Four (Blues Traveler album)
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| Released | September 13, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 56:47 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Michael Barbiero Steve Thompson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
| The Music Box | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Four (stylized as four) is the breakthrough album by American rock band Blues Traveler, released on September 13, 1994.
Four peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and is most known for its hits "Run-Around" and "Hook", which charted at No. 8 and 23, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. Both songs also charted in the top 20 on the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts. According to the RIAA, the album is certified as 6× Platinum (6 million copies sold in the U.S.). "Run-Around" won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a duo or group.[5]
Track listing
- "Run-Around" (John Popper) – 4:40
- "Stand" (Popper) – 5:19
- "Look Around" (Popper) – 5:42
- "Fallible" (Chan Kinchla, Popper) – 4:47
- "The Mountains Win Again" (Bobby Sheehan) – 5:06
- "Freedom" (Popper, Sheehan) – 4:01
- "Crash Burn" (Kinchla, Popper) – 2:59
- "Price to Pay" (Kinchla, Popper) – 5:17
- "Hook" (Popper) – 4:49
- "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (Kinchla, Popper, Sheehan, Brendan Hill) – 1:55
- "Just Wait" (Popper) – 5:34
- "Brother John" (Kinchla, Popper, Sheehan) – 6:38
Personnel
- Blues Traveler
- Brendan Hill – percussion, drums
- Chan Kinchla – electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals on "Brother John"
- John Popper – vocals, harmonica, 12-string guitar on "Look Around"
- Bobby Sheehan – bass guitar, backing vocals on "Brother John"
- Additional musicians
- Adam Brody – backing vocals
- Warren Haynes – slide guitar on "The Mountains Win Again"
- Bashiri Johnson – percussion
- Chuck Leavell – piano, keyboards
- Jono Manson – vocals on "Brother John"
- Paul Shaffer – keyboards on "Stand"
- Peter Kovachevich – sitar, tambura
- Technical personnel
- Greg Arnold – assistant engineering
- Michael Barbiero – production, engineering
- John Darren Greene – cover art
- Steve Thompson – production
Charting singles
"Run-Around" peaked at No. 2 on the Adult Top 40 chart in 1995,[citation needed] and "Hook" peaked at No. 8 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart in 1996.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ Four at AllMusic
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ The Music Box review
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 88. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ "Four: Blues Traveler / Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 December 2015.