Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

I got a soft spot for Tom Petty, but I think it's mostly nostalgic. I was jamming hard to the songs I recognized off of this album (American Girl and Breakdown) and was just kinda softly vibing to the others. This probably wouldn't hit as hard for me if I was hearing it for the first today. But I'm not judging it by any "what if?" metric, I'm judging it by how much I enjoyed listening in the moment, so I'll go ahead and give it a 4.

Obviously I love Tom Petty soooo much, this isn't quite as perfect as a Damn The Torpedoes or a Full Moon Fever but it's still raw and wonderful. American Girl as the closing track is such a flex.

great album. Breakdown, Anything That's Rock and Roll and American Girl are standouts

A couple of bangers and some typical debut album trying-to-define-their-sound growing pains 3.5/5

Most of this album was pretty mid. I was hoping for a little more. My favourite song was American Girl.

I could swing either way on this but considering how little I usually like "classic rock" suggestions on this list and how much I actually enjoy this one, I'll give it 5 stars. Three chords and a lot of energy, gotta love it.

Very good pop rock. A little soppy at times for me. ‘American Girl’ is an incredible good track!

The sort of thing I should like. And it seemed pretty decent without blowing anything away. Yes, it's got Springsteen vibes when you listen to it now. But Springsteen vibes from The River or Nebraska - stuff he was working on after this album was released. That's what makes this tricky - things you listen to now feel differently to how they were when they were first recorded, and I can see the influence this had. Overall it's at about 3.5, but American Girl, clearly the best song on a the album and cleverly positioned at the end, pushes it into 4 star territory.

Couple of bangers, hearing this band is like a nice warm blanket fresh out the dryer, you just feel right with the world when you hear it

Cover had me prepped to give 1 or 2, music was better than the cover suggested. Side note, I received a CV today that was strikingly similar in design and colour scheme to this album cover.

Similar to the Rolling Stones’ debut in that it’s a debut from a famous artist that doesn’t really feel essential. Songs like ‘Breakdown’ and ‘American Girl’ are great, but this spot on the list would be better filled by Damn the Torpedoes or Wildflowers.

Nope. This album is really summed up by one of his other hits (not on this album): Free Falling.

This was pretty good, classic rock. Some classics in there!

Huge fan of Petty, and this debut album was a great start. But it gets much better as he matures into the 5 star artist he becomes.

4.5

Un 5 bien mérité, un vrai bon album ! À réécouter !

Breakdown and American Girls are the easy ones. The rest of the album is ok.

There are a few really great songs, the rest are fine. As a whole, it's a good album but not nearly one of the best Tom Petty albums. 3.5

Some killer, some filler

Essential.

The beginning of a meteoric rise for one of the most accomplished musicians to ever play guitar.

Not a bad first album with a couple of Petty's most well known hits. An auspicious debut by a future superstar.

Znam i lubię kilka piosenek Toma Pettego, ale nie znałam żadnej z tej płyty. Nic specjalnego. Momentami ma fajny klimat, często zbyt bluesowa. Może jego inna płyta bardziej by mi przypadła do gustu. Podoba mi się utwór American Girl.

Finally Tom Petty comes to visit me on my 1001 Albums journey. Having just watched the Sound City documentary with Royce and listening to a Tribute to Bob Dylan Album over the weekend, I've gotten my fill of Tom Petty lately...in the best way! This is his first album, full of radio friendly (both in sound and length!) songs. Besides Breakdown and the ultra-iconic and long-lasting and jangly American Girl, I enjoyed a few other tracks on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Wild One Forever, Strangered In The Night, Mystery Man. Solid album.

If American Girl doesn't make you feel like you are driving your Chevy down a dirt road, across open fields, with the sun setting on a crisp summers day, on your way to slam some brews....then I don't know how to help you.

