Editing Cracker (band)

{{Short description|American rock band}}
{{For|the earlier American band|Kracker}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Cracker
| image            = CrackerJonesBeach.jpg
|image_upright=1.25
| caption          = Cracker performing at [[Jones Beach Theater]] in 2012
| origin          = [[Richmond, Virginia]], U.S.
| genre           = {{flatlist|
* [[Rock music|Rock]]
* [[Country music|country]] 
* [[grunge]] 
* [[Punk music|punk]]
}}
| years_active     = 1990–present
| associated_acts  = [[Camper Van Beethoven]], Hickman-Dalton Gang, [[David Lowery (musician)|David Lowery]], [[Johnny Hickman]]
| label            = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]], [[Cooking Vinyl]], [[429 Records|Savoy / 429 Records]]
| website          = {{URL|crackersoul.com}}
| current_members  = {{plainlist|
* [[David Lowery (musician)|David Lowery]]
* [[Johnny Hickman]]
* Bryan Howard
* CoCo Owens
}}
| past_members     = {{plainlist|
* [[Davey Faragher]]
* [[Phil Jones (Musician)|Phil Jones]]
* [[Michael Urbano]]
* Bruce Hughes
* [[David Lovering]]
* Joey Peters
* [[Johnny Hott]]
* [[Bob Rupe]] (deceased)
* [[Charlie Quintana]] (deceased)
* Kenny Margolis
* Brandy Wood
* [[Victor Krummenacher]]
* [[Sal Maida]] (deceased)
* [[Frank Funaro]]
* [[Thayer Sarrano]]
* Matt "Pistol" Stoessel
* Paul McHugh
}}
}}

'''Cracker''' is an American [[rock music|rock]] band formed in 1990 by lead singer [[David Lowery (musician)|David Lowery]] and guitarist [[Johnny Hickman]]. The band's first album ''[[Cracker (album)|Cracker]]'' was released in 1992 on [[Virgin Records]]; it included the single "[[Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)]]", which went to #1 on the U.S. [[Modern Rock Tracks|Modern Rock]] chart. The band's follow-up, the 1993 album ''[[Kerosene Hat]]'' included the hit songs "[[Low (Cracker song)|Low]]," "Get Off This" and "[[Euro-Trash Girl]]".<ref name="Larkin90" /> Cracker has released nine studio albums and several compilations, collaborations, solo projects and live albums.<ref>{{cite web|author=Graham Pugh |url=http://www.the-van.com/ |title=Camper Van Beethoven – Cracker – Magnetic – Pitch-a-Tent – Sparklehorse – FSK |publisher=The Van |access-date=May 8, 2012}}</ref> The band mix influences and sounds from [[rock music|rock]], [[punk rock|punk]], [[grunge]], [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]], [[country music|country]], [[blues]] and [[folk music|folk]].

==History==
===1990s===
Shortly after Lowery's former group [[Camper Van Beethoven]] disbanded in 1990, he began demoing material along with boyhood friend guitarist Johnny Hickman. After moving from Redlands, California to Richmond, Virginia, Lowery and Hickman recorded a demo tape, later nicknamed ''Big Dirty Yellow Demos'' by the group's fans, which included early versions of songs that appeared on later albums. They eventually chose the name Cracker and teamed up with fellow Redlands bass guitarist [[Davey Faragher]]. A brief tour with Virginia drummer Go Weatherford followed.

