Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The two most popular tracks are the best ones. Outside of those, nothing really sticks out.

I liked a few songs, but pretty much none of his best stuff was on here

American Girl is good, the rest was okay.

3.

Not bad

American Girl is just one of those classics...and the rest of the album is pretty solid too...Tom Petty is one of those guys, I know a lot of his work, but I don't think I have ever owned a single thing the man has put out...a little odd, but there it is.

Exactly what I expected for the good and the bad.

Perfectly serviceable rock performance with the classic American Girl (which The Strokes sure owe a debt to). A tap along but lacking memorable hooks.

I liked this one. Its been a bit since there was an album were all the songs were generally well liked. 1. Rockin' Around (With You) 2. Breakdown 3. Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll

I like some Petty tracks, but it seems not all; some are just too MOR. But it does end with the classic American Girl.

It's a solid debut but not too exciting. He has much better stuff later in his career

Good instruments. Tom petty can sing but his voice is a bit whiney

Not every song is a winner, but definitely a solid album

A succinct and unoffensive rock'n'roll album with plenty of earworm tracks that have now become foundations and pillars for countless artists to follow. Nearly every song adheres to a strict verse-chorus-verse structure, with the sole exception of 'Luna', which musters up the courage to diverge to a verse-chorus-bridge routine - scandal! Jokes aside though, I really enjoyed that track for all of the diversity it brought, relative to the rest of the rather formulaic album. Those nit-picks as they are though, the whole album is fast enough and enjoyable enough to not really get caught up by any of them. The impression that endures is of a bright and tight production with just enough soul and energy to get your butt wiggling in your chair.

Yeah, take this 3 and get out of my way.

It was better in my memory. A bit too generic..thanks but no thanks

It's a good rock album. Some big hits mixed in with some filler. I like Tom Petty but wasn't amazed by this album.

Not really my cup of tea, but quite enjoyed it nonetheless, easy listen.

Love American girl

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Was this the Tom Petty album they want us to hear?

It's ok. I'm not a fan of the group and am perplexed that they got into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Did anyone ever start a band because them? Has anyone ever claimed being influenced by them? Those would be my criteria at a minimum for getting into the Hall. Pedestrian at best.

Bit of an odd choice of albums this one. Very much a first album with some finding his way to do. Couple of great tracks, but much more was to follow.

A couple of classics: Breakdown, American Girl. Others: Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll 3.5/5

I’m not the biggest fan of his voice, but otherwise this album is pretty good. I would say it’s above average mainly due to the instruments. The lyrics are generally pretty interesting as well. I think the slower songs are relatively better than the upbeat ones, but otherwise, there’s not much more to say about this album other than it’s a nice, good rock and roll album. Favorite track: Breakdown

Tom petty is a hit maker, that's for sure. Not sure I need to listen to a full album though. Happy to let the greatest hits be my gatekeeper for this one.

I wish that the deep tracks had the incredible spark that the singles do. Some great songs, but just a decent album.

Genre: Heartland Rock 3/5 Tom Petty, a name almost more recognizable than any of the songs he's played or written, released his debut album along with his backing band, The Heartbreakers, in 1976. His particular brand of "American" rock was not quite so new, even for '76, as Springsteen was already beginning to hone the sound all his own. While this sound would be a mega hit with the people who lived in the country at the time, it's certainly not very exciting or very interesting anymore, at least to me. Tom Petty and co. give us 9 totally average rock songs, and one good-ass single, American Girl. The run of tracks, from #3 Hometown Blues to #9 Luna, are absolutely unremarkable. I listened to this album just a few days ago, and I couldn't tell you how any of them sound. The first two tracks, Rockin' Around (With You) and Breakdown, were both pretty good, well-produced pop rock songs, but the rest of the album reeked of filler. As I said earlier, American Girl is a classic, and one of Tom Petty's gems, but that doesn't make up for the rest of the album's mediocrity. Stale, bland, but listenable.

it's ok

Obviously 'American Girl' is the big single from this album, and I've also heard 'Breakdown'. However, this album seemed like fairly generic boomer dad rock. I feel like Petty is the Great Value brand version of Springsteen.

