Tom petty discography4/19/2023 ![]() ![]() As a taste of what he would produce with the Travelling Wilburys, this outshines that album because of the quality of the songs.Īt the time I was mildly disappointed by this album, but over the years it has grown on me, with songs like ‘ The Waiting’ and ‘ A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me)’ being as good as anything on ‘ Damn The Torpedoes’. With new management in place at the label it went on to be Petty’s most commercially successful album. Stevie Nicks’ ‘ Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around’, written by Petty and Campbell, whose name appears on many of the best Heartbreakers songs, was considered significant enough to appear on Petty’s own ‘ Greatest Hits’ album.īizarrely, Petty’s debut solo album was originally considered not worthy of release by MCA, because they weren’t hearing any hits. The Traveling Wilburys were in many ways the anti-Heartbreakers, and the relaxed groove of much of their output is reflected in the way the album came together, just pals messing about. The irony of course is that the final Heartbreakers’ album ‘ Hypnotic Eye’ was hailed as a return to the form the early work.Ĭollaborations were always a part of Petty’s musical journey. ![]() Petty and Mike Campbell took production control back for ‘ Mojo‘, which while flawed was a step in the right direction and suggested that they knew there was better to be done. ![]() Jeff Lynne’s one-size-fits-all approach to production must take some of the blame here, although Rick Rubin didn’t fare much better for some reason. While the raucous, hard rocking, Heartbreakers continued to show up in live work through the years, the studio albums after ‘ Damn The Torpedoes’ became increasingly sanitised and glossy. ‘ Luna’ from this bootleg set was the B side of ‘ American Girl’ in the UK at least and was the definitive version of one of the hidden gems in Petty’s catalogue. A deluxe edition added a vinyl only version of the 1977 ‘ Official Live ‘Leg’ a single sided 5 track disc issued to radio stations that deserves a proper official release. The sprawling ‘ Live Anthology’ mixes up songs from throughout their career, when a chronological approach might well have been a better bet. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were a dynamic live band, and one of the slightly disappointing aspects of their discography is the relative lack of official live material. From there a career amongst rock royalty beckoned. With the ‘difficult second album’ out of the way Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers hit the jackpot with ‘ Damn the Torpedoes’. ‘ American Girl’ with its McGuinn style rhythm guitar line became one of their signature songs and inspired a legion of imitators. In the UK the reaction was a bit quicker helped by a tour and two Top 40 singles. In the midst of punk, new wave and whatever else was happening in 1977, the first Tom Petty album crept out and took a year to reach the US charts. ![]()
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