By 1991, the newly formed band had signed a recording contract with Virgin Records and enlisted the help of several drummers/percussionists ([[Jim Keltner]], Michael Urbano and Phil Jones), issuing its first album, ''[[Cracker (album)|Cracker]]'', in 1992.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=978-0-7535-0427-7|page=101}}</ref> From the album came radio hit "[[Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)]]", which peaked at No.&nbsp;1 on [[Modern Rock Tracks]], and a second single entitled "Happy Birthday to Me." The album went on to sell more than 200,000 copies.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Puterbaugh|first1=Parke|title=Crackers with Attitudes|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/crackers-with-attitude-19940407|access-date=August 6, 2016|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 7, 1994}}</ref>

A year later, Cracker issued its best-selling album, ''[[Kerosene Hat]]''.<ref name="Larkin90" /> The album included hit singles "[[Low (Cracker song)|Low]]" and "Get Off This" (both with official music videos directed by Carlos Grasso), as well as a cover of the [[Grateful Dead]]'s "Loser."<ref name="Larkin90" /> The album sold almost half a million copies that year and eventually almost reached platinum status.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book
| first= Martin C.
| last= Strong
| year= 2000
| title= The Great Rock Discography
| edition= 5th
| publisher= Mojo Books 
| location= Edinburgh
| page= 219
| isbn= 978-1-84195-017-4}}</ref> Urbano performed on ''Kerosene Hat'' and toured with Cracker before leaving the band, along with Faragher. After a short spell with [[Bruce Hughes]], Lowery and Hickman added [[Bob Rupe]], formerly of The Silos, as bass guitarist and Charlie Quintana (Bob Dylan, The JuJu Hounds) on drums. In 1993, Cracker contributed the song "[[Good Times Bad Times]]" to the ''[[Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin]]'' album. Initially, the band had recorded a rendition of "[[When the Levee Breaks]]" but it was deemed "too weird."

Three years later, ''[[The Golden Age (Cracker album)|The Golden Age]]'' was released, with "I Hate My Generation" as the lead single.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography" /> However, the music scene was shifting away from guitar-driven alternative rock, and although critically acclaimed, the album sold only moderately. Following the long-term additions of drummer [[Frank Funaro]] and keyboard player Kenny Margolis, the band returned in 1998 with ''[[Gentleman's Blues]],'' with "The Good Life" as the lead single. Although the album received only a lukewarm critical response, it solidified an ever-growing and devout following both in the United States and Europe who referred to themselves as "Crumbs."<ref name="The Great Rock Discography" />

In 1995 the song "Whole Lotta Trouble," co-written by Hickman and Chris LeRoy, was used in the film ''[[Empire Records]]''. The same year, Cracker's cover of the [[Flamin' Groovies]] song, "[[Shake Some Action]]," was used in the teen romantic-comedy ''[[Clueless (film)|Clueless]]''.

Camper Van Beethoven unexpectedly re-formed in 1999, and in 2004 released the critically acclaimed ''[[New Roman Times]]''. During this time, Hickman released a first solo recording, ''Palmhenge'', which received "Voices Choice" accolades in ''[[The Village Voice]]'' by the rock critic [[Robert Christgau]] and a positive review in ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' magazine. Since then, Lowery has performed in both Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven.

===2000s===
A compilation album called ''[[Garage D'Or]]'' was released in 2000, with one disc composed of greatest hits and three new songs, and another of out-takes, soundtrack contributions, demos and other obscurities. Rupe departed in January 2000 and was replaced by bass guitarist Brandy Wood. In 2002, the band released its next studio album, ''[[Forever (Cracker album)|Forever]]'' which, once again, met with limited commercial success.

The group left Virgin in 2003 with the independent release ''[[Countrysides (album)|Countrysides]]'', composed of eight [[country and western music|country and western]] covers and one new original song. A collaboration with the [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] band [[Leftover Salmon]], ''[[Oh Cracker, Where Art Thou? (album)|Oh Cracker, Where Art Thou?]]'' (2003), contained bluegrass versions of many Lowery and Hickman compositions. In 2005, Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven started an annual three-night "Campout" at Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace in [[Pioneertown, California]], close to where Lowery and Hickman met, in which they and several other bands perform, including sets by Cracker and Camper band members performing their own music. Previous years' guests have included [[Roger Clyne]], [[John Doe (musician)|John Doe]], [[Neko Case]], [[Ike Reilly]], [[Ryan Bingham]], [[Vermillion Lies]], [[Jason Molina]] and Magnolia Electric Co, [[Built To Spill]], [[Brant Bjork]] and the Bros, [[Clem Snide]], [[Gram Rabbit]] and The [[Bellrays]].