I can easily see how Petty’s voice isn’t for everyone, but I personally love his simple, catchy music paired with his difficulty with pronouncing words

This would make a really good EP with 4-5 really good songs. But there are a few “stock” songs here that seem like they were thrown together in minutes which taint the quality of this album. Someone tell Tom it’s OK if a song goes past the four-minute mark. Breakdown could have been an all timer if it wasn’t for his bizarre Razor Ramon vocals in the first verse. “Anything that’s Rock ‘n’ Roll” continues to prove my theory of…If a song has “Rock and Roll” in the title, it is likely a dud.

The first listen, I wasnt impressed at first. But then once I got to the second half I really liked what I heard. On the second listen, I enjoyed it a lot more. What a solid album!

Some feel good rock songs in here. Can’t feel bad listening to any of this, it has positive tone and energy. Some really awesome guitar playing all around.

Decidedly underwhelming; also, I didn’t realize how much of a Country/Western sound it has.

I found this to be a decent little album. Highlights include Breakdown, Anything That's Rock n Roll, and American Girl. Straightforward rock and roll - fitting for the time period it was released in. Enjoyable licks, vocals are alright and it's short and sweet - nothing feels too short nor too long. Solid 3.

People keep trying to get me to listen to Tom Petty and it looks like I got fooled again, and I don’t like it. This album is great to listen to while poking a new hole in your belt because I gained a couple pounds. Tom’s got a very unique and distinguishable voice, and it’s always cool to listen to a legend’s first album. It has a cool 70’s vibe as TP and the HBs try to find their sound. HOWEVER, with the exception of a couple bright spots…I’m not a fan. I found most songs super forgettable and didn’t get me excited to be listening. Breakdown, a vibe departure from rest of the album, is my favourite on the record. But by the time we got to the last track, I was ready to mentally breakdown, but thank god American Girl saved the whole record. That tune has been rockin around my head all day, so I’ll give em credit for that one. Who are these HeartBreakers anyways?

Pretty solid album, no real low points but my mind would definitely start to wander by the midway point. Feels like he's trying to do his best Van Morrison impression sometimes. Enjoyed the listen but probably won't come back to this. American Girl is a 10/10 song though

A lot of this album is that kind of classic American rock (a la Bruce Springsteen) that I just never really could get into. Tom Petty has a unique voice that is pretty great on some tracks but just gets weird and annoying (see The Wild One, Forever) on others like he doesn't have complete mastery of his mouth muscles. Really interesting how much his voice is different here from the voice I recognize more from later albums. The guitar, bass, and drums are all decent and definitely competent, but nobody is standing out really. None of this is helped by a top-heavy nearly mono-style mix that doesn't really do the musicians justice. The album starts off pretty great with the first two tracks, but after that becomes the American rock stuff that's just not my thing. It's definitely not terrible but the style really gets stale on me over the course of a full album. This is the kind of music where if you made a greatest hits out of 5 albums of content it would be really awesome, but having to listen to several deep cuts in a row starts to lose my attention. And then Mystery Man comes on and I have to reach for the next track button because that one sucks. If you don't skip Mystery Man and your brain tunes it out instead, you will not be snapped back to attention by the lackluster Luna. Just when I'm fully sick of the album and ready to listen to anything else, American Girl comes on and reminds me why this guy is so famous. That song is absolutely great and provides a stellar outro that pretty much makes you forget that you weren't really enjoying the last few tracks. On a separate note, it's pretty cool that they got Linda McCartney to pose for the album cover.

I liked it overall. Some songs were just OK, some songs were great.

Overall an alright debut album. American Girl is fantastic but the rest doesn’t quite reach that height.

