Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Meh, It's ok I guess

Fooled Again was a nice surprise. Other than Breakdown, and American Girl, the rest of this album is pretty meh. However, you can definitely hear a lot of what was to come from this band. The songs that they included the keyboards more prominently were definitely better than the others.

American Girl is a great song but most of this doesn't really stand out to me. Sort of middle of the road roots rock. It's funny, some of the critical reviews talk about how this was almost underground at the time and compare to the Ramones but to my ear it has none of the bite or aggression of 70's underground punk music. I suppose in the 70's era of big, over the top Zeppelin rip-offs this probably felt more revolutionary but in 2020 it just sounds a bit too tame for me. It's not bad, but not very interesting either. Just fine.

This is a bit disappointing. I know Tom Petty mainly from his early nineties hits and I was looking forward to exploring his, presumably even better, earlier material, but this is a bit boring and unispiring. American Girl is a banger but the rest is quite forgettable seventies rock. 6/10

Pretty standard rock 'n' roll.

to bland

Breakdown is still a great song, but Tom hadn't found his iconic vocal style on this album. I like the hammond organ on Luna. American Girl batts last on the record and is a perennial favorite of mine.

Fred makes a convincing argument

Was good easybto listen to

American Girl at the very end of the album was by far the best song on the album. Never really cared for Tom Petty but the album's respectable and easy to listen to. Breakdown also isn't bad. 7/10.

70lerde yasasaydim fav albumlerimden biri olabilirdi

mehh

Över förväntan.

Prachtig, met Break Down als uitschieter!

American Girl is op zichzelf 5 sterren waard, en de 2 andere bekende nummer zijn ook boven gemiddeld. Ik hou echt van de Tom Petty-sound maar de overige nummers op dit album zou ik toch vaker moeten luisteren willen ze ooit boven het gemiddelde uitkomen.

Mooie naam voor een album 🙂. Leuk om eens te horen.

Nice Album with American Girl as obvious classic.

It's Tom Petty. New wave punk rock with swagger and attitude. Of course, he never forgot to include tunes too. Best Tracks: Breakdown; Fooled Again (I Don't Like It); American Girl

Pretty solid album. Tom pettys guitar skills is far better than his singing. This album has some hits and some of the other songs aren’t that special. It flows well and started the stardom of Tom petty. Overall it was good. 7.2/10

Maybe top 3 Heartbreakers albums. Maybe top 5 if we include solo Tom Petty.

smug looking mf

medium burn 70s classic rock

Started to like this more after a second listen.

My first time listening to a Petty record from start to finish. Isn’t exactly my brand of rock but I imagine it was very popular in the 70’s. I appreciate all the dance grooves.

Reminds me kinda of Springsteen. Great songs but he still had a lot of growth after this record

Interestingly enough I didn't know this band at all before listening. I quite enjoyed the whole album, and particularly the songs Strangered in the night, Anything that's rock 'n roll, American Girl.

Some classics on here, Breakdown & American Girl. The rest are very same-ish.

Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. A lot of these tracks sound like they would be a blast to learn on guitar. I also love that Petty looks like the softest member of Sodom on this album cover.

Cool intro, had a slow but good feel to it.

CONTESTO: 1976, Florida. - 1976: Nelle hit parade americane di quell'anno se la spadroneggiano gli Wings (Paul McCartney e la moglie), Elton John, Johnny Taylor (non so chi sia), gli Eagles e Stevie Wonder. In quelle italiane spiccano Lucio Battisti, Bruno Lauzi e Riccardo Cocciante, ma anche Ricchi e Poveri, Abba e Pink Floyd. - Florida: penso subito a Miami, ai "macchinoni", a Tony Montana, alla cocaina, alla pena di morte (che secondo wikipedia, viene ripristinata proprio in questo stato proprio nel 1976). *Edited* Comunque Tom Petty e gli Heartbreakers sono di Gainesville, città nel centro della Florida, quindi forse un contesto diverso dall'idea che mi ero fatto. COPERTINA ALBUM: Sfondo nero. Nuvola luminescente sfocata che potrebbe rappresentare il fumo di un'esplosione, una montagna di cocaina fotografata dall'alto (lui è morto di overdose nel 2017) oppure l'uscita della grotta nella quale si è fotografato. Lui prova a fare il figo con una cartucciera a tracollo, chiodo ed espressione assonnata e strafottente. Infine, c'è una chitarra che trapassa un cuore tipo "freccia di cupido", perché loro sono gli "Spaccacuori". SONORITÀ: Southern/Rock/Blues da sogno americano. Mi ricorda quei film anni '80/90 in cui i protagonisti fuggono da qualcosa e durante il viaggio in autostrada sulla Cadillac, c'è il momento il cui si dimenticano di tutto, mettono una cassetta e si fomentano, cantando a squarcia gola. Comunque nessuna traccia mi ha colpito particolarmente, se non la prima quando a 01.00 sembra che dica "eh ma che stai a di!". GIUDIZIO FINALE: 3 Sebbene non penso che lo ascolterò di nuovo (a meno che non stia scappando da qualcuno in una Cadillac su un'autostrada americana), non mi sento di dare un voto troppo basso. Alla fine è un genere che a me non coinvolge, ma non per questo meno valido. Infine, penso che questo sound abbia influenzato molte band più moderne che ho ascoltato ed apprezzato da adolescente, quindi: "grazie Tom!"

ok i guess

Solid Rock N' Roll album from Tom Petty in his debut. I was only familiar with Breakdown and American Girl prior to this listening. While the rest of the album is fine to good, if you've already heard those two tracks you're not missing much on the rest of the album. This gets three stars on the strength of those two songs, otherwise it's probably a two

The hits bring the score up to a 3/5

Surprised American Girl wasn't the first hit on this album, let alone it was the last song on the list. Obviously his early work and he got really good at writing hits. This is middle of the road for me. Not great. Certainly not bad.

