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Amazon.com: "I just finished a record with Mudcrutch, my old band before the Heartbreakers. I am over the moon about it. I couldn't have hoped for it to be as good as it came out." In summer 2007, Tom Petty reunited Mudcrutch, consisting of himself, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, original bandmember Tom Leadon, and Randall Marsh, who joined when Mudcrutch first went to Los Angeles in search of a record deal in the early 70s. Now, more than 30 years later, Mudcrutch finally has its debut album. With new Petty songs and a handful of covers, the self-titled disc is both classic rock and a rock classic. Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-02
Wilburys go country.. Do I need this?
I have loved Mr.Petty and his fine band since 1977. Just an amazing performer who has timeless songs. Not just the hits, the B sides are tremendous. Anything thats rock n roll, restless,spike, on and on and on, this band blows Springsteen and that overhyped Northern bunch away.
That said, for me the music stopped around 1994. Stan left because of the Ballads that were increasingly becoming the new music. Sure we would have an occasional hard rocking sound primarily driven by a wonderful riff by THE best lead guitar on the planet. Tom would have to write a lyrics to match. like Running down a dream. But they became far and between. Remember when you would buy Hard promises, your gonna get it, Torpedos, and EVERY single song was a sing along rocking masterpiece?
I think as Tom aged it became way too easy to write boring "room at the top" crap, that even he has admitted is much easier to produce than a guitar driven rocking song.
He got good reviews for Wildflowers, and it's been downhill ever since. More palply draggy songs with an occasional gem or two thrown in.
Oh well, the stones have done that for years too.
I was spoiled with TP for so long, I expected at least 7 great songs per album. That is long gone.
Either he cannot do it anymore, or doesn't want to. It always amazes me that a band will hit a formula fans love, then decide to "do something different" or as Tom puts it "we were treading water"
Note to TOM: We want you to tread water. If we wanted different we could listen to a million other bands. Your hard driven, sneering, fast talking, working man blues rockers were what made millions of fans.
So Tom keeps doing the special projects, and the DJ political statements, and the feel good self absorbed Mudcrutch stuff. It's not making me happy.
I want the Tom Petty and the heartbreakers of the 70's and 80s' back. But I think they are long gone. It was a great run. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-26
Better than TP & The HB's? Doesn't Matter..........It's just good
I, like many my age in the Gainesville, Florida area, remember hearing the band at popular night spots, back when. Actually, I have to smile when I hear many of the songs; what North Florida boy would not, with "Crystal River", for that peaceful sittin' down by the river feeling? or "The Wrong Thing To Do", with typical Southern humor?
Petty has a relaxed feel with his vocals. No Hollywood,just good 'ole music that is not contrived, not overdone, with decent performances by all.
I was prepared to blow this album off as just another indulgence.
What a truly great mistake that would have been. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-26
what do I think?
Wow, not quite Tom Petty, but then Tom Petty all the way through. I don't know how else to explain it. It is different than we have heard, still good and yet a listen through it and I know I have to listen again to really appreciate what I hear. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-25
Mudcrutch Review
Tom Petty's done it again. The songs are new but they feel like they've been around for years. Another terrific album from Petty and his gang! Rating:
Date: 2008-06-22
Yes! That's what I'm talkin' about!
This album hits on all cylinders. It's deep, passionate. rockin', and nostalgic which can be lame sometimes, but not in this case. Topanga Cowgirl is one of the best new songs I've heard in a while. It's old but still very current. What a great idea to re-unite an old band like this. I've been a Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers fan my entire adult life and half my childhood, and I have to say this is the album I've been waiting for them to make my entire life. They jam out more on songs, which is nice. Whenever they start jamming at live shows I always want more, so this is a good new trend for albums for them. Every song on this album is great. Of course some I like more than others, but once you start this album it's very hard to stop it before the end. |