Rockin Around with you - this is some goofy ass music but i like it. bassline is good and the vocals are good as well. 7/10 song. Breakdown - fantastic bassline fantastic vocals. Layered vocals are goatred. - 9/10 Hometown blues - aight, kinda forgettable. 6/10 The Wild One, Forever - seemingly good buildup. Not bad. 6/10 Anything thats rock n roll - bassline going CRAZY. good guitar riff as well. way more rock than the funky shit we had going on before. very elvis esque. Pretty godo fasho - 7/10 Luna - ooh yeah this synth hits plus THE BASS. funky mellow shit ong. so far liking this one. I FUCK with tom petty's vocals. Reminds me of YES, which makes sense cuz its like that era. Liked it, but really didn't go anywhere. 8/10 song.

Pretty good

i'm kinda into it bro is not enunciating

Listened Before? N An absolute banger. I love early Petty, and the Heartbreakers are magical. Love this. They were doing something in the 70s that nobody else (possibly other than Rod Stewart) was doing. Rocking while still being radio friendly but not too heavy. Also: Breakdown is one of my favorite songs of all time. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Breakdown

Thoroughly enjoyed.

Me gustó, me parece bueno, pero a la vez in rock bastante básico nada grandioso que me haga recordarlo

Solid debut. Demonstrates the band's unique spin of garage rock on top of 1960s rock influences. Or maybe it's the new "power pop," I don't know. Not as good as Damn the Torpedoes, but still pretty darn good.

Kind of a weird pastiche record. It's especially for 1976 -- the year that punk happened. In any case, the tunes are fine and the performances are tasteful. The closing track is a gem.

The guy on the album looks like a fuck boy and Owen Wilson but with long hair. Hmmmm, it was ok, not really special. 0.5 extra star for it being rock.

It was so smart of them to put American Girl as the final track, taking this respectable 3-star album and turning it into a solid 4-star one that you’ll immediately want to replay. The one-two punch of Rockin’ Around and Breakdown set the stage for a tight 30 minute album of short but sweet tracks. As bands of the era seemed to only grow bigger and more bloated, Tom Petty showed them that all you really need is a good hook and a chorus to sing along too. A good start to a great career, and a perfect entry point for new listeners.

Mid 70s radio-friendly rock with country influences. I guess it's nice enough, but not something I would listen to again, given a choice. 2.5/5

Pretty vanilla album, I'm sure if this was the only thing Tom Petty released then this wouldn't make the 1001. Not any real great songs, a lot of filler and songs that just fade out because they seemingly ran out of ideas.

It’s fine

I saw Tom Petty live a decade ago and it was a lot of fun… but this album is pretty meh

Ok

This one really has me torn - I really like Tom Petty, but I don't think this is the album of his that I'd put on the list (since he's probably only getting one). But many of his albums with the Heartbreakers are similar - a couple of big memorable singles, a couple of good album tracks, and the remainder are solid rock and roll songs. I'd find it hard to choose between any of his first four albums since they all are functionally similar and maybe the quality of the singles varies a bit. I'm glad Petty is on the list somewhere, but the inclusion of this specific album feels more like giving an actor an Oscar as a lifetime achievement award rather than recognizing a specific performance. Which leads back to the original question, which of his albums do you choose as being significantly better than the others?

Really good stuff, I was pleasently surprised.

If the only two songs of worth were American Girl and Breakdown, the debut from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers would have been a classic. There is, however, so much more here. At the time this was released, Petty's brand of roots-oriented rock didn't really fit with most AOR or even Southern Rock stations. At least in the Metro NYC area, his music was heard on the emerging New Wave stations such as WNEW. As southern fried as he was, he appealed more to the punks and new wave crowd for his fresh sound.

Bar music. Not sure why he does strange accents half the time. Curious.

That slid past nice and easy 70s style. I really only know Tom Petty as a shadowy character on the margins, and from the hit 'Don't Come Around Here No More' which I saw as a kid and always found intriguing

Some decent 70s rock for sure, but honestly it didn't really have enough going for it to keep me engaged throughout. It felt like Rockin' Around (With You) was almost the peak, right at the beginning of the album, and nothing else really grabbed me quite as much. That song wasn't nearly long enough either! American Girl is a classic though, so yeah, to me it was a bit of a nothing sandwich? I don't know, that seems harsh, but I'm sure I'll take one or two of these songs into my playlist. Favourite: Rockin' Around (With You)

his vocals sometimes sound like he's bleeding out on the street but still has an album to record. that gets a little tiring! other than that, fun album!