An ok listen, haven't heard about this group before, but it was a decent rock'n'roll album. Best: Anything that's Rock'n'Roll, Breakdown Worst: Fooled Again (I Don't Like It), Strangered in the night 2.5 Stars

It was alright. Nothing really stood out. Never been a massive fan of Petty, anyway.

Rockin' Around: Beh dai me aspettavo na cosa molto più trash, l'inizio potrebbe esse decisamente peggio Breakdown: Divertente, la chitarra in certi punti è sfiziosa. Mystery Man: Carina, m'è piaciuta Luna: Carina pure questa In conclusione: Pensavo peggio, a tratti è un po' Iggy Poppiano, comunque divertente, sicuramente un po' sopra le righe ma piacevole.

They aren't all hits, but I get from Breakdown to American Girl mainly just on the enthusiasm of the whole thing.

bit boring idk i like the vibe

Album court qui s'écoute bien. Mélange rock/country sur certains titres que j'ai beaucoup apprécié (Hometown Blues) et qui donne envie de se trémousser en santiags. Bonne découverte, artiste à creuser un peu plus.

Can’t believe I hadn’t listened to this album before.

Inoffensive

Pure rock, pleasant to the ear. :) I can imagine listening to these songs, while sitting at a bar, drinking a beer. Not sure if I'd ever fallen in love with them, though.

A pretty solid album that has one foot in rock n'roll history and another in the punk revolution to come. The 1-2 opener of raggedy hoedown "Rockin' around (with you)" with the sleek "Breakdown" are superb but most of the album is serviceable but not amazing. A lot of songs or styles here that Petty and co. would perfect on later albums. It does close with "American Girl" though, an absolute 24 carat gold power pop classic.

Basic 70' rock, it will always sound good

Tom Petty never did much for me but I'll admit that "The Heartbreakers" are carrying the weight here. Simple well-produced pop rock is all that's here, and it's good! Won't go back to it, but it was nice enough at the time.

Pretty good, especially the songs that I knew. 2RS

Niet verkeerd maar niet heel bijzonder om echt naar te luisteren

Decent

Listened to this @6 am on the way to the airport

👍

Better than I expected. 2nd half better than the 1st.

creepy as fuck album cover but good fun american rock album.

Buen disco de rock con buenos ritmos al que le he faltado algo más para engancharme. Quizás que hubiesen venido algunos cortes más y que no fuesen (algunos) tan simples

I think I was more of a fan of Tom Petty than the entire heartbreaker ensemble. This album reminded me of other old rock albums which makes sense with this coming out in 1976 but it felt like it was missing that spark from songs like Free Fallin and Running Down and Dream.

It's alright if you love this album, it's alright if you don't. I'm not afraid of listening to it again.

A few good songs to tempt. Toys around with some fun tracks

Enjoyable, will have to check out other Tom Petty stuff

I'd never really listened to the difference between Tom Petty's solo albums and the Heartbreakers albums. Listening to this one I think I like his solo stuff better though there isn't a substantial difference. The only song on this album I really liked was American Girl.

It’s a fun classic rock album. A good time, but nothing too notable. Favorite tracks: “Breakdown” and “American Girl”

The song I enjoyed the most was actually the song that played after the album finished when I didn’t realize it was only 30 minutes

Fun sprint. Classic rock, with a touch of southern and some punk elements.

Man. Tom Petty sure listened to a lot of the Eagles before he made his debut. "Breakdown" could be a middle track on "The Long Run". But boy, he's here on display. This has some of his biggest hits (American Girl and the aforementioned Breakdown) but it also has a lot of his influences on his sleeve. Solid listen. It's tight, concise. Just what a debut should be. But a lot of the non singles just wash over you.

Love Tom Petty, but this album didn’t have a whole lot for me. “Breakdown” is a big hit, but many others on here I didn’t know. It seems this was early in his career exploring different rock and even country/blues styles. Still, a good listen. Hope we get more from Tom. Favorite tracks: Breakdown, Mystery Man, Fooled Again. Album art: I really like this, it’s a classic classic rock cover style. Great logo, great photo. No complaints. 3.5/5

Meh, it was ok

Sounds pretty generic. Some nice riffs I guess. Emotionless.

Pretty good!

Not bad!

Well, American Girl is a certified banger surely. I enjoyed the rest of the album - probs great driving music. Dare I say Dad music?

I can see the appeal but not really my kind of music style.

Clearly a couple of strong tracks on the album, but a lot of other "meh" tracks. Nothing too rough, but also nothing that begs for additional listens. Certainly better Tom Petty albums to listen to.

