Two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning and RIAA 2x Diamond-certified iconic band Hootie & the Blowfish will unveil a robust and comprehensive new box set, The Atlantic Years 1994-2003, on January 24, 2025. It will be available in multiple configurations, including 6LP and 5CD. The 6LP version will be available exclusively at Rhino.com, while the 5CD version will arrive in stores nationwide and at Rhino.com. Pre-order/Pre-save HERE. The box set presents the group’s seminal albums released on Atlantic Records in one essential package. The 6LP configuration boasts their definitive RIAA 22x Platinum-certified history-making debut, Cracked Rear View (1994), as well as the 3x Platinum Fairweather Johnson (1996) and Platinum Musical Chairs (1998)—both pressed on vinyl for very the first time in over 25 years! Plus, The Atlantic Years 1994-2003 includes two titles never-before-available on vinyl, namely the covers album Scattered, Smothered and Covered (2000) and the self-titled Hootie & the Blowfish (2003). Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Cracked Rear View stands out as one of the top 10 best-selling studio albums of all time, “the highest-certified debut album of all-time,” according to the RIAA, and a cornerstone of the modern zeitgeist. Released on July 5, 1994, it reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and moved over 22 million copies and counting. The album propelled the band to the GRAMMY® Award for “Best New Artist” and “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals” for “Let Her Cry.” With additional iconic songs, including “Hold My Hand,” “Only Wanna Be With You,” and “Time,” the album has impressively generated over 1 billion streams and counting. Retrospectively, Billboard proclaimed, “Cracked Rear View surpassed all expectations — and then some, to put it mildly.” Forbes and GRAMMY.com also recently looked back on the record in extensive features. On its heels, Fairweather Johnson bowed at #1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded “Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)” and “Tucker’s Town,” while Musical Chairs saw the band return to the Top 5. Scattered, Smothered and Covered notably comprised covers of everyone from Led Zeppelin, Roy Orbison, and The Smiths to R.E.M., Tom Waits, and Bill Withers. The band’s 2003 self-titled album, Hootie & the Blowfish, marked their final release with Atlantic Records. The album boasted irresistible sing-along tracks like “Deeper Side” and “Little Darlin’” alongside power ballads like “Rain Song” featuring vocals from The Bangles’ guitarist Vicki Peterson and Continental Drifters’ co-founder Susan Cowsill. For more information, visit Hootie.com. | 