Always just assumed American Girl was the opening track for some reason. Seems like a first track on first album kinda thing. But it’s not. It is, however, the best on this album. An album I otherwise still enjoyed.

Some great tunes, but also some unremarkable ones.

I remember when Tom Petty passed I was at a bar in a casino in PA debating his significance in the echelons of music history. This middle America girl told me how much his music meant to her, while I had to break it to her that he wasn’t all that important. And that’s Tom Petty to me, some A&R driven nostalgia machine that had a bunch of great singles, but never really had anything important to say. Maybe I’m being harsh, but I couldn’t imagine a need for this album beyond mindless fun at some local bar on a Saturday night.

I've always found TP a bit meh and this Heartbreakers debut is a bit Springsteen, a bit Steely Dan and a lot of meh.

Leuke niets-aan-de-hand-popmuziek, maar er zitten niet echt uitschieters tussen. Het luistert lekker weg in een half uurtje, en dan zet je de volgende op. Had er meer van verwacht.

Bij elk nummer denk je: Hé dit lijkt sterk op een andere band / ander nummer. Van The Beatles (-1 ster) tot George Baker (Strangered in the Night). Het maakt de plaat veelzijdig. Tip voor Fade-Out-Tom: Bedenk eens een leuk einde voor je nummers. Het voelt nu wel erg als een compilatie.

Fijne gevarieerde plaat met zowel uptempo beatnummers (een soort kruising tussen de Beatles en de Stones) als rustige bluesrock (Neil Young meets Steppenwolf). En uiteindelijk is het gewoon vintage Tom Petty.

Ett mysigt litet album!

American Girl is an all time banger. RIP Tom Petty

good songs within. not worthy of a 4

Strong debut album, very listenable. I've always liked Tom Petty's music when I hear it but have never dived too deep into it. This is definitely the first time I've listened to this album all the way through. It had me listening to more of his music after I was done with this album, which is one of the main indicators of a successful album for me. Standout Tracks: Breakdown, The Wild One Forever, Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll, Mystery Man, American Girl

I want to give Tom Petty a swirly

This album is better played in the background than really listened to. At least it's short. Petty here sounds like he's doing mediocre covers of nonexistent Springsteen b-sides. Not a fan of his voice on this.

Nice solid stadium easy rock. Better than I expected

I love "Into the Great Wide Open", so clearly I'm more of a fan of their later work than their earlier...

I liked the songs I already liked but was eager for the others to end. Made it through the whole album but won’t revisit.

Very much a debut album, American Girl a startling single that would grab attention, but behind it a sound that was still emerging from the shadows of 70s rock into something different.

Good shit, gotta love TP and the HB's

Great album. TP’s deep cuts are better than his hits. 5/5

Not bad but Petty has better albums that should be on here. A good first try as Breakdown and American Girl are obviously classic, Stranger's in the Night also good

Nice album with classics like American Girl. Not the best one from Tom - that is “Damn the Torpedos” maybe. It makes its thing, does not overpromise, does not under deliver… that’s it.

Clásico, con ese sonido seco del rock de los 70s sin ser un hard rock. El tema con el piano también estuvo genial

Enjoyed the listen more than I expected. Hometown Blues, Breakdown, Luna, and Strangered in the Night were all excellent songs.

Could live without this. "I Don't Like It". Only track I sort of liked was American Girl.

GOOD

As other's have said this is a rather by the numbers rock album with two pretty good songs at either end. It certainly won't thrill you, but it won't irritate either. Just listen to American Girls or Rockin' Around, unless you're having a chill BBQ the rest isn't worth it.