Tom Petty's voice has always been hit or miss for me. Of course, the classics on this album are Breakdown and America Girl, which I love. Some songs that caught my attention immediately on this album are "Fooled Again" (kind of reminds me of the Eagles) and "Anything That's Rock and Roll."

A little country twang in a couple songs there. Didn't know ol' Tommy had that in him, but I should have. Was really nice to listen to this record.

After listening to almost half a century's of music since this album was released, 'Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' doesn't offer anything unique or particularly interesting.

It's fine! But Breakdown is perfection.

Fine. Strong first track, but sorta petered out.

I like Tom Petty. He makes real music

The album was fine, but goddamn there's not a lot of Tom Petty that I vibe with.

Overall it's not one of my favorite albums, but it has some great songs. American Girl is a total classic. Petty got better as his career went on. I'm not sure this album totally belongs on this list, but it's pretty good.

Honestly, I've never gotten the hype and Tom Petty's voice annoys me. I did like this album better than I thought I would, Rockin Around With You and Breakdown particularly, but towards the end his shouty voice was grating on my nerves again.

Not my fave petty

American Girl was great - the rest was average rock - imagine it would be good if you were doing a road trip across USA

American Girl is a great song but the rest of the album didn't knock my socks off on the first listen through.

I like tom petty. Though some of his songs seem to blend together. This album was pretty good overall. o overarching theme.

Dad rock of the finest order. Pairs nicely with Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen.

Still not a huge fan, but “Breakdown” and “American Girl” are classic...

Signs of greatness to come and American Girl is awesome!

5/10

Cool album, some nice songs to listen but not something that can be considered masterpiece

Two massive hits and a whole lot of what feels like incomplete demos. A pretty good debut. Best track: American Girl

Mid 3

Breakdown American Girl

Malo

I've never really liked Tom Petty's voice or music. Even the main single here, "American Girl" is pretty boring.

Tom Petty is more of a miss than a hit for me generally. This album wasn't terrible but didn't grab me at all. The only song I think I knew going on was "American Girl" and that was definitely the standout for me here.

Can easily see the potential that makes latter Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers albums essential listening. Their debut is off the mark. Breakdown is my fave. The rest is just OK. 2.5/5

a plain hot dog from a tacky 50's themed diner breakdown is good but i wish it were better, luna is good and the most interesting thing here, american girl is american girl in a worse mood i would give this a 1

Fairly decent without eve4 getting me excited, I don’t know much of their stuff

not for me but fine

가볍~게 듣기조은 락.

This debut album from the most all-American band of all time certainly shows some promise, but it's too rough around the edges to recommend outside of the big hits "Breakdown" and "American Girl." Nothing else stands out besides those 2 songs, and the very first-draft songwriting makes this apparent major label come across as a small-town high school band making a record with their pocket money. Most of the non-hits sound like they came out of some coming-of-age family movie from the late 70s or early 80s. I guess this is well and truly the "heartland rock" sound played to a T. Petty himself also doesn't seem to have found his voice yet - here, he sounds like Gregg Allman getting over a cold. I find that his songwriting style works best when there's a tension or energy just under the surface, and that's something that's largely absent on this paint-by-numbers release. Except for that last song, "American Girl," basically everything here is played as plainly and paint-by-numbers as possible. Not sure if something so uninventive is really so must-listen. Key Tracks: Breakdown, Strangered by the Night, American Girl

Naw, not for me. It's an okay album but pretty basic rock. I'm torn between 2 or 3 stars but there are some pretty throw away songs that bump it down quite a bit for me.

They seemed bored to be playing these songs. Not just laid back, but like the songs just didn't interest them.

Hmm. It's alright and it admitedly has a great single in American Girl to end the album. But frankly? A bit generic as far as classic rock albums go. Nothing super stand out except for Tom Petty's singing which is admittedly fun.

it wasnt really for me, but i liked 'american girl'

Meh

Questionable lead song followed by two great songs bookending a bunch of well played middling fodder. Not worthy overall.

2.5

Aburridisimo. Tremendamente mid, no me aportó nada de nada, parece musica de fondo o de radio. Suena a lo que las películas te dicen que es nueva york. 4 son los puntos.

Liked breakdown. The rest was okay. Nothing else was memorable.

Woefully meh. This is rock, but Petty's voice is more like gravel - it's insanely irritating. Just so whatever, so blah blah blah, and not in the slightest worthy of inclusion.

Razorlight meets Bruce Springsteen

2.5

Not bad, just very forgettable.

Pretty classic album of rock, tho the lyrics and the music overall are probably easily forgettable, it still has that rock sound and instrumental that is cool. And for a debut album it’s what you expect

annoying

File this one in the "debut records that sound like a debut record" folder. Songs are rough around the edges and don't hit for me as some other songs in his later records do. The advantage we have is that we know what Tom Petty would become and I can hear glimpses of that in the songs. "American Girl" is still a bop after all this time and I would argue is one of the best rock songs ever written (don't know where it would lie on a list but it should be on that list). However, it does stick out as a glowing beacon in a sea of mediocrity. 2.5 rounded down to a 2/5

Fairly standard rock album. Not my favorite.