With Camper Van Beethoven bass guitarist [[Victor Krummenacher]] replacing Wood, the band released the studio album ''[[Greenland (album)|Greenland]]'' on June 6, 2006, and continued to tour extensively. After the departures of Margolis and Krummenacher, the band's lineup stabilized in 2007 around Hickman, Lowery, Funaro and new bass guitarist Sal Maida, who had played with [[Roxy Music]].

Cracker released a new studio album entitled ''[[Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey]]'' to positive reviews on May 5, 2009. It was the band's first chart on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in more than a decade, after having sold more than 3,000 copies in a week. This was in part due to the [[Triple-A radio|Triple A]] chart success of the album's lead single, "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me," which was used in the television show ''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]''.

===2010s===
In January 2011, Lowery released his first solo album, ''The Palace Guards'', on [[429 Records]]. In March, Cracker announced Campout East, the east coast counterpart to their Campout festival, to be held in [[Crozet, Virginia]]. The first Campout East was held at Misty Mountain Camp Resort and was co-hosted by [[Sons of Bill]]. The second Campout East took place in [[Buena Vista, Virginia]] at Glen Maury Park on June 1–2, 2012.

Johnny Hickman released a second solo album, ''Tilting'', in July 2012, while Cracker's song "Low" appeared in the 2012 film ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]'' and again in ''[[The Wolverine (film)|The Wolverine]]'' and an episode of ''[[Hindsight (TV series)|Hindsight]]''.

Drummer Frank Funaro was unable to tour due to an injury to his arm that sidelined him for all of 2014.

In July 2014, a revival of the ''Kerosene Hat'' era lineup toured China. Lowery and Hickman were joined on the tour by original bassist Davey Faragher and former drummer Michael Urbano. Faragher and Urbano also joined the band in recording roughly half of the double album ''[[Berkeley to Bakersfield]]''. The other half was recorded with an entirely new lineup that also became the current touring lineup. The album was released on December 9, 2014, with "Waited My Whole Life" released as a single.

In December 2015, Lowery (along with [[Camper Van Beethoven]]) filed a class action lawsuit against music streaming service [[Spotify]], alleging that Spotify knowingly and unlawfully reproduced and distributed copyrighted recordings without obtaining proper music licenses.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title = Spotify Hit With $150 Million Class Action Over Unpaid Royalties {{!}} Billboard|url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6828092/spotify-class-action-royalties-david-lowery-cracker-150-million|magazine = Billboard|access-date = February 8, 2016}}</ref> On 12 March 2018, drummer Charlie Quintana died from a heart attack. In February 2025, bass guiterist Sal Maida died. On 3 March 2025, Bob Rupe died aged 68.

== Band members ==
=== Current members ===
* [[David Lowery (musician)|David Lowery]] – vocals, guitar (1990–present)
* [[Johnny Hickman]] – lead guitar, vocals (1990–present)
* Bryan Howard – bass guitar (2014–present)
* Carlton "Coco" Owens – drums (2014–present)