Well, it was kinda cold that night She stood alone on her balcony (Ooh) Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach And for one desperate moment there He crept back in her memory God, it's so painful when something that is so close Is still so far out of reach Its so LA it hurts, and its a good catalog of 70s rock. Overall, its decent. 3/5

Pretty funky, pretty good ! I didn't even know this style existed.. like the funky rock thing

Surprisingly precise and regular in its rhythms. Feels like mellowed-down poppy punk - not just the jacket that seems related to the Ramones. Tom Petty is great, if not yet height of his powers.

Tom Petty is so good!

Semi chill vad menade sidner om trummorna dock,,,,,

There’s some kind of x-factor to this album I’ve been trying to pin down. The most coherent explanation I’ve come up with is that the combined simple instrumental parts and short lengths of the songs make for these ”miniatures” of sort. It’s fascinating in the way you might be fascinated looking at a snowglobe or something to that effect. This tapers off in the latter half of the album but returns for the last song ”American Girl”. I also believe that this album is a link between the rock music before it and the indie rock that would come after it in the 80s and 90s. Maybe this is just me though

Tom petty e så ass bro

Fairly boring standard blues/rock album. A couple of songs stand out from the humdrum but this is not great.

Grand

Besides the hits, this music just didn't hit with me. Ok, just not my thing today

Some great songs

Nice and tight album, impressive for a debut effort, decent variety of rock sounds too, good vocals, and an all-timer to finish it off.

Minus points for album name originality! The album is good, but could have a bit more to it - seems to sit about half way between Springsteen and Bon Jovi without quite getting the lyrical storytelling of Springsteen or the catchiness and infectious energy of Bon Jovi (aside from American Girl). 3/5, hoping we get some more of them later in their career when they've refined their sound a bit.

Great band, good introduction.

Aside from Breakdown and American Girl, this was a rather unremarkable album. It doesn’t quite know what it wants to be yet. It has tinges of Beatles, country rock, with flashes of Tom Perry’s signature brand of heartland rock. It is always interesting to see where great artists started out from, but this is not a great debut.

Tom Petty should be in the list with at least one album, but had not immediately expected this one though. Nevertheless, strong debut album with some generic songs and some highlights but overall, a great sound. songs: 3/4/5 sound: 5 total score: 4

Pretty decent album, but the singing is a bit iffy in places and none of the songs really grabbed me.

Pleasant rock 'n roll.

un po' melenso.

Very 70s. Good debut album from Tom Petty and band.

Genre: Rock and Roll Favorite songs: Fooled Again (I Don't Like It), American girl

Breakdown. American Girl. Then some blues/ballads filler.

Iconic album in the American rock world, although it's interesting to note that the album got much more attention first in the UK before catching on later in the US. Enjoyable, catchy songs, very well written and well executed, nothing fancy and I think that's a large part of the appeal for me. Definitely on the professional level, it still feels accessible and "garage band"-like. Always liked it, and still do.

Tom Petty really had the inoffensive pop-rock formula locked and loaded. That’s what this is. Taking influence from pop giants such as The Beatles, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers roll out a promising debut. A lot of people say it’s boring, and doesn’t go to the next level, but I say that’s alright. Still an enjoyable listen.

Tom Petty is always 5 stars in my book.

My whole life I've said that I wasn't a TP fan except for American Girl. So after hearing things from him/them for the last 46 years, it's possible that maybe I was wrong? My impressions of this album: Track 1 (Rockin' Around (With You)): Meh. Track 2 (Breakdown): Do not like. Never have. Active dislike, in fact. Track 3 (Hometown Blues): Okay, I actually liked that one. Track 4 (The Wild One, Forever): Wait, I liked that one, too. What the heck? Track 5 (Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll): Three in a row?! Track 6 (Strangered in the Night): Nope. Back to meh. Track 7 (Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)): A step up from meh, but not quite to liking status. Track 8 (Mystery Man): Profoundly simplistic, exceptionally likable. Track 9 (Luna): Okay, active dislike on this one, too. Track 10 (American Girl): MAKE IT LAST ALL NIGHT! Legit one of my favorite songs ever.