I'm sure at the moment it was pushing boundaries. Yeah, there's a few instances where musically it's ahead of its time. It's worth noting. But an entire album's worth of this bland country-boy rock just falls flat to me. I attempted various listens, and I can't bring myself to enjoy it. At best I can forget it's on while it plays in the background. 2.3/5

I like Tom Petty but this derivative and flat

This one didn't move me much when it came out, still doesn't today. I think Petty's a better songwriter than he is a singer.

Oh wow, more blues rock. Not awful, but it is not doing anything that hasn’t been done a thousand times over.

Maybe some might see this as blasphemy but there is some rock from this era that feels so generic I can't distinguish one band from the other. This is one of those albums.

When the cover popped up, I knew immediately it wasn't for me. I was right, I didn't dig it, even tho I don't think is necessarily garbage or somethin like that. Maybe I'll give it a second listen sometime in the future.

Siri, play the album with the opposite vibe to the album I listened to yesterday (pink moon by nick drake). Didn’t really enjoy this one

Don’t think I’d ever listened to Tom Petty before this. On the other hand, it’s equally possible I’ve heard every song he’s ever done and instantly forgotten them all. New sub-genre created: ‘forget-me-rock’

It's a decent album, but Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have made many better albums - Damn The Torpedoes and Into The Great Wild Open, for two, and of his solo albums (with heavy involvement from the Heartbreakers) Wildflowers and Full Moon Fever are much better than this. so - 2 stars, for the timeless American Girl

I don't know what I expected from Tom Petty, but it wasn't this. Just annoying and boring. At least it was short.

Tom Petty sucks, he’s boring and the worst type of American music.

American girl stands so far above the others

I like Tom Petty, but there's only one good song on this record. The rest is completely forgettable.

Fine album, just not my thing

favs: breakdown strangered in the night fooled again (i don’t like it) rating 1.5/5

I really like Tom Petty , but the problem with the band is if you had to tell me "what album would you put on this list?" I'd probably say Full Moon Fever. Tom Petty has so many great songs spread throughout less-great albums, but definitely deserves a place. That said if I had to pick a Tom Petty album this would be maybe my like, 4th or 5th option? Yet it is the only one on here. This is fine. It's about 1 part really good song to 2 parts filler. The thing with Tom Petty is I don't think there's anything particular about him or his music that makes it standout, rather its that the music he makes is incredibly competent mainstream. Like it's really good, often unadventurous, rock. As a result when it hits, the music becomes this perfectly balanced concoction that becomes so much more then the sum of its parts. When it doesn't, you get a lot of this album which is supremely unremarkable.

For all that I’ve ever been unimpressed by Bruce Springsteen and heartland rock adjacency, this is impressively worse. And boring. And safe. Sorry, Tom.

Gostei porém não dá para dizer que amei, tem algumas músicas boas mas não faz completamente meu estilo

Was not expecting it to be that good Favs : The loser in the end, father to son

Outside of American Girl, nothing else stood out

Despite "American Girl" flexing its preternatural strength to lift the album up, I just didn't get into it. I think I'll like his later albums more. *Checks list* -- oh. I guess I'm that guy who gives the only Tom Petty album on the list a 2. : \

Although I hate the term, it's very easy listening dad rock.

A couple of decent songs but the rest were trash

TOATHB are yacht rock pretending not to be yacht rock. I like yacht rock. I dont like yacht rock masquerading as not yacht rock, (see Fleetwood Mack as another example).

Annoying and boring

Boring

Mid

not a bad album. definitely a couple of hits on here. I liked this more than I thought I would but still not a great album for me. Giving this a 2

4.5/10 This is an album with approximately 1.5 good songs (American Girl and Rockin' Around With You), a bunch of mediocre tracks, and some major, epic flops. A lot of the time my opinion on the songs depends on how Tom Petty decides to use his voice: is he doing the rough sound, attempting gravelly but failing miserably (bad)? Or is he singing normally (okay to good)? Generally speaking the music also sounds dated and doesn't hold up, so... Yeah. Not a great album.

i dont like his voice. american girl is great. the rest of the album comes off as proto butt rock. 2.5

Old dad rock

I should probably be less judgy of a lot of classic rock. This is a good album I wouldn't have expected to like, but it was pretty good. really liked the dual rhythm guitars on Fooled Again. but American Girl is the real standout for a reason. Solid 5/10, good to listen to, but I'm not going back to it very often.

Liked him so much more in middle school. Never noticed how bad he mumbles and the words dont really make me want to try to understand it. The music doesn't make up for it.

Not much to say. I much prefer 1989-1994 Tom Petty.

Ok, this project will frequently force me to overcome my biases to actually give the album for the day a shot. When I saw this come up, my immediate reaction was, maybe I'll skip this one... But I can't, it's only day two. I must push on. My association with Tom Petty is feeling annoyed by his songs played too often on the classic rock radio station my dad always listened to. Fortunately, the worst offenders are not on this album. I was only familiar with "Breakdown" and "American Girl" before this listen-through. Listen, Tom Petty's voice is just too big an impediment for me to overcome. Even if I said I liked the music, vocals are too important to me--an extremely non-musical person--to ever make this an enjoyable experience. I realized before it played that I was confusing "American Girl" with Petty's song "Free Fallin'" and I was just grateful to not have to listen to "Free Fallin'." Maybe the highest praise I can give this album.

