Tom Petty - Wildflowers

Artist:

Petty, Tom

See Also:

Traveling Wilburys Sweet, Matthew

Description:

Personnel: Tom Petty (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, piano, organ, bass); Michael Kamen (conductor); Carl Wilson (vocals); Mike Campbell (acoustic & electric guitars, sitar, harpsichord, bass); Marty Rifkin (pedal steel guitar); Jim Horn, Brandon Fields, Gary Herbig, Kim Hutchcroft (saxophone); Benmont Tench (acoustic & electric pianos, organ, harmonium, Mellotron); Howie Epstein (bass, background vocals); John Pierce (bass); Steve Ferrone, Ringo Starr (drums); Lenny Castro, Phil Jones (percussion).
Producers: Rick Rubin, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell.
Engineers: Jim Scott, David Bianco, Richard Dodd.
Recorded at Sound City and Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles, California.
"You Don`t Know How It Feels" won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. WILDFLOWERS won a 1996 Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. WILDFLOWERS was also nominated for Best Rock Album.
It is hard to believe that Tom Petty first stepped onto the rock & roll carousel eighteen years ago. Hard to believe because the best moments of his sizable catalog--the perfect guitar pop of "American Girl," the faux-psychedelia of "Don`t Come Around Here No More," the sharp-tongued putdowns like "Century City" and "Zombie Zoo"--have all developed a rare timeless quality. A quality that few, if any, of his contemporaries (Eddie Money, the Cars, etc.) were able to achieve. Harder, still, because in the course of his long career we`ve never noticed Petty gettin` on in years or becoming an anachronism.
So it is somehow appropriate that on WILDFLOWERS, his second "solo" ride without the full complement of the Heartbreakers, Petty`s musings fall predominantly toward his current role in the world. Throughout these reflections Tom Petty plays the kid`s game he`s been good at for years ("but let me get to the point, let`s roll another joint" he sneers knowingly in "You Don`t Know How It Feels"). More often than not, the future the songwriter envisions for himself is full of doubts ("Time To Move On") and soon-to-be-dull memories ("Don`t Fade On Me"). This makes WILDFLOWERS speak in a far more subdued and wistful tone than most Petty records, creating a darker self-conscious persona.
Tom Petty understands that he`s far too established to keep playing a rebellious, one-dimensional rock & roll singer. On WILDFLOWERS he attempts to ground this understanding in a purposeful existence.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Wildflowers
2. You Don`t Know How It Feels
3. Time to Move On
4. You Wreck Me
5. It`s Good to Be King
6. Only a Broken Heart
7. Honey Bee
8. Don`t Fade on Me
9. Hard on Me
10. Cabin Down Below
11. To Find a Friend
12. Higher Place, A
13. House in the Woods
14. Crawling Back to You
15. Wake up Time

Album Information

Release Date:

10/11/1994

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Hard Rock

Label:

Warner Bros. Records (Record Label)

Catalog Number:

45759

Original Release Year:

1994

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Ringo Starr; Jim Horn; Carl Wilson; Howie Epstein; Michael Kamen; Benmont Tench; Mike Campbell

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