Wildflowers (2014 Remaster) Tom Petty

• 1 Wildflowers 03:10
• 2 You Don't Know How It Feels 04:48
• 3 Time To Move On 03:14
• 4 You Wreck Me 03:22
• 5 It's Good To Be King 05:08
• 6 Only A Broken Heart 04:28
• 7 Honey Bee 04:58
• 8 Don't Fade On Me 03:31
• 9 Hard On Me 03:47
• 10 Cabin Down Below 02:51
• 11 To Find A Friend 03:22
• 12 A Higher Place 03:55
• 13 House In The Woods 05:30
• 14 Crawling Back To You 05:03
• 15 Wake Up Time 05:18
• Total Runtime 01:02:25

Info for Wildflowers (2014 Remaster)

'You Don't Know How It Feels' won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. „Wildflowers“ won a 1996 Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. „Wildflowers“ was also nominated for Best Rock Album.

It is hard to believe that Tom Petty first stepped onto the rock & roll carousel eighteen years ago. Hard to believe because the best moments of his sizable catalog--the perfect guitar pop of 'American Girl,' the faux-psychedelia of 'Don't Come Around Here No More,' the sharp-tongued putdowns like 'Century City' and 'Zombie Zoo'--have all developed a rare timeless quality. A quality that few, if any, of his contemporaries (Eddie Money, the Cars, etc.) were able to achieve.

Harder, still, because in the course of his long career we've never noticed Petty gettin' on in years or becoming an anachronism. So it is somehow appropriate that on „Wildflowers“, his second 'solo' ride without the full complement of the Heartbreakers, Petty's musings fall predominantly toward his current role in the world. Throughout these reflections Tom Petty plays the kid's game he's been good at for years ('but let me get to the point, let's roll another joint' he sneers knowingly in 'You Don't Know How It Feels'). More often than not, the future the songwriter envisions for himself is full of doubts ('Time To Move On') and soon-to-be-dull memories ('Don't Fade On Me').

This makes „Wildflowers“ speak in a far more subdued and wistful tone than most Petty records, creating a darker self-conscious persona. Tom Petty understands that he's far too established to keep playing a rebellious, one-dimensional rock & roll singer. On „Wildflowers“ he attempts to ground this understanding in a purposeful existence.

'...Petty's music...has always demanded a respect that no amount of wry humility could undermine, and his new album Wildflowers proves no exception...' (Rolling Stone)

Tom Petty, vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica
Howie Epstein, vocals, bass guitar, background vocals
Carl Wilson, vocals, background vocals
Mike Campbell, guitars, coral sitar, harpsichord
Marty Rifkin, steel guitar
Gary Herbig, saxophone
Jim Horn, saxophone
Kim Hutchcroft, saxophone
Brandon Fields, saxophone
Benmont Tench, grand piano, electric piano, harmonium, organ, Mellotron
Ringo Starr, percussion
Steve Ferrone, drums
Lenny Castro, percussion
Phil Jones, percussion

Recorded at Sound City and Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles, California
Engineered by Jim Scott, David Bianco, Richard Dodd
Produced by Rick Rubin

Digitally remastered

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