I thought I had managed to listen to one song and then I checked and the album was over. Blissfully short album that I didn't even notice was playing Repetative backing and unimpressive singing. 2

It's got some jams, but mostly meh compared to his later stuff.

If this is the only one of his albums to make the list I'll be confused, it's not a bad album or anything it's just that he's got at least 4 albums that are way superior to this. It's an easy listen but there's not much memorable apart from American girl ofc.

So boring. Just incredibly generic, bland rock & roll with no redeeming qualities. Total snoozefest.

it was okay

it's alright

This is a perfectly fine album but an old friend had the album and wanted a recording of it, I made a cassette of it and every where we went she played the tape. To say I got sick of it is an understatement. This fresh listen decades later didn't soften me up.

Top Marks for American girl,obvs

Not much to say on this, it didn't engage me and no standout tracks

Once you get past the tortured vocals there is a very mediocre album underneath. Fortunately it's only 30 minutes long.

why do people like him

Meh. Tom Petty is as good as his singles. Another pillar of dad rock based solely on his hits.

Can't really get into this sort of music. It is too light for me in terms of american rock. Once again it goes too far into blues territory.

"Mum, can we have David Bowie?" "No, we have David Bowie at home" David Bowie at home:

Algumas pessoas dedicam a vida estudando exatas, artes, culinária e não sei mais oq. O produtor desse disco dedicou a vida à masterizar o fade out nas músicas.

Other than American Girl at the end, this seemed pretty generic and forgettable.

aqui está la canción que plagiaron los strokes

The lyrics are too forgettable and the music is too bland and Tom Petty doesn't even sound like Tom Petty, and then American Girl plays at the end to circumvent all of the above. I know happy endings are important, but this just feels like too much

rock tipico de los 70/80, suave, algunas con un poco mas de ritmo y musicalidad. Una unica cancion famosa, American girl. el disco es bastante flojo en general, 2/5

Easy listening album that gets in and out quick. It would likely be good if on a nice sunny road trip with a cool breeze streaming in through the open window, not enough money for a sunroof, and homemade sammiches for a road side pit stop while the tunes keep playing.

medium like. better than yesterdays

I like the artist not this album

Meh. It was alright. Forgettable.

I think I get the band name now. This was a little sappy for me. Good pop-rock for the time.

Not great

My dad would go crazy for this, but it ain't doin it for me

Some musicians and bands debut with a fully-formed sound; not so with Tom Petty. There are some good songs on here, but also a lot of forgettable ones. That’s not great on a half hour long album. With the leather jacket and bullet bandolier on the album sleeve, Petty almost looks like a punk, and while this isn’t punk rock, at its best it shares a tight, stripped-down ethos with punk, without the bloat of so much of classic rock. Though Petty never pushes it like punk did, he doesn’t have that songwriting chops of a Bruce Springsteen, and this all ends up feeling very middle of the road to me. I know a lot of people love Tom Petty, but I’ve never understood the appeal, and this isn’t changing my mind.

oli intoa, mutta sitten Petty

Perusrokkia ja vaivalloista laulua.

forgettable af.. american girl har man hört innan men.. meh

Started off promising but there's not much that stood out to me. It came across as on the brink of something good but never quite getting there

c'est pas fantastique hein . . . sûrement trop jeune pour écouter ces bêtises . . . peut-être sur une harley . . .

Sure!

0/10 bekannt 5/10 Beste Songs: American girl, rockin‘ around, Luna

Not my style.

No hearts were broken.

Not a fan 🪭

Ok fürn hintrgrunf

the most "we're going to start a band just to try to get laid" ass shit i've ever heard

Hat mich nicht berührt aber auch nicht gestört. Kann man hören. Muss man aber auch nicht. Luna fand ich glaube ich cool.

Alte Musik mit Gitarre geht mir eigentlich immer gut nei Stimme ist mir manchmal zu "gepresst", schwer zu beschreiben

It's not bad but feels kind of meh.

Ehhhh?? He's a white guy who loves rock n roll... theres not much that can be said. I think the first song and American Girl are pretty good songs, but the entire middle portion of the record feels like regular shmegular rock n roll gruel. It's very much a one note type of white guy longing that is ultimately pretty boring if you aren't also a old white guy who is longing for rock n roll.

Not a big fan 5.9/10

Boring

he progressively sounds increasingly more garbled and warbley as the album goes on. pretty good and movie song at the end!

i like the spirited vibe but also kinda jerky/not the most memorable

Never heard of them before, and now I can see why. The sound is too stereotypically 70s, vocal is too sugary for my liking..not that there’s something wrong with sugary vocals, not at all, but here it just doesn’t fit. Breakdown is the only song I probably will remember (and I’m not sure even about that)

Generic American rock. Not for me

This was ok. Very middle of the road. Nothing particularly remarkable or interesting enough for me to deem it an album to be heard before you die.

fooled again and luna were the tracks i enjoyed most. first half of the record was not my fave, and many of the songs took turns in directions that made me dislike them at least part of the way through. not an album i hate, but i don’t think i’ll ever listen again.

