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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – 1993 – Greatest Hits

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Title: Greatest Hits
Label: MCA
Released: Nov 16, 1993
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed

Tracklist:

#American Girl
#Breakdown
#Listen to Her Heart
#I Need to Know
#Refugee
#Don’t Do Me Like That
#Even the Losers
#Here Comes My Girl
#Waiting
#You Got Lucky
#Don’t Come Around Here No More
#I Won’t Back Down
#Runnin’ Down a Dream
#Free Fallin’
#Learning to Fly
#Into the Great Wide Open
#Mary Jane’s Last Dance
#Something in the Air

Review:

He’s sold millions of albums, filled arenas, and hobnobbed with George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison, but Tom Petty’s driving heartland rock has often been taken for granted by the same critics who hail John Mellencamp as a genius. Greatest Hits is an airtight argument for Petty’s own greatness. Starting with “American Girl,” the rollicking, Byrds-inspired single from Petty’s first album in 1976, this compilation presents a chronological overview of the guitarist-vocalist’s career with and without the Heartbreakers, also chronically underrated as one of today’s best bands. Every one of the 16 older tracks is a well-crafted gem, full of solid guitar hooks (“Here Comes My Girl”), arresting images (“Don’t Come Around Here No More”) and simple but poetic lyrics (“The Waiting”).

Petty isn’t an innovator; he’s a talented craftsman with impeccable taste and a strong sense of rock history, internalizing influences ranging from the Beatles’ psychedelic masterpiece, Revolver, to the best of ’70s punk. (It’s interesting to remember that early efforts such as “Refugee” and “Don’t Do Me Like That” first won Petty attention as a New Wave artist). With his Dylanesque vocals and chiming 12-string guitars, Petty is more often linked these days with the sounds of the ’60s. But recent tunes such as “Learning to Fly” and “Into the Great Wide Open” are as smart, relevant and (dare I say) alternative as anything in MTV’s Buzz Bin. –Jim DeRogatis

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits, originally released in 1993, has gone on to be the best selling collection in the band’s four decades and counting career. Over seven times platinum, this collection now has been remastered.

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