I have enjoyed many a Tom Petty song over the years, so I was actually pretty surprised by how average this album was. It was certainly easy enough to listen to, and a couple of the tracks are Tom Petty classics, but I personally didn't find the entire album's offering to be anything significant enough to warrant a spot in this project. A decent first album, though!

I've never been able to get into Tom Petty for some reason. That smirk on the album cover might have something to do with it. He sounds like he's literally finding his voice here. Like he's some kind of A.I. generated rock star, created in a secret lab by the other members of The Traveling Wilburys and sent back in time to defeat Bruce Springsteen. Unfortunately, they had to rush the process and sent him back through the timegate before he was complete, so he ended up being kind of unstable and ultimately failing his mission. Just look at that face on the cover: that's not the overconfident young face of a rock star at the outset of his career, it's the face of a lab created monster acknowledging that he failed.

Surprised I like it more than I thought I would. Still not overly into this type of Tom Petty sound but in a certain bar or setting I can get down with this. Almost gave it a 4 but it's still a 3 since I don't see myself going to the songs on my own.

Found it to be a bit of boring dad rock. It's consistent but I wasn't really into it.

Pretty good. Not sure why they left the best song for last.

Stand out track - Breakdown

Solid rock n roll album

The epitome of (white) US boomer nostalgia rock…?

Already listened to it

A soild American rock album. Special mention to American girl the song the strokes ripped off when writing last night.

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Absolute bangers on here, but some absolute filler songs too.

I miss Tom Petty. And, I will add, I tend to prefer the extra sophistication that came with later albums (most notably Into the Great Wide Open).

American Girl is worth waiting for and adds a point.

I could see how this is a timeless album, but a little cheesy for my liking.

Average

Average

Okay.

Ok. Some nice tunes on there

Jangly guitars make way for Americana music. Petty is going and sounds it. He’s got so much to say and SAYS IT.

I really liked this. 3.5/5

Nothing to hate, nothing to love, simple as that. But "American Girl" is a classic. 2.5/5

nada de especial, classic rock médio

Lekkere pop-muziek. Niks mis mee.

A good 3 though

Straightforward rock music, with enough rise and fall in the tracklist to keep things interesting. Comes to a more or less skillful landing. My concern with the lyrics was not even secondary this time around. The opener is engaging enough to draw one in, though, and there was nothing that made me want to exit the ride. Worth the time.

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average

A classic but not my favorite

It's definitely not his best and at times it veered a bit too much into the Springsteen aesthetic for me to take seriously, but it's also not the worst I've ever heard.

I'm a big Tom Petty fan but this wasn't a great example of his work I don't think. A couple of good songs that I've heard a million times (Breakdown & American Girl) but besides that it was pretty forgettable. Mystery Man had a Van Morrison feel that I wasn't expecting.

Never listened to this album. Have heard the track American Girl, but that's all. I know Tom Petty is critically acclaimed by the music press.

A solid album with a few excellent songs hinting at something more promising.

Was never a big fan, but I do have a lot of respect for the dude and like a handful of his songs. This album has two of them (American Girl and Breakdown). The rest was ok but I'm still more of a selective listener.

Sunny, pleasant rock. Particularly liked Fooled Again

3.5/5. American girl is the biggest banger here, rest I could take or leave

Much more suitable fory beleaguered soul.

I already know breakdown & american girl, but the rest of the album is pretty good too. Those 2 songs are the best ones though.

Album je stvarno solidan. Sredina je malo dosadna, pogotovo 4. i 5. pjesma ali ovo ostalo je baš dinamično. Ima puno jako dobrih riffova i pjesma American Girl je s razlogom klasik.

Dobar za taj dir, nisam ga prije slusao. Pustio bi album ko radiostatic, onak u pozadini

Album nije revolucionaran, ali je zabavan. To mi se sviđa. Sigurno cu neke pjesme ubacit u plejlistu 70ih, a isto tako me više zanima njegova diskografija, tak da je to sve win win. Neloš album, ali cover je zato loš.

solid sound, didn't blow my mind.

While this album was alright, I've never been the biggest fan of Tom Petty in general. He has some good songs and was great with the Wilbury's but I've never enjoyed most of his music. Objectively though, this wasn't an awful album and had some good songs. Fav: Rockin Around, American Girl

Honestly prefer his work as Lucky on King of the Hill

Forgettable but not bad

I'm not sure how this really stands out from other similar albums.

