs' don't sit all that well; Gould plays Brahms in a slow, sure hand (Hootie & the Blowfish, Musical Chairs)". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  7. ^ a b c Musical Chairs (booklet). Atlantic. 1998.
  8. ^ "Hootie & the Blowfish - Musical Chairs".
  9. ^ "Canadian Album peak". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  11. ^ "American album certifications – Hootie & The Blowfish – Musical Chairs". Recording Industry Association of America.
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