ja zeker een album dat ie gemaakt heeft

I really expected to like this but my head dropped at the end of the opening track, that wasn't good. It got a bit better but overall, I didn't think it was very good. American Girl was the best track by a long way

So forgettable I forgot that I was listening to it halfway through. Nothing really wrong in its execution but it's just impressively unremarkable 70s rock. Perhaps that's a cultural relic; Tom Petty left nary a footprint in the musical subconscious here down under, and I fear that after listening to this debut album it hasn't on me either. Might have been somewhat interesting back in its heyday but fifty years later it's failed to leave an impression. Fav tracks: American Girl

I'll take the hits, you can keep the rest

I've never really cared for Tom Petty and this isn't making me change my mind. Just more of that stupid tropey "I just wanna listen to that d*mn rock music" shit mixed with A Few Songs About Girls that sucks so bad about late-70s rock. Like brother you wanna talk about rock music? By then punk rock is basically entering its apex, metal is being codified as a genre, and all the real ones are in Berlin playing with synthesizers. Meanwhile you made *this*. I just hate that all this shit is fucking canon man

minus points for the way he's looking at me Would I listen again: No Deserves to be on this list: didn't sound like it 1.5

Interesting...never heard an entire album by Tom Petty...It is pretty decent though has a bit more country twang than it needs.

Good riffs but I'm not a fan of American rock that is not made in New York, of course I have my exceptions but this album is not one of them

This actually was pretty shit. I was never aware of how much Tom Petty sucked

American Girl carries this, and it's not even that good a song, and also it sticks out like a sore thumb at the end of One Battle After Another

american girl slaps but the rest was a bit mid

Very generic

This record is not terrible but the two hits are much the best here. I especially hated the song about black people. I expected more because I know the Heartbreakers are helluva backing band but apparently they didn't have any history prior to this record.

Highlights: Rockin' Around, Breakdown Very American style. Not something I'm used to hearing a lot, but it wasn't anything special. As a record it's not something worth revisiting, but the highlights do hold up on their own. Lyrics are basic (except Strangered in the Night - wtf was that), and the instrumentals son't stand out much either. This is just a (mostly) clean version of better rock from the 70's, so it didn't really click with me. At least I'm pleased with the fact that mr. Petty didn't want to "torture" me too much so he made the record veeeery short.

Yet another white man album with CRAZY instrumentals and riffs but the moment the singer starts singing I'm like oh:((((

Not a fan. This record feels so generic. Instrumentally it’s milquetoast classic rock station/VFW jukebox music and, vocally, Tom can’t seem to figure out whether he is playing an SNL Californian or slurring his way through some forgotten night at the bar. The hits, Breakdown and American Girl, save this otherwise completely forgettable album from itself. Despite being only 30 minutes, it felt like a lifetime of a listen. While it’s not awful, this collection, as a whole, is far from essential listening.

A useful reminder of why punk needed to happen. Competently written songs but it's so dated and self-satisfied that any enjoyment that could be taken from that is killed. Petty yelps tunelessly over boring yachty 12 bar blues about how great (his own) rock 'n' roll is and all the girls he's fucking as if he's taking some sort of self-determined victory lap. Gets an extra star for not overstaying it's welcome too long and American Girl.

Classic soft rock

hmmm never heard a Tom Petty album all the way through... I of course know last dance and american girl. That's all I could name though. I lied I have heard Breakdown. Didn't know that was him though.

Really old dad rock

An interesting album, pretty short, but effective one; I can see why it made to this list of the most influential ones for sure :)

Its just mild, borderline uninteresting.

Probably not for me. Sounds kinda like movie soundtrack music, or commercial music. Like a wrangler jeans commercial or something. It's not bad, but just not someone I'd revisit most likely. Favorite tracks: Breakdown, Fooled Again

Big fan of Damn the Torpedoes, and others i've heard, so was expecting more from this one. On first listen, it's generally a bunch of middling rockers, sounding like a band just formed and yet to gel. American Girl and Breakdown are both good, the rest completely skippable.

Not my favourite TP album by some distance. ‘Breakdown’ and ‘Fooled Again’ are the 2 stand out tracks and hint at the signature sound that will evolve.

I fairly enjoyable listen, rock n roll meets blues. There were only a couple of standout tracks for me then it started to feel a bit samey.

American Girl is obviously a massive highlight and would maybe earn a spot on 1001 songs but this album isn't really very memorable. I listened to it twice through and could only tell you about American Girl. Playlist track: American Girl

Pretty ordinary soft rock that is as innocuous as it is unworthy of a 1001 list of all time great albums

Cool album, I dont think I'll come back to it often

5/10 - typical early 80s rock

For a relatively short album this really drags. All the tracks kind of blur into one and just bored me. American Girl is alright but wasted burying it at the end of the album when any interest i may of had is long gone.

I seem to be on a run of artists where I have previously said I like them, only to learn that it’s the singles (ie: the songs they, and their record labels, know are good) I like. Things I liked generally about this album just extend to the length of songs: Tom Petty got the memo and applied it consistently. Bravo. I liked the blues feel of “Breakdown”, and the balls to close your (I think?) debut album with the classic “American Girl”, making that the last thing you hear on this record, is quite the choice. Unfortunately, knowing it was there, I just kept waiting for it and being less than enthused by anything else I heard (“Breakdown” excluded) until I got to it. Again, if I could give it 2.5* I would but, for me, it’s not a 3* album.