=== Former members ===
* [[Davey Faragher]] – bass guitar, vocals (1990–1993, 2014)
* [[Phil Jones (Musician)|Phil Jones]] – drums, percussion (1990–1992 – session)
* Go Weatherford – drums (1990–1991 – touring)
* [[Michael Urbano]] – drums (1992–1993, 2014)
* Joey Peters – drums (1992 – session)
* Bruce Hughes – bass guitar (1993–1994)
* [[David Lovering]] – drums (1993–1994)
* [[Johnny Hott]] – drums (1994–1995)
* [[Bob Rupe]] – bass guitar, vocals (1994–2000; d. 2025)
* [[Charlie Quintana]] – drums (1995–1996; d. 2018)
* [[Frank Funaro]] – drums (1996–2014)
* Kenny Margolis – keyboards, accordion (1996–2007)
* Brandy Wood – bass guitar, vocals (2000–2004)
* [[Victor Krummenacher]] – bass guitar, vocals (2004–2006)
* Sal Maida – bass guitar (2006–2014; d. 2025)
* [[Thayer Sarrano]] – keyboards, vocals (2014–2015)
* Matt "Pistol" Stoessel – pedal steel guitar (2014–2023)
* Paul McHugh – keyboards, organ (2018–2022)

===Timeline===
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==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart<br />positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" |  <small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small><br><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Cracker Chart History – Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cracker/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | <small> [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small><br><ref name="ARIA history pages">{{cite web|url=  https://imgur.com/a/cG4hrB7| title=Cracker ARIA Chart History complete to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= July 26, 2024}}  N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" |  <small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref name="UK charts">{{cite web |title=CRACKER: Full Official Chart History – Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27628/cracker/ |website=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Cracker (album)|Cracker]]''
|
* Released 1992
* Label: Virgin
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 178
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Kerosene Hat]]''
|
* Released 1993
* Label: Virgin
| style="text-align:center;"| 59
| style="text-align:center;"| 123
| style="text-align:center;"| 44
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Golden Age (Cracker album)|The Golden Age]]''
|
* Released 1996
* Label: Virgin
| style="text-align:center;"| 63
| style="text-align:center;"| 136
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Gentleman's Blues]]''
|
* Released 1998
* Label: Virgin
| style="text-align:center;"| 182
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
! scope="row" |  ''[[Forever (Cracker album)|Forever]]''
|
* Released 2002
* Label: Virgin
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
! scope="row" |  ''[[Countrysides (album)|Countrysides]]''
|
* Released 2003
* Label: BMG
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Greenland (album)|Greenland]]''
|
* Released 2006
* Label: Cooking Vinyl
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey]]''
|
* Released 2009
* Label: 429 Records
| style="text-align:center;"| 189
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Berkeley to Bakersfield]]''
|
* Released 2014
* Label: 429 Records
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| colspan="25" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes release did not chart or become certified.
|}

