Scattered, Smothered and Covered

For the album by Unsane, see Scattered, Smothered & Covered.

Scattered, Smothered and Covered is a covers album by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, released in 2000. The album was named in honor of Waffle House, a Southern restaurant chain. One of Waffle House's advertising campaigns used the phrase "scattered, smothered and covered," a reference to hash browns prepared with onions and cheese.

Scattered, Smothered and Covered
Compilation album by Hootie & the Blowfish
Released	October 24, 2000
Studio	NRG Studios, North Hollywood, California; Reflection Sound Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina; The Site, San Rafael, California; Royaltone Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Rock
Length	56:00
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Don Gehman
Hootie & the Blowfish chronology
Musical Chairs (1998) Scattered, Smothered and Covered (2000) Hootie & the Blowfish (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Billboard	(average)[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Track listing

Standard track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fine Line" (Originally recorded by Radney Foster)	Radney Foster	3:32
2.	"I Go Blind" (Originally recorded by 54-40)	Neil Osborne	3:14
3.	"Almost Home" (Originally recorded by the Reivers)	John Croslin	3:51
4.	"Hey Hey What Can I Do" (Originally recorded by Led Zeppelin)	John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant	3:52
5.	"Renaissance Eyes" (Originally recorded by Don Dixon)	Don Dixon	5:04
6.	"Before the Heartache Rolls In" (Originally recorded by Foster & Lloyd)	Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd	3:52
7.	"Araby" (Originally recorded by the Reivers)	John Croslin	2:49
8.	"I'm Over You" (Originally recorded by The Silos)	Bob Rupe	4:18
9.	"Gravity of the Situation" (Originally recorded by Vic Chesnutt)	Rob Veal	4:36
10.	"I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" (Originally recorded by Tom Waits)	Tom Waits	2:58
11.	"Dream Baby" (Originally recorded by Roy Orbison)	Cindy Walker	3:00
12.	"Driver 8" (Originally recorded by R.E.M.)	Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe	4:27
13.	"Let Me Be Your Man" (Originally recorded by Gregory Ritchey)	Gregory Ritchey	3:04
14.	"Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" (Originally recorded by the Smiths)	Johnny Marr, Morrissey	1:50
15.	"Use Me" (Originally recorded by Bill Withers)	Bill Withers	5:01

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Freedom's Child" (Originally recorded by Hootie and the Blowfish for the album adaptation of The Civil War)	Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy	3:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes.^[4]

Hootie and the Blowfish Mark Bryan – guitars, vocals, mandolin (track 9), Wurlitzer (11), electric mandolin (14) Dean Felber – bass, vocals, acoustic guitar (track 14) Darius Rucker – vocals, guitars, fade out guitar solo (track 8) Jim Sonefeld – drums, percussion, vocals, acoustic guitar (track 14) Additional musicians Susan Cowsill – harmony vocals (track 12) Ron De La Vega – bass (track 9) Gary Greene – percussion (track 15) Nanci Griffith – vocals (track 9) Peter Holsapple – mandolin (track 4) James Hooker – Hammond B3 (track 9) Jamie Hoover – organ (track 13), 12-string guitar (14) Doug Lancio – guitar (track 9) Edwin McCain – vocals (track 15) Pat McInerney – percussion (track 9) Jon Nau – keyboards Gena Rankin – harmony vocals (tracks 1, 3) Craig Shields – baritone saxophone (track 15) Tim Sommer – organ (track 2) The Walker Sisters – backing vocals (track 11)

Production Mark Dearnley – remixing and mastering Don Dixon – producer, engineer, and mixer (track 15) Don Gehman – producer, engineer, and mixer (tracks 1–12), remixing and mastering Jim Goodwin – mixing assistant (track 4) John Harris – engineer (track 9) Billy Huelin – live sound engineer Curt Kroeger – assistant engineer (track 12) Dave Leonard – mixing (track 12) Wade Norton – engineer (track 1), assistant engineer (2, 3) David Puryear – assistant engineer (track 15) Tracy Schroeder – engineer (track 11), assistant engineer (13-15), mixing assistant (13, 14) Roger Sommers – assistant engineer (track 12) Liz Sroka – assistant engineer (tracks 1–3) Doug Trantow – engineer and mixing (track 12) Mark Williams – producer (track 15), engineer, and mixer (13-15), assistant engineer (4)