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Album Description: Hailing from the state of Florida, singer-songwriter Tom Petty has come to epitomize a new rootsy style of California rock'n'roll. Rhythmically, the music harkens back to the basic crunch of the Rolling Stones and the dancing pop of the Beatles, while Petty's gravelly vocals and sing-song narrative style suggest roots in the folk-blues Americana of Bob Dylan. This new Greatest Hits collection replaces the classic hit of "Something in the Air" with "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" featuring Stevie Nicks. Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-26
great
tom petty is the greatest as is the cd. i recieved it quickly. buy it Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-24
Good but...
Truthfully the music on this CD is 5 stars, but because this CD is almost exactly the same as the previous Greatest Hits CD I took off one star. Tom Petty is an amazing singer/songwriter and if you don't already own his other Greatest Hits CD, this is an excellent choice. If you do have the other release, the only additional song on this is "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" with Stevie Nicks which is also found on her Timespace--the Best of Stevie Nicks album released in 1991. IF you don't have that amazing song, it might make sense to just download it individually. Rating:
Date: 2008-05-20
Runnin' Down A Heartbreaker
This past year has really been a banner year for Tom Petty. He has celebrated over 30 years in the music industry, and has delivered classics hits that really have stood the ultimate test of time. He and The Heartbreakers have shown that well with the massive successful performance of the Super Bowl performance back in January, which brought the house down even to a whole new generation of fans. The year has also brought in a new fresh start for his career, with the reunion of the band that started before becoming The Heartbreakers, Mudcrutch and their hit single, Scare Easy. Yet, with all that, it has been 15 years ago since the band released the highly-acclaimed and successful Greatest Hits album. Now, a new version has taken a turn for record listeners, but is it enough to really stand up, or is it just runnin' down the wallet?
The 2008 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits album, re-releases nearly all the tracks that were from the original 1993 edition. The songs have all been well-restored from the groups highs and lows from the 70's, 80's and 90's. The collection includes the classics Learning to Fly, You Got Lucky, the classic Refugee, Runnin' Down A Dream and their first hit American Girl. The collection doesn't completely seperate itself from the 1993 hits album. the only differnce here is that instead of the track Something In the Air, it is replaced with Tom and The Heartbreakers collaboration with Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks on their 1981 hit Stop Dragging My Heart Around. On top of that, the album doesn't actually expand into the hits from Tom's 90's era with Warner Brothers on records like Echo, Wildflowers and The Last D.J. So, unfortunately some longtime fans will miss out on good songs like You Don't Know How It Feels, Room At The Top and You Wreck Me will be dissapointed.
All in all, While the new version of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers isn't bad still as a single disc collection, there still could've been a bit more than meets the eye. Still, if you haven't yet owned a Tom Petty album in your CD or MP3 Library, than this would be an excellent addition to your collection. That is still nothing to sneeze at, and still Free Fallin' to music lovers all around.
Album Cover: C+
Songs: B-
Price: B-
Remastering: B+
Overall: B- Rating:
Date: 2008-05-20
BEWARE: You MAY already own this!
Do not be fooled by this newest "Greatest Hits" collection released for Tom Petty as it is the same as the package released in 1993 with one minor and one major exception. Additionally, the proclamation that this contains 'EXTRA TRACKS' is completely misleading.
The minor exception is that they have simply changed the cover and the major exception is that they REPLACED the last track on the first Greatest Hits ("Something in the Air") with the Petty/Nicks collaboration "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around." Hence, there are no EXTRA tracks, but simply a substitute of one for another! "Something in the Air" was an exclusive track and cannot be found on any other Tom Petty collection. Adding "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" as the last track also interrupts the chronological order of the first 17 songs, as it was released in 1981 and follows his 1993 track "Mary Jane's Last Dance." As of this writing, the first Petty hits collection is still in print and about two bucks cheaper. However, I cannot imagine the record companies keeping both available.
As far as the songs go, both of these collections include Petty's biggest hits up to 1993 such as "Refugee," "Don't Do Me Like That," "The Waiting," and "I Won't Back Down" and it is second only to the two disc anthology titled "Anthology: Through the Years" which I would recommend over this one if you prefer a more comprehensive overview of Petty's work as that collection includes his hits up to the year 2000 and has everything that is on here at a very good price.
If you already own the first "Tom Petty's Greatest Hits" you can always just download "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" if you need that song. As far as a one disc collection goes I cannot imagine one being more thorough than this one. Minus one star, however, for the redundancy and misleading information regarding 'extra tracks.' |
