Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits

Artist:

Petty, Tom

See Also:

Traveling Wilburys Sweet, Matthew

Description:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty (vocals, guitars, keyboards); Mike Campbell (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar); Benmont Tench (keyboards, background vocals); Howie Epstein (bass guitar, background vocals); Ron Blair (bass guitar); Stan Lynch (drums, background vocals).
In the 1970s and `80s, amid the rise of New Wave and synth pop, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers almost single-handedly brought old-school power-pop and garage-rock musical values into the mainstream. The roots-conscious Floridians are often regarded as "heartland rockers," and tunes like the jangling, Byrds-like "American Girl" certainly make a case for that appellation. At the same time, "Don`t Come Around Here No More" and "You Got Lucky" eagerly expand that stylistic template with haunting atmospherics and neo-psychedelic touches.
GREATEST HITS offers a handy, hook-laden, single-disc summary of this great American band. It traverses the Heartbreakers` journey from raw, lean `70s enfants terribles to elder rock-&-roll statesmen. Conveniently, it also includes the two best Heartbreakers tunes never to grace one of their studio albums--"Mary Jane`s Last Dance" and the Petty/Stevie Nicks duet, "Stop Draggin` My Heart Around."

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. American Girl
2. Breakdown
3. Listen To Her Heart
4. I Need To Know
5. Refugee
6. Don`t Do Me Like That
7. Even the Losers
8. Here Comes My Girl
9. Waiting, The
10. You Got Lucky
11. Don`t Come Around Here No More
12. I Won`t Back Down
13. Runnin` Down a Dream
14. Free Fallin`
15. Learning To Fly
16. Into the Great Wide Open
17. Mary Jane`s Last Dance
18. Stop Draggin` My Heart Around - (featuring Stevie Nicks)

Album Information

Release Date:

05/20/2008

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Label:

Geffen Records (USA)

Catalog Number:

B0010327-02

Original Release Year:

2008

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Stevie Nicks

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