I wasn't sure what to expect listening to this album, as basically my entire Tom Petty knowledge centres around Into The Great Wide Open, but I wasn't expecting this. It sounds like an amalgam of a ton of bands around in the same era, all smushed together. There were Beatlesesque parts and bits that sounded like The Stones and bits that sounded like generic 70s blues rock. I enjoyed American Girl, but mostly because I have a soft spot for the Everclear cover version. It's not that I didn't like it per sae, its that I didn't understand why it would be considered such a big deal? I think this is a prime example of a 2.5 star album for me because it was perfectly fine but nothing particularly stood out or endeared me to it. I am going to be a bit harsh and round down, because I just didn't see the attraction: 2/5

Best song: American Girl Surprise nice song: N/A Worst song: Strangered in the Night, Luna

Meh. I mean I’ve heard of the name but couldn’t hum a single song of his. I was sure he was English judging by looks and accent, but apparently he’s from Florida. The music is generic American rock, like an off brand Springsteen. The last song, American Girl, is pretty good but the rest is boring. Two stars.

The Heartbreakers are one of those great American backing bands - the tcbs, the e street band, the funk brothers. Tom was lucky to find them. Benmont, Mike, Stan. Just perfect. They don’t reach their stride here. So why are we listening to this when full moon fever is probably the one? 3 minus one for inappropriate placement.

Didn't like but talented musician

Inte riktigt min grej. Känns välgjort o så och ett par intressanta grejer som fastnar men annars är detta för nån annan.

very cliché american

A yawnfest.

My entry point into Tom Petty’s work was his late-career masterpiece Wildflowers, ironically the most heartbreak-infused album he made under his own name, without officially billing the Heartbreakers. And honestly, I more or less stopped there (of course I know the hits). To this day, Wildflowers is the only album of his that I regularly spin. Tom Petty came a long way from his early output. On Wildflowers, you can clearly hear how much his songwriting had refined itself and how confidently his own creative voice had settled in - less indebted to his early influences and more comfortable with restraint, space, and emotional ambiguity. The debut, at least to my ignorant ears, sounds like just another Americana- and country-tinged rock’n’roll record, heavily informed by the Byrds, Dylan and the Stones - which is perfectly fine, but ultimately makes it little more than a solid debut. As far as I can tell, there is even a broad consensus that this self-titled album with the Heartbreakers is far from his best, despite containing staples like “American Girl” (I mean come on, the man made Damn the Torpedoes, Full Moon Fever, and Into the Great Wide Open afterwards…). So why include this one here?

pretty generic sounding rock. obviously american girl stands out but the whole album wasn't impressive.

An OK album at times enjoyable but as a debut in, say, 1968 it would have been acceptable but in 1976 it was just lame... Come on, punk was behind the corner, Velvet Underground and Stooges were history, Patti Smith, Ramones, Talking Heads, Television were regularly playing at CBGB (and some had already debuted)

Pretty incredibly generic. I've got nothing bad to say about Mr. Petty and his band of lusty gentlemen. I've also got nothing particularly great to say either. This album came and went like a sneeze. Kinda fun while it's happening. Immediately disappears from memory. Fave tracks: - Rockin' Around (With You) - Breakdown - Strangered In The Night - Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) - Luna - American Girl

Good record, but nothing that drew me in too much. Breakdown is great.

I only knew the songs “Free Fallin” which is my all time favorite Tom Petty song. I also knew “I Won’t Back Down”. That was my intro to Tom Petty. To be quite honest, I don’t care for this album, but those songs were great.

Passable,amb alguna cançó d'aquelles que havies escoltat molt i no sabies de qui era.Un 5'5.

Svag inledning. De tre första spåren, framförallt nr 1 och 3, låter som något 60-talet glömt kvar. Sedan ändrar skivan lite karaktär till det bättre. The wild one forever med Springsteen-vibb och boggierocken i Anything that’s rock’n’roll och Stangered in the night med lite mer identitet. Det blir en okej stunds lyssning. Men nog inget som jag kommer komma håg i morgon. Konstigt att inte Damn the torpedoes är med istället. Den brukar alltid lyftas fram som Pettys klassiker.

Det går helt klart att höra likheter mellan Petty och Springsteen. Framförallt jämfört med Bossens tidiga album. En signifikant skillnad dock. Pettys låtmaterial är betydligt svagare. Det inte tråkigt men griper aldrig tag g ordentligt i en. En lite tuffare variant av soft-rock. Har inget emot att lyssna på det men blir inte heller ledsen om jag blir utan.

Inget minnesvärt album. Inte dåligt heller men gjore absolut inget intryck på mig.

Forgettable

Boring, and I don’t like that stupid smirk on the cover

Didn’t quite do it for me. Felt similar to lots of stuff from the same era that I like but not as good. Did like American Girl

Fine, I guess? The voice starts to grate after a while, nothing I'll play again.

Alright

Fine. I might not skip it if I were in the right mood, but it's not getting a passive play every time.

