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Darius Rucker reminisced about the career-defining success of Cracked Rear View, which sold over 20 million units in the US alone, making it the 19th best-selling album of all time in America. He described how that record's success was organic, starting from college days where the band formed around genuine friendship and shared musical tastes. Their early performances were largely covers, including a notable phase where they performed 13 REM songs, illustrating their foundational focus on authentic musical expression rather than commercial ambition.