title: Blues Traveler (album)
text: # Blues Traveler (album)
  
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  Blues Traveler, the eponymous debut album from Blues Traveler, was released on A&M Records in 1990. The album features "jam structures on basic blues riffs" focused around the harmonica playing of band leader John Popper, which writer William Ruhlmann said gave the band a more focused sound than that of the Grateful Dead.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "But Anyway" (Chan Kinchla, John Popper) – 4:10
  * "Gina" (Kinchla, Popper) – 4:03
  * "Mulling It Over" (Kinchla, Popper) – 3:43
  * "100 Years" (Popper) – 3:43
  * "Dropping Some NYC" (Kinchla, Popper, Bobby Sheehan) – 3:19
  * "Crystal Flame" (Kinchla, Popper) – 9:39
  * "Slow Change" (Kinchla, Popper) – 4:54
  * "Warmer Days" (Popper) – 4:55
  * "Gotta Get Mean" (Brendan Hill, Kinchla, Popper) – 3:49
  * "Alone" (Popper) – 7:33
  * "Sweet Talking Hippie" (Hill, Kinchla, Popper, Sheehan) – 6:22
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Blues Traveler
  
  * John Popper – lead vocals, harmonica, 12-string acoustic guitar
  * Chan Kinchla – guitar
  * Bobby Sheehan – bass
  * Brendan Hill – drums, percussion
  
  ### Additional personnel
  
  * Chris Barron, Justin Niebank, Kevin Traynor – backing vocals on "Dropping Some NYC"
  * Joan Osborne – backing vocals on "100 Years" and "Warmer Days"
  * Howie Wyeth – piano on "Warmer Days"
  * Arnie Lawrence – soprano saxophone on "100 Years"
  
  ## Certifications
  
  | Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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  | United States (RIAA) | Gold | $500,000^^$ |
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