I was honestly kind of disappointed in this album. Other than the two hit songs off this album, this album is just a bunch of paint-by-numbers blues rock songs. It left me feeling the same way I do when I listen to Cheap Trick or the Black Keys. They are doing generic rock, which is fine to listen to in the background, but it's not very interesting. Still, American Girl is a fucking banger 3/5

Who puts the best track last on the album?

Pretty fun and energetic album, with just hints of the songwriting prowess that would be later revealed.

Kinda underwhelmed with this one. Also a candidate for one of the worst album covers ever. Two broken hearts.. I guess... 💔💔

A few classics here. Standouts: American Girl, Breakdown, 3.5

Tom Petty hit a bit like an electric Dylan. I can see why he is a Wilbury

This is rudimentary but very listenable TP. I prefer the 80s stuff but American Girl is a banger.

First step of a great band and singer

LOVE Tom Petty! I could listen to him all day

Classic Tom - could not love more. He ranks in my top 10 (maybe 5) live performances.

American girl stand out hit the rest never really got me going

Pretty much what I expected.

A fun, catchy, and concise record; unfortunately there's not too much beyond that to my ears. Some melodic guitar playing and crisp production through most of the album. Some cool moments like American Girl almost sounding like proto-Strokes at times. Petty's vocal delivery can go from raw and convincing to overly affected and distracting fairly easily. Additionally, It tends to lean a bit hard on sounds and ideas more or less established by groups like the Stones years earlier (with some definite exceptions ie. Luna) Still an enjoyable listen and a definite feel-good rock and roll album. Favorite Tracks: Breakdown Luna American Girl

I expected to enjoy this album more. Few highlights outside of American Girl. 3/5

Soft rock ei kyllä oo mun juttu. American girlistä +1…

This is an album that has a few good 'Tom Petty' high moments but on most of it it feels like they are very much still trying to find their sound. Very middle of the road stuff from a bunch of artists that are definitely capable of much more unique things. Not that that's the worst thing in the world, sometimes it takes a while to figure out what works and obviously when they hit 'American Girl' its like announcing Tom Petty has arrived to the world.

This album is a lot softer than I expected, if I'm being honest. A lot of the guitar riffs were pretty unique. I don't have much else to say about it either though. Very general rock, and it's good but not something I would look back on. Fave track(s): Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll

I’ve always thought Tom Petty to have been somewhat overrated. I’ll admit, I’ve only heard a handful of songs before today, but the ones I’ve heard never exactly made me want to seek out more. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Breakdown Each song on this album was pretty good, but there wasn’t really anything that made it stand out. I’ve always found his squeaky nasal singing a little annoying and almost like a caricature, but thankfully the album was short at only 30 minutes so it never got to the point of making me want to stop listening. Vocals aside, the music was much better than I expected it to be. It reminded me of Foreigner at times, which I wasn’t expecting at all and was a welcome surprise. Overall, this was a decent rock album but certainly not something I’d consider amazing. Oh, and can we also take a moment to really soak in how cringy that album set is?

One of the all time great albums

BANG AVERAGE.

This album is ok. It feels like pretty basic dad rock, and I'm not a huge fan of Tom Petty's voice. Good background music for a party I guess. Favorite song: The Wild One, Forever Worst song: Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)

This is some classic American rock. I had not heard this whole album from beginning to end, although I had obviously heard the singles. I like Tom Petty, although as far as this "genre" of "heartland rock" goes I'd choose Bruce Springstein every day of the week. This album is solidly rocking and upbeat. I enjoy it but it's not a favorite - still, it's better than a lot of albums on this list in my opinion. 4/5

