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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Band: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Title: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
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Release Date: 2002-05-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Rockin' Around (With You) 2: Breakdown 3: Hometown Blues 4: Wild One, Forever 5: Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll 6: Strangered in the Night 7: Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) 8: Mystery Man 9: Luna 10: American Girl

CD's great! Case was broken
It was a surprise, but at least the CD was in great condition. I ordered the CD and was not told that the case was broken. . .


Heartbreakingly Good
Soft rock with rounded edges was the norm. Back in 1976, what ruled the airwaves and sales charts was the likes of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Frampton Comes Alive!. So when a leather jacketed kid dropped a tightly wound rock record that was both punky and rocking, it caused a lot of folks to sit up and take notice. . . even if it didn't catch commercial fire. Tom Petty's debut album with The Heartbreakers barely broke the 30 minute mark, but its perfect mix of Stones/Byrds rock and emerging punk fire straddled both camps with ease and swagger.

"Breakdown's" Top 40 breakthrough was revolutionary, as was the fact that "American Girl" was making inroads on classic rock radio (and remains a staple some 35 years later). This was a classic album in the 'band' sense, with Heartbreaker core members Mike Campbell on guitars and Benmont Tench on keyboards making contributions to what ultimately became Petty and the heartbreaker's ongoing sound. But the main thing about this debut is just how engaging it was, and how it still sounds fresh and exciting. You can hear the traces of Southern Accents grandeur on "The Wild One Forever" and the folk-rock of Wildflowers on "Mystery Man. "

In other words, all the coming greatness in Petty and the Heartbreakers' future work. For their debut (and on You're Gonna Get It! to a lesser extent), Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers embraced all that was great in both American and classic British rock and made it their own.


One hell of a debut album....
Upon first listen I discovered an LP full of good tunes. Back in '76 when this was released, "Breakdown" and "American Girl" were the tunes that made me take notice and want this LP. Particular favorites of mine--"Strangered in the Night", "Luna", "Fooled Again(I Don't Like It) and "The Wild One, Forever". Tom Petty has released some fine albums over a long and distinguished career but I really don't think he's ever topped this one.


Tom Petty songs never get outdated
Tom Petty is a great songwriter. I grew near Gainesville, and have seen him perform many times. .


Garage rock? Power pop? Adolescent shadow? all that and so much more....
Mike Campbell, known to cognisceti. In the genre of "mood music" rock few songs can match Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Breakdown" and "Wilde One, Forever" with their restrained time registers and the jazz like precision of the instrument voices, with each taking a lead and then dropping back to chorus through the song cycle. as one of the world's most technically gifted and underappreciated guitar players (along with Jethro Tull's Martin Barre) shines here on leads everyone thinks Petty is playing. "American Girl" shows off the full dimensions of back to back Rickenbachers on lead and rhythm. Perhaps we inflate the significance of those few albums we could afford in our youth, and their repetition driven by economic deprivation and the horror of pay-ola sludge pumped from the radio reinforces the perception of their greatness. But when one of my current students overheard me playing this album they said "cool new sound. . . who is that?" Proving forever that accurate garage rock crossed with power pop energy never looses its appeal through the generations.


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