- Audio Cassette (24 Oct 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Atlantic / Wea
- ASIN: B00004Z44Z
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Proudly wearing their reputation as America''s "ultimate bar band", it's hardly surprising that in compiling this rarities collection, Hootie & the Blowfish invited their fan base to choose a third of the album's 15 tracks (and its cover design) by voting at the Web site of a beer company. The result is a de facto tribute to much of the band's own favourite music, from vintage staples such as Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby", "Use Me" by Bill Withers and Zeppelin's "Hey Hey What Can I Do" (13.98 percent of the virtual pub poll) through REM's "Driver 8", the Reivers' "Araby" and "Almost Home" (14.24percent) to seemingly improbable choices such as an unplugged rendition of Tom Waits' "I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You", Vic Chestnutt's "Gravity Of The Situation" and the Smiths' "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" (13.11 percent). Even on Kim Richey's countrified "Let Me Be Your Man" (the poll topper at 15.47 percet), frontman Darius Rucker and company display an uncanny ability to unify--and homogenise--seemingly disparate material into their own endlessly bubbly brew. --Jerry McCulley
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
From "Fine Line" to "Use Me" fifteen gems all worth listening to again & again & again....The cover of the Smiths track "Please, Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" is simple and outstanding. An American band paying tribute to Morrisey & Co; Who would have thought it. "Musical Chairs" was an average CD for Hootie & Co. but this collection of covers see's them climbing upwards. Live the band are excellent; you can't take anything away from them. Hopefully, this will see their next set of original studio compositions reach new heights. Will they be able to beat Cracked Rear View; difficult but possible.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Hootie and the Blowfish have put out some great, original albums. Anyone that has heard them live knows that they put on quite a performance, of their own material as well as covers of songs by other artists. Previously, these great covers could only be enjoyed by lucky concert goers. This album brings some of their best covers to CD and does it well. By covering such a wide variety of artists and adding their own touches, I've come to appreciate the band more than I did for their original material alone.
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the few bands whose albums I buy without listening first and as always I was not disappointed. Darius and the boys on top form as ever.
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Good Hootie
This is an interesting collection of songs from a wide variety of artists.Scattered, Smothered and Covered
Published on 11 Mar 2009 by Dave Harley
Best cover album you'll ever hear
All of the tracks are covers of other artists songs. While this can somtimes lead to disaster - Hootie & The Blowfish have done a great job of choosing what songs to cover. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2001
Classic Hootie sound does justice to all artists
Not knowing all artists on this CD it's impossible to compare to the originals, but this is a must for all big Hootie fans. Same quality, different album!!! Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2000 by darren.d.evans@vf.vodafone.co.uk
Great mix of covers classic and new
Darius Rucker's voice singing 'I hope that I don't fall in love with you' (from the MTV unplugged taping) is heartbreakingly beautiful. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2000
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