I ... I ... I am not sure what to do with this. It's fine. Nothing bad. I'm struggling to work out why it's included in a list 1001 of albums you have to listen to. I guess it sounds like AI amalgamation of 1001 generic 70s rock albums to create the supreme generic 70s rock album?

Forgettable other than ‘American Girl’ which is itself only memorable because it was in ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’

Hurrying up to show Rachel how this works, but wow American girl is a great song

Nothing special

Meh

This is probably most Tom Petty I've listened to in a span of one day, don't actively dislike what he and The Heartbreakers have been doing, but it just has never been my taste. However I had never registers that Breakdown is one of their songs. Non-offensive and not very memorable album for me.

Ikke noget specielt. Han har i det mindste formået at holde det kort. Og American Girl er ok.

Like the aimless middle 8 in a mid -80s Springsteen arena gig where the boss has gone backstage for a shit and a new pair of boxers. Minus the redeeming sax solo. The third guitarist has been allowed out front to do some of his Jeff Beck tributes...

Meh...

American girl is a decent song, but the rest was a little beige rock

The pinnacle of 'alright, I suppose'.

Comprised mostly of thin sounding filler. The guitar does not have enough presence to fill the space. The songs with organ backup are better. It shows that this was made in a day, a lit of this could have used some time in the oven to get some layering or finer melodies and rythms.

меня разъебывает с его лица

It's not horrible, I let it turn twice in a loop. Yet I don't get how it can be included in this list. It's post T-Rex/Bowie glam, it tends toward Fm rock... As big his CV seems to be, I had never heard of Tom Petty before. Forgettable.

The album sounds a bit thin and stiff. The guitars and drums lack energy and Petty’s voice is sometimes harsh and flat, without much feeling. It has a couple of good songs, but most of it feels flat and dated, totally unoriginal. Decent debut, forgettable album.

all this for american girl

I won’t listen to this again.

Fairly ass

I’ve always thought of Tom Petty as generic classic rock. Stuff the whole family can enjoy if the whole family has no real interest in music, just want the background noise. It’s not bad but it’s certainly forgettable only seconds after a song or the album is over

Final thoughts: This is Tom Petty's only album on the list? Really? ******************************************************************************* --Rockin' Around (With You)...not bad but it's as generic as the title --Breakdown...always liked the keyboards on this --Hometown Blues...shrug. very local bar band --The Wild One, Forever...not sure Tom has the voice for this --Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll...not escaping the dad rock allegations, guys. It does build nicely --Strangered in the Night...like the intro. doesn't light my hair on fire but it's groovy --Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)...I don't like it --Mystery Man...more bar band music --Luna...here's something a little different. I think I can hear Petty's future more on this one than earlier tracks --American Girl...we've all heard it. it's great

Was alright. Nothing stood out particularly for me.

if i close my eyes this could be Elvis Costello. That is not somewhere i want to be

Pretty basic bar-room american rock. Full Moon Fever would have been a better choice.

It started and then it ended. But no, it was pretty generic, middle of the road 70s rock. Nothing offensive, just very much radio music. I would tell Tom Petty to enunciate, but then again some of my favourite singers also don't do that, so you get away with one "Tom". I wouldn't listen to it again, but I also wouldn't hate if it was on somewhere.

Very much what I think of when I think of dad rock. Only 30 mins but I got pretty bored. American Girl at the end sort of brought it back. Quite catchy and the sort of thing I could (and probably have) enjoy dancing to at Dad Rock at the Hope and Ruin. Over all though, this just entrenched me in my feelings on Tom Petty.

It sounds like debut album of a young American dude who liked Rolling Stones, Bowie, and Bob Dylan. I know Petty was capable of much more so this feels like a very odd inclusion on this list. Every song is short and slightly underdeveloped. Very mediocre and forgettable. Huh. I really expected much more from this.

2/5. I think this album wouldn't be as remembered if Petty didn't continue down his musical career. American Girl would have been a one hit wonder and that would be that. I can respect the young blood energy and he doesn't act gross lyrically like a lot of rock groups around this time, talking about young girls, so bonus points. But the songs are not great overall, and I wouldn't listen to most of these, just skipping to the end. It's an okay album but don't think it deserves the praise it does. Best Song: American Girl, Fooled Again (I Don't Like It), Breakdown

I think Tom Petty put it best when he said, "I don't like it". Favourite Track(s): Breakdown, Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) Least Favourite Track(s): Hometown Blues

Not bad actually. I didn't go in with super high expectations, but I had a fun time. Nothing that wowed me but I did quite enjoy Rockin' Around (with you). 2.5/5 stars.

Vil ekki tala illa um látinn mann, en þetta er ekki tónlist fyrir mig.

Ikkje mitt nye favorittalbum

All American but forgetable other than the two hits on the album.

Meh

Just a bit bland

Wasn’t as blown away by this as I thought I’d be.

Not alot much to say when I checked this record out. I’m sure people in 1976 were finally gunning for listening to a softer rock sound while your Zeppelins and Hendrixes of the time started blasting their amplifiers with that hard, psychedelic rock. This record was fine, i only liked American Girl and Luna and Tom Petty sounds like a slightly worse Bob Dylan.

nis spec

Just okay

Not bad just kinda boring

Not my fave