Four (Blues Traveler album)

four
Studio album by Blues Traveler
Released	September 13, 1994
Genre	Rock
Length	56:47
Label	A&M
Producer	Michael Barbiero Steve Thompson
Blues Traveler chronology
Save His Soul (1993) four (1994) Straight On till Morning (1997)
Singles from four
"Run-Around" Released: February 28, 1995 "Hook" Released: August 29, 1995 "The Mountains Win Again" Released: 1995

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
The Music Box	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Four (styled as four) is the breakthrough album by American 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 Nos. 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

1. "Run-Around" (John Popper) – 4:40
2. "Stand" (Popper) – 5:19
3. "Look Around" (Popper) – 5:42
4. "Fallible" (Chan Kinchla, Popper) – 4:47
5. "The Mountains Win Again" (Bobby Sheehan) – 5:06
6. "Freedom" (Popper, Sheehan) – 4:01
7. "Crash Burn" (Kinchla, Popper) – 2:59
8. "Price to Pay" (Kinchla, Popper) – 5:17
9. "Hook" (Popper) – 4:49
10. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (Kinchla, Popper, Sheehan, Brendan Hill) – 1:55
11. "Just Wait" (Popper) – 5:34
12. "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 – pedal steel 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, and "Hook" peaked at No. 8 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart in 1996.

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