Tom Petty • Wildflowers & All The Rest

 

Stephen Thomas Erlewine  
Following a half-decade of collaborations with the ornate Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty decided it was time to strip things back for 1994's Wildflowers. He swapped Lynne for Rick Rubin, the Def Jam founder who started cultivating a production career outside of hip-hop and metal in the early 1990s, then hunkered down with a team of musicians anchored by his longtime lieutenants Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench. Together, they achieved a sound that was lean and sinewy, fulfilling the goal of getting Petty back to the basics, but the singer/songwriter wrote too much material for a single album. After toying with the idea of releasing a double CD, Petty whittled Wildflowers down to a single disc that ran the length of a double album, a considerable indulgence for a rocker who usually restrained himself to a tight 40 minutes (or, on the case of the first two Heartbreakers albums, a quick half hour). The extra space allows Petty to stretch out and breathe, to spend as much time strumming sun-kissed folk tunes as he does rambling through ramshackle rockers and heavy-footed blues. The Heartbreakers specialized in clean, efficient rock & roll, and while this solo project echoes their sound -- how could it not with Campbell and Tench aboard -- Wildflowers is distinguished by its casual gait. Whether it's the highway anthem "You Wreck Me" or the stoner shrug of "You Don't Know How It Feels," the performances benefit from this space to breathe, while the larger canvass helps steer attention to the character sketch of "To Find a Friend," the sardonic wit of "It's Good to Be King," and the bittersweet undercurrent of "Crawling Back to You." Other, earlier albums provide a greater rock & roll wallop, but thanks to its extra space, Wildflowers captures the full range of Tom Petty as a singer, songwriter, and rocker.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine  
Después de media década de colaboraciones con el ornamentado Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty decidió que era el momento de despojarse de todo para Wildflowers, de 1994. Cambió a Lynne por Rick Rubin, el fundador de Def Jam que empezó a cultivar una carrera de producción fuera del hip-hop y el metal a principios de los 90, y luego se agachó con un equipo de músicos anclado por sus lugartenientes de siempre Mike Campbell y Benmont Tench. Juntos, lograron un sonido esbelto y sinuoso, cumpliendo el objetivo de que Petty volviera a lo básico, pero el cantante y compositor escribió demasiado material para un solo álbum. Después de haber jugado con la idea de publicar un doble CD, Petty redujo Wildflowers a un solo disco que tenía la duración de un álbum doble, una indulgencia considerable para un rockero que normalmente se limitaba a 40 minutos (o, en el caso de los dos primeros álbumes de los Heartbreakers, a una rápida media hora). El espacio extra permite a Petty estirarse y respirar, pasar tanto tiempo rasgando melodías folclóricas acariciadas por el sol como divagando a través de rockeros destartalados y blues de pies pesados. Los Heartbreakers se especializaban en un rock & roll limpio y eficaz, y aunque este proyecto en solitario se hace eco de su sonido -cómo no hacerlo con Campbell y Tench a bordo-, Wildflowers se distingue por su andar desenfadado. Ya sea el himno de la carretera "You Wreck Me" o el encogimiento de hombros de stoner de "You Don't Know How It Feels", las interpretaciones se benefician de este espacio para respirar, mientras que el lienzo más grande ayuda a dirigir la atención al esbozo de carácter de "To Find a Friend", el ingenio sardónico de "It's Good to Be King" y el trasfondo agridulce de "Crawling Back to You". Otros álbumes anteriores proporcionan un mayor golpe de rock & roll, pero gracias a su espacio extra, Wildflowers captura toda la gama de Tom Petty como cantante, compositor y rockero.
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Tracks:
1 - Wildflowers
2 - You Don't Know How It Feels
3 - Time to Move On
4 - You Wreck Me
5 - It's Good to Be King
6 - Only a Broken Heart
7 - Honey Bee
8 - Don't Fade on Me
9 - Hard on Me
10 - Cabin Down Below
11 - To Find a Friend
12 - A Higher Place
13 - House in the Woods
14 - Crawling Back to You
15 - Wake Up Time
16 - Something Could Happen
17 - Leave Virginia Alone
18 - Climb That Hill Blues
19 - Confusion Wheel
20 - California
21 - Harry Green
22 - Hope You Never
23 - Somewhere Under Heaven
24 - Climb That Hill
25 - Hung Up and Overdue


Release Date: October 16, 2020
Label: Warner Records
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