Tom Petty Greatest Hits CD - Import

Import pressing includes one bonus track over the US edition, 'Anything That's Rock'N'Roll'. Originally lumped in with the burgeoning New Wave and Power Pop scenes when his debut album came out in 1977, Petty and his band of merry men soon became darlings of the critics and, in turn, became Classic Rock radio staples. They've outlasted all of their original contemporaries and have creating some of the most memorable and durable Pop/Rock songs of the last 30 years. This single disc collection features 19 track total, covering his output between 1977 and 1993. Includes the hits, 'American Girl', 'Refugee', 'Breakdown', 'Into the Great Wide Open' and many more. Universal.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty (vocals, guitars, keyboards); Benmobt Tench (vocals, keyboards); Howie Epstein (vocals, bass); Stan Lynch (vocals, drums); Mike Campbell (guitar, keyboards, bass).
Producers include: Rick Rubin, Jimmy Iovine, David A. Stewart, Mike Campbell, Jeff Lynne.
Digitally remastered by Joe Gastwirt (Oceanview, Los Angeles, California).
Tom Petty has a way with a rock song, and this greatest hits package contains many of his best, including "American Girl," "The Waiting," and "Don't Come Around Here No More."
CD contains 1 bonus track.
In the 1970s and '80s, amid the rise of New Wave and synth pop, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers almost single-handedly brought old-school power-pop and garage-rock musical values into the mainstream. The roots-conscious Floridians are often regarded as "heartland rockers," and tunes like the jangling, Byrds-like "American Girl" certainly make a case for that appellation. At the same time, "Don't Come Around Here No More" and "You Got Lucky" eagerly expand that stylistic template with haunting atmospherics and neo-psychedelic touches.
GREATEST HITS offers a handy, hook-laden, single-disc summary of this great American band. It traverses the Heartbreakers' journey from raw, lean '70s enfants terribles to elder rock-&-roll statesmen. Conveniently, it also includes the two best Heartbreakers tunes never to grace one of their studio albums--"Mary Jane's Last Dance" and the Petty/Stevie Nicks duet, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around."
All of Tom Petty's biggest hits collected, along with two new tracks -- the excellent "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and a cover of Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air" -- on one essential disc. Everything from "American Girl" to "Free Fallin'" is included, with 16 tracks proving that Petty is one of the best rockers of his time. [Geffen's 2008 reissue included one bonus track.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All of Tom Petty's biggest hits collected, along with two new tracks -- the excellent "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and a cover of Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air" -- on one essential disc. Everything from "American Girl" to "Free Fallin'" is included, with 16 tracks proving that Petty is one of the best rockers of his time. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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.
Years before R.E.M. returned to the jangly, Rickenbacker-infected timbre of the Byrds, Petty's nasal delivery and bell-like mix of guitars and vocal harmonies gave new life to the atmospheric ballad style of Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and company. GREATEST HITS is evenly divided between material from Petty's mid-'70s/early '80s breakthrough and the more mature work he's been doing with producer Jeff Lynne since 1989's FULL MOON FEVER.
The craft and content of his songwriting has grown more relaxed and accomplished with each passing album, whether alone or in tandem with Lynne and long-time lead guitarist Mike Campbell. Thus we move from t