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TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS - Playback (1995)
Coming along in 1976, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were part of a movement back to basic, pop-oriented rock & roll that has proven to be the most lasting legacy of a decade otherwise given over to such stylistic flameouts as disco and punk. Never getting too mellow to be mistaken for a sensitive singer/songwriter or rocking too hard to be thought of as a heavy metallurgist, Petty spun out a series of mid-tempo hits patterned on Bob Dylan's classic Blonde on Blonde sound, in which the guitars play off the keyboards while the singer sings lyrics steeped in attitude in a high nasal whine. No wonder the Heartbreakers spent part of the '80s backing Dylan. Petty's only musical development occurred upon his encountering former Electric Light Orchestra leader Jeff Lynne, who helped write and produce his later records, updating them to the Sgt. Pepper's pop sound of 1967. Of course, the consequence of Petty and the Heartbreakers' affection for the music of the mid-'60s was that, in essence, they were a singles band, a fact driven home on the first three CDs or cassettes of this six CD or cassette box set. Even when abbreviating each of their first nine studio albums to four-to-six cuts (and throwing in a few stray tunes from the live album, the hits album, and a Christmas compilation), the songs break down into the hits and the also-rans. To be fair, there are quite a few of the former, 23 singles-chart entries (22 of them here), in fact, and some of the latter are could-have-beens. And since Petty is more a song maker (or, more precisely, a track cutter) than an album artist, his work is more amenable to compilation. Still, three discs are more than enough, and then come three more discs of rarities and outtakes. The first of these contains non-LP B-sides, most of which are pleasant throwaways (the drummer singing "Psychotic Reaction," etc.), though one, "Trailer," suggests that Petty's failed concept album, Southern Accents, could have been a more of a success if it had been included. The last two discs present early and alternate histories of Petty, as his pre-Heartbreakers group, Mudcrutch, searches for a sound and, later, he tries out different approaches that never made it onto his regular albums. Some of this material will be of interest to hardcore Petty fans. To justify the length and price of the box, however, there would have to be real lost treasures here, and Tom Petty simply is no Bob Dylan. Not surprisingly, then, Playback is a box set that would have been twice as good at half the size, though it can be thought of as economical in the sense that it can be purchased in lieu of buying Petty's entire 1976-1993 MCA catalog.
Disc 1 "The Big Jangle"
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01 Breakdown
02 American Girl
03 Hometown Blues
04 Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll
05 I Need To Know
06 Listen To Her Heart
07 When The Time Comes
08 Too Much Ain't Enough
09 No Second Thoughts
10 Baby Is A Rock 'N' Roller
11 Refugee
12 Here Comes My Girl
13 Even The Losers
14 Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid)
15 Don't Do Me Like That
16 The Waiting
17 A Woman In Love
18 Something Big
19 A Thing About You
20 Insider
21 You Can Still Change Your Mind
Disc 2 'Spoiled & Mistreated'
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01 You Got Lucky
02 Change Of Heart
03 Straight Into The Darkness
04 The Same Old You
05 Rebels
06 Don't Come Around Here No More
07 Southern Accents
08 Make It Better (Forget About Me)
09 So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star
10 Don't Bring Me Down
11 Jammin' Me
12 Mike's Life / Mike's World
13 Think About Me
14 A Self Made Man
Disc 3 'Good Booty'
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01 Free Fallin'
02 I Wont Back Down
03 Love Is A Long Road
04 Runnin' Down A Dream
05 Yer So Bad
06 Alright For Now
07 Learning To Fly
08 Into The Great Wide Open
09 All Or Nothin'
10 Out In The Cold
11 Built To Last
12 Mary Jane's Last Dance
13 Christmas Is All Over Again
Disc 4 'The Other Sides'
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01 Casa Dega
02 Heartbreakers Beach Party
03 Trailer
04 Cracking Up
05 Psychotic Reaction [Live]
06 I'm Tired Joey Boy [Live]
07 Lonely Weekends [Live]
08 Gator On The Lawn
09 Make That Connection
10 Down The Line
11 Peace In L.A. [Peace Mix]
12 It's Rainin' Again
13 Somethin' Else
14 I Don't Know What To Say To You
15 King's Highway [Live]
Disc 5 'Through The Cracks'
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01 On The Street
02 Depot Street
03 Cry To Me
04 Don't Do Me Like That [Mudcrutch Version]
05 I Can't Fight It
06 Since You Said You Loved Me
07 Louisiana Rain [Version]
08 Keeping Me Alive
09 Turning Point
10 Stop Dragging My Heart Around [Demo]
11 The Apartment Song Demo [Demo]
12 Big Boss Man
13 The Image Of Me
14 Moon Pie
15 The Damage You've Done [Country Version]
Disc 6 'Nobody's Children'
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01 Got My Mind Made Up [Original Version]
02 Ways To Be Wicked
03 Can't Get Her Out
04 Waiting For Tonight
05 Travelin'
06 Baby Let's Play House
07 Wooden Heart
08 God's Gift To Man
09 You Get Me High
10 Come On Down To My House
11 You Come Through
12 Up In Mississippi Tonight
