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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Into The Great Wide Open"
© MCA Records
Year of Release: 1991
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track listing
Learning To Fly
King's Highway
Into The Great Wide Open
Two Gunslingers
The Dark Of The Sun
All Or Nothin'
All The Wrong Reasons
Too Good To Be True
Out In The Cold
You And I Will Meet Again
Makin' Some Noise
Built To Last
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "Into The Great Wide Open"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' 1991 release, Into The Great Wide Open
most definitely has the group performing in a more pop-oriented fashion.
Songs like Learning To Fly, and King's Highway definitely has
the pop-rock sound that easily could get played on either AM or FM radio
stations. The title track's guitars has an 80s-George Harrison sound,
(Cloud Nine) and it's a wonder that it wasn't Harrison himself who
performed the guitar work on this song (actually it was Heartbreakers' Mike
Campbell, I believe). Petty teamed up with Harrison, along with Jeff Lynne,
Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison to form The Traveling Wilburys in the 1980s,
shortly before Orbison's death in 1988. And, of this supergroup lineup,
only Jeff Lynne is a participant on Into The Great Wide Open, as he
plays guitars, keyboards, vocals and bass.
Two Gunslingers is also pop-oriented, and features another Rock
giant, Roger McGuinn of The Byrds on chorus vocals. The Dark Of The Sun
not only is pop, but it also has a somewhat sound that would be heard in
Alternative rock acts throughout the end of the 1990s. All Or Nothin'
has a more rock edge, and could be compared to a harder-edge tune by Neil Young.
All The Wrong Reasons' main lyrics are awfully close to Petty's
Free Fallin', heard on his solo release from 1989, Full Moon Fever.
Too Good To Be True has your head boppin' as this song is rockin',
likewise Out In The Cold, another good rocker.
You And I Will Meet Again is a bit mellow, as it returns to the
pop-rock style. Makin' Some Noise is an absolute great rocker, with a
great rock guitar sound, as heard in John (Cougar) Mellencamp's Authority Song.
Built To Last has a 1950s-early 1960s beat (like Sam Cooke's Chain
Gang), yet it still has the late Eighties/Nineties sound. The wah-wah
guitar licks are cool, and this song is great to end the album.
Into The Great Wide Open is truly an excellent album. It combines
pop and rock, and quite frankly, this album is never tiring. Each song is
great, and is a must for those who are interested in Tom Petty's music.
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