One star off for the album cover. OK Brit rock but not quite distiguished.

Holds up. Solid album.

Not his best work but pretty good

I see you, Tom. You’re getting there.

I'm familiar with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, There is some of their songs that I do have on high rotation but not from this album. Personally this album just isn't for me.

middling - American Girl only song I really enjoyed. almost rounded down to 2 on this one.

Meh 🤷

I wish I could give more based on American Girl, that song is epic. And Breakdown as well. But overall the other tracks were underwhelming.

51.Top Petty & Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & Heartbreakers 10 tracks Before l started listening I didn't think I liked Tom Petty, despite absolutely loving Free Falling and not being able to name another track. Do I just not like the name? Breakdown made me stop what I was doing and start to pay more attention. This was startlingly good. The rest of the album is ok, (not special), but I now know that I do like Tom Petty & can appreciate that I bet this was pretty influential at the time. Fooled Again is amazing, (play it loud and sing along!) Americal Girl is such a good finish to the album. 3/5

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.

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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

A real mixed bag of “classic” 70s rock n roll. nostalgia for the 50s sure was big in the 70s but this is less “Grease” and more “Happy Days”, but unfortunately it’s after the shark has been jumped. Thankfully it’s short and American Girl almost makes it worthwhile….almost. “Anything that is rock n roll” is definitely not fine.

mid liked american girl

This was a bit mehh considering such a house hold legend in the states. Is that it?!

Weird album of Tom Petty’s to be added here Playlist add: “American Girl”

Sure

2.5 stars I guess this is one of the 1000 best albums of all time, but I would imagine its borderline. Maybe it's a "you had to be there" time and place kind of thing. The lyrics are relatable, Petty's delivery is unique and charming, musically the songs arent doing anything new in terms of sonics or chord progressions. Theres a southern country twang to this pop rock, but at arm's length and overall, it's about as edgy as a butterknife. American Girl is an all-timer for me. The rest of the album is meh, if i hear it again, cool. If not, thats cool too. Rockin' Around (with you): fun little song. Wouldn't be for about another 15 years until "rockin/rock" would be considered hacky for a songs focal point. Breakdown: Great song, kind of mellow but neo-noirish. Hes kind of doing a hispanic accent(?). Kind of odd but it works with the song Hometown Blues: kind of honky tonky song. Petty's specialty are song lyrics that are simple and straightforward but universal. This is a good example of it The Wild One, Forever- Straightforward lyrics again but the delivery is great. This song isn't for me, but I know there were kids in the 70s that would absolutely belt this one out. Anything That's Rock N Roll- Another rock reference! Starting to get the overall vibe of the album: being young, emotions are high, future prospects are low, lets crank up some tunes. Like a rock n roll twist on the malaise in 'The Graduate' Strangered in The Night- love a story song. The '-ed' suffix for the title is interesting. As if Petty witnessing this scene made him feel like an outsider from the harsh reality in the world? good song. Fooled Again- Seems like the prototypical Petty song, in lyrics, sonics and structure. Its fine. Mystery Man- Country and rock infused pop. But kind of boring. Luna- Another good mellow song. American Girl- All time favorite Petty song. He doesn't get better than this and its the obvious high point of the album. Odd choice to make it the close though tbh

Picking this as the solo Tom Petty album when half of his discog clears it is certainly a choice. A glorified demo tape with American Girl towering over everything else. It's like putting only one Radiohead album on the list and it's Pablo Honey. There's some nice guitar on this, but most of the songs are unremarkable. It's hard to make a 30 minute album drag, but this one does. Rating: 4/10

I haven't heard this band or even of this band in 30+ years. Why did they disappear? Possibly because it's unmemorable music. Not quite anything. A band for people who prefer something else, but don't mind listening to this.

2.4/5 A few good songs but I wasn't that big a fan of his voice.

Breakdown American Girl

Utterly forgettable. Pedestrian, bland. Not just not a great album, but also an album with remarkably few great songs. The only track that aroused any interest was Luna (and whatever interest that might have been had dissipated by the time I went back to hear it again afterwards). Wouldn't listen again, but wouldn't walk out of the room if it was on, so

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

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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