The first thing I noticed about this album is its brevity: only a half hour. From there we see that almost every song is under 4 minutes long. A few of the songs could have benefitted from being longer: "Hometown Blues," for example, could have used more exploration, I thought. The other thing that struck me about this album is the drum part. It's so... rudimentary. I think I noticed how little thought goes into the drum part for Petty's songs when you listen to "Runnin' Down A Dream." The drums on his songs are there as a timekeeper. And I like songs where the drums do more than that. It makes me feel bad for the drummer, because he really doesn't get a chance to do MORE. I'm not expecting a 5 minute drum solo every song, but be more integrated with the band, you know? The songs I knew from previously are so... infectious. "American Girl" is such a damn good song. You can't help but bop your head to that song. Even with the drum part being what it is. So the album, for what it is I would give it a high 3, even with the drum simplicity. Just for the songs being as infectious as they are so I guess that rounds up to a 4.

I am a fan of Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers. But I have always wondered why they are so beloved because there's nothing particularly skillful about how they compose or play songs (Free Fallin might be the easiest rock song ever to play, though it's still a beauty). Same goes for this album. I definitely enjoyed it. But why? What about it is so memorable, groundbreaking, unique, or masterful? I could give it a 4 for being a fun rock album with classics like Breakdown and American Girl (and hidden gems like Strangered in the Night or The Wild One, Forever). But that doesn't seem fair and they have better albums than this.

Tom Petty was a hit making machine. The rest of his stuff is all good, but not always groundbreaking and this album is a good example. The hits (Breakdown and American Girl) are fantastic, but much of the rest is pretty standard fare (e.g., Rockin' Around (With You) and Anthing That's Rock n Roll). This is probably why in most cases I'd rather listen to a greatest hits album by Tom Petty (or a live collection) than his individual albums. More importantly, I'm surprised THIS is the one Tom Petty album they chose for the 1001 albums. Sure, it has a lot of his signature sound early on, but there are better picks (and I'm including his solo stuff, because he's the primary songwriter and lead either way). Seriously, Full Moon Fever wasn't picked?? It had 7 charting singles on it (incl. 3 #1's and 3 more in the Top 10 of the rock charts) and was great start to finish. If I had to pick one album with the Heartbreakers it would be Damn the Torpedoes (with Refugee, Here Comes My Girl, Even the Losers, and Don't Do Me Like That). This is a good album, but they could have picked better. I would have given Full Moon Fever and easy 5. Calling this one a 4.

Pretty good.

Only knew some of his later work and that was much more sophisticated and less standard than this album, so no real find for me

Since I grew up listening to Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's hits, I was pretty excited to hear their debut album. But, really the only memorable songs on here were the hits. The thing about Tom Petty is that his greatest hits rival most artists's best albums, but I can't think of a single Tom Petty album that I love from start to finish. There are some great ones, Wildflowers being my favorite, but every album seems to have just a few good songs. Don't get me wrong, he's a prolific musician, but this debut was pretty blah. 2.5 solely for Breakdown and American Girl, two of my all-time favorite classic rock songs.

It's a decent enough debut album but honestly nothing more than that. There's a few songs that rise above the mediocrity (American Girl, Strangered In the Night) but how you would open the album with a song like 'Rockin' Around (With You)' is beyond me.

I'll admit I'm not overly familiar with the rock legend known as Tom Petty. I remember once I was working and my work band and I were playing covers as an opening to this event, and someone shouted at us from the audience, "Play some Tom Petty!" and our singer responding with something awkward and funny that I can't for the life of me remember. I'm gonna say it, this record is kinda fun y'all. There's some kind of earnestness about it that I really like. Right down to the main man Tom's smirk on the cover and the Flying V piercing the heart. There's a lot of pretty competent blues playing on this record, though maybe not wholly original and groundbreaking stuff here. I was surprised by how country this album could sound at times. Petty's vocals are inconsistent to me on this album, they go from being really distracting because it sounds like he's trying to put on an accent(but the accent itself is inconsistent) to being pretty decent. Some of the harmonies are really nice, too. I will say the lyrics on "Strangered In The Night" are a little.. 70s, and a little bit dated. When I got to "American Girl," I was like, oh yeah! I've heard this one before! It may be his most popular song but it's still a pretty damn good song. I'd be open to checking out more of Petty's later work to see how he evolved as an artist from this point! Favourite tracks: Rockin' Around (With You,) Breakdown, American Girl Least favourite tracks: Strangered In The Night, Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) (though I do think the track name is very funny) 7/10!

