’90s pop superstars Hootie and the Blowfish are set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 21x platinum smash Cracked Rear View with a 2-CD Expanded Edition and 3-CD/DVD Deluxe Edition. Both configurations are due from Rhino on May 31 and boast a wealth of unreleased and hard-to-find content.

The classic album was originally recorded at L.A.’s NRG Studios with Don Gehman producing. The result was an infectious collection that spawned four successful singles (“Hold My Hand,” “Only Wanna Be With You, “Time,” and “Let Her Cry”) and earned a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance, Group or Duo. The album also topped the charts in New Zealand, Canada, and the United States, where it reached No. 1 five times during 1995.

The new deluxe edition of the album includes a new remaster of the album, plus rare and unreleased studio recordings on CD 2, a live show from Pittsburgh in 1995 on CD 3, and a DVD with music videos, 24-bit/96kHz high resolution bonus tracks, and a 5.1 surround sound mix of the album. Among the rare studio recordings are early versions of their classics, recorded in 1990 and 1991 and released on cassette at the band’s gigs. Also featured is their 1993 EP Kootchypop and various outtakes and B-sides from the Cracked Rear View sessions. The set is rounded out by extensive liner notes by Tim Sommer, who signed Hootie and the Blowfish in 1993.

Both the 2-CD Expanded Edition (comprising CD 1 and CD 2 of the Deluxe Edition) and 3-CD/DVD Deluxe Edition of Cracked Rear View will be released on May 31 along with a vinyl release of the original album only. You can find a full track listing and pre-order links below!

Hootie and The Blowfish, Cracked Rear View: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Atlantic/Rhino, 2019)

3-CD/DVD Deluxe: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2-CD Expanded: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1LP Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Disc 1: Original Album Remastered (released as Atlantic 82613, 1994)

1. Hannah Jane
2. Hold My Hand
3. Let Her Cry
4. Only Wanna Be With You
5. Running From An Angel
6. I’m Goin’ Home
7. Drowning
8. Time
9. Look Away
10. Not Even The Trees
11. Goodbye

Disc 2: B-Sides & Outtakes

1. All That I Believe *
2. I Go Blind
3. Almost Home
4. Fine Line
5. Where Were You
6. Hey, Hey What Can I Do
7. The Old Man and Me (Kootchypop Version)
8. Hold My Hand (Kootchypop Version)
9. If You’re Going My Way (Kootchypop Version)
10. Sorry’s Not Enough (Kootchypop Version)
11. Only Wanna Be With You (Kootchypop Version)
12. Running From An Angel (1991 Version)
13. Time (1991 Version)
14. Let Her Cry (1991 Version)
15. Drowning (1991 Version)
16. I Don’t Understand
17. Little Girl
18. Look Away (1990 Version)
19. Let My People Go
20. Hold My Hand (1990 Version)

Track 1 previously unreleased
Track 2 from Friends soundtrack – Reprise 46008, 1994
Tracks 3-4 from “Let Her Cry” U.S. CD single – Atlantic 85594, 1995
Track 5 from “Let Her Cry” European CD single – Atlantic 7567-85588-2, 1994
Track 6 from Economium: A Tribute To Led Zeppelin – Atlantic 82731, 1995
Tracks 7-11 from Kootchypop EP – Fishco, 1993
Tracks 12-15 from Time demo EP – Fishco, 1991
Tracks 16-20 from Hootie and The Blowfish demo EP – Rustyfish, 1990

Disc 3: Live At Nick’s Fat City, Pittsburgh, PA – 2/3/1995 (* denotes previously unreleased)

1. Hannah Jane
2. I Go Blind *
3. Not Even The Trees *
4. If You’re Going My Way *
5. Look Away *
6. Fine Line *
7. Let Her Cry *
8. Motherless Child *
9. I’m Goin’ Home *
10. Use Me
11. Running From An Angel *
12. Sorry’s Not Enough *
13. Drowning *
14. The Old Man and Me *
15. Only Wanna Be With You
16. Time *
17. Goodbye
18. The Ballad of John and Yoko
19. Hold My Hand
20. Love The One You’re With *

Track 1 from “Hannah Jane” European CD single – Atlantic 7567 85589 9, 1994
Tracks 10 and 15 from “Only Wanna Be With You” European CD single – Atlantic 7567 85561 2, 1995
Tracks 17-19 from “Let Her Cry” European CD single – Atlantic 7567 85585 2, 1994

DVD: Surround Mix and Promo Videos

5.1 surround sound mix of original album

Hi-Res 24/96 Bonus Tracks

• All That I Believe
• I Go Blind
• Almost Home
• Fine Line
• Where Were You

The Videos (previously released on Summer Camp With Trucks – WarnerVision/Atlantic 52009-6, 1995)

• Hold My Hand
• Let Her Cry
• Only Wanna Be With You
• Time
• Drowning (Live)