===Compilations, live albums, and EPs===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! ''Type''
! Label
|-
| 1993
| ''Tucson''
| style="text-align:center;"| EP
| style="text-align:center;"| Virgin
|-
| 1995
| ''Bob's Car''
| style="text-align:center;"| Compilation
| style="text-align:center;"| Fan Club Release
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Garage D'Or]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| Compilation
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Virgin
|-
| 2002
| ''Hello, Cleveland! Live from the Metro''
| style="text-align:center;"| Live
|-
| 2003
| ''[[O' Cracker Where Art Thou?]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| Live
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Pitch-a-tent
|-
| 2005
| ''We Don't Suck Live: Live at Wavefest''
| style="text-align:center;"| Live
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Greatest Hits Redux]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| Compilation
| style="text-align:center;"| Cooking Vinyl
|-
| 2007
| ''Berlin (Live in Berlin, December 2006)''
| style="text-align:center;"| Live
| style="text-align:center;"| Pitch-a-tent
|-
| 2010
| ''Live at the Rockpalast Crossroads-Festival''
| style="text-align:center;"| Live
| style="text-align:center;"| Blue Rose Records
|-
| 2024
| ''Alternative History: A Cracker Retrospective''
| style="text-align:center;"| Compilation
| style="text-align:center;"| Cooking Vinyl
|-
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Title
!colspan="5"| Chart positions
!rowspan="2"| Album
|-
!width="30"|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><br><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Cracker Chart History – Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cracker/chart-history/hsi/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>
!width="30"|<small>[[Modern Rock Tracks|US<br>Alt.]]</small><br><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Cracker Chart History – U.S. Modern Rock |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cracker/chart-history/mrt/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>
!width="30"|<small>[[Mainstream Rock Tracks|US<br>Main.]]</small><br><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Cracker Chart History – Mainstream Rock Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cracker/chart-history/rtt/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>
!width="30"| <small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small><br><ref name="ARIA history pages"/>
!width="30"|<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref name="UK charts"/>
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1992
| "[[Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 27
| style="text-align:center;"| 148
| style="text-align:center;"| 150
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Cracker (album)|Cracker]]''
|-
| "Happy Birthday to Me"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 157
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| 1993
| "[[Low (Cracker song)|Low]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| 64
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| style="text-align:center;"| 63
| style="text-align:center;"| 40
|rowspan="3"| ''[[Kerosene Hat]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1994
| "Get Off This"
| style="text-align:center;"| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Get Off This" did not chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but peaked at no. 2 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]] chart.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Eldridge Industries]] |work=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles/1994-09-10/ |title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 September 10, 1994}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| style="text-align:center;"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| 158
| style="text-align:center;"| 41
|-
| "[[Euro-Trash Girl]]"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 25
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 162
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1996
| "I Hate My Generation"
| style="text-align:center;"| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"I Hate My Generation" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but peaked at number 67 on the [[Hot 100 Airplay]] chart.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.musicvf.com/Cracker.art | title=Cracker Top Songs   | work=Musicvf | access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
| style="text-align:center;"| 24
| style="text-align:center;"| 122
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|rowspan="3"| ''[[The Golden Age (Cracker album)|The Golden Age]]''
|-
| "Nothing to Believe In"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 32
| style="text-align:center;"| 40
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| "Sweet Thistle Pie"
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 33
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
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|rowspan="2"| 1998
| "The Good Life"
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|rowspan="2"| ''[[Gentleman's Blues]]''
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| "The World Is Mine"
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|rowspan="2"| 2002
| "Shine"
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|rowspan="2"| ''[[Forever (Cracker album)|Forever]]''
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| "Merry Christmas, Emily"
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|rowspan="3"| 2006
| "Something You Ain't Got"
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|rowspan="3"| ''[[Greenland (album)|Greenland]]''
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| "Gimme One More Chance"
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| "Everybody Gets One for Free"
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|rowspan="1"| 2009
| "Turn On Tune In Drop Out with Me"
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|rowspan="1"| ''[[Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey]]''
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|rowspan="2"| 2014
| "Waited My Whole Life"
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|rowspan="2"| ''[[Berkeley to Bakersfield]]''
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| "Almond Grove"
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;Other compilations
* ''The Virgin Years'' (1995) with [[Camper Van Beethoven]]
* ''Get On with It: The Best of Cracker'' (2006) Virgin Records greatest hits collection (Not authorized by the band<ref>{{cite web| url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r819992|pure_url=yes}}| title=Allmusic page for Get On With It: The Best of Cracker}} [[AllMusic]]</ref>)

;Tribute albums
* ''[[If I Were a Carpenter (tribute album)|If I Were a Carpenter]]'' (1994)&nbsp;– "[[Rainy Days and Mondays]]"
* ''[[Encomium (album)|Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin]]'' (1995)&nbsp;– "[[Good Times Bad Times]]"
* ''Eyesore: A Stab at the Residents'' (1996)&nbsp;– "Blue Rosebuds"
* ''[[Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation]]'' (1996)&nbsp;– "Withering"
* ''[[Burning London: The Clash Tribute]]'' (1999)&nbsp;– "[[White Riot]]"
* ''[[This Is Where I Belong - The Songs of Ray Davies & The Kinks]]'' (2002)&nbsp;– "[[Victoria (The Kinks song)|Victoria]]"

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website}}
*{{AllMusic}}
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/Cracker Audio recordings at the Live Music Archive]
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