Glimpses of good, but sort of music you'd expect from a boyband for most of it and country influenced.

Pretty solid album. Breakdown is probably my favorite- such a cool song. American Girl really is a great song and recording too I love how it sounds so full with the multiple guitars and the bgvs. I also liked the first song and Luna . 4? 5?

A classic. Breakdown is my fav TP song

Well, that went by fast. None of the songs are memorable and honestly, I can't believe American Girl even is a hit.

I can't remember literally anything about this, an md I just listened

4/5 Also sehr weird. Tom Petty halt. Aber ich habe mich dran gewöhnt.

Amazing. Did not miss. I still think American girl is the best.

Never really listened to much Tom Petty before, always thought he was a bit too 'real rock' for me. Until he died when I explored a bit more and enjoyed. Haven't listened to much since, but really enjoyed this record. Best song, Breakdown

Me before I listen to Tom Petty: "Urgh, not Tom Petty, that's a bit cringe isn't it?" Me after I listen to Tom Petty: "Why am I always so mean about Tom Petty, that's cracking!" Sorry Tom.

It’s solid nothing special though 3/5.

First time listening to Tom Petty and his band and this wasn't a great showing. It's perfectly bland middle of the road stuff. Never tries too hard and never fails, just bland. Middling stuff. Can't say it's horrible but just blah.

Pretty damn good, and merits a bonus point for pure debut confidence. A lot of the elements are already there, though with the notable exception of American Girl they hadn't yet learned to meld it all into weaponized earworms.

Most of the album just flew buy me without leaving a significant impression. I disliked the horrendous cover and the music felt like something I imagine oldschool American dads listen to. But then the last song came and that is just straight up amazing hit song. Made me return back to a few other songs as well and redeemed the record a lot in my eyes.

A pleasure to listen to from the opening bounce of “Rockin’ Around (With You)” to the classic “American Girl.” The album has an old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll spirit but there’s some new wave and country rock here too. Tom Petty also sings in variety of styles. Maybe he was still figuring out his style. He’s definitely having fun.

I totally respect Tom Petty as an icon of American music, but he's never been a favorite of mine. I think a lot of his hits have really similar ideas (particularly in the choruses), and the production- specifically in songwriting elements and arrangements always left a lot to be desired for me. Plus his voice just didn't do that thing for me that it did for so many other people. Man the first song his voice is super grating. Damn. I think it's like some Beatles-homage (early Beatles)? Not a particularly pleasing sound on the ears though. The second track, "Breakdown", is much much more easy on the ears. Got that kind of Thin Lizzy / Phil Lynott sound to it (fun fact I just learned- this album came out only 7 months after Thin Lizzy's most famous album, "Jailbreak"). I think overall it's a strong 3/5 for me. It's hard to write anything negative though while looking at the album cover, what a damn handsome dude.

Goof. Cool vibe.

Didn't listen to it

Fine

carino

non mi è piaciuto, ripetitivo e troppo scontato

Bof... Bof... Voilà un album qui sortit en une periode troublée... 1976, les grands groupes étaient poussés dehors, le punk arrivait avec toute sa fougue mais s'il contestait et detruisait, il n'offrait pas grand chose au delà de l'energie brute... Alors certes Tom et ses Heartbreakers amenaient autre chose, de l'énergie MAIS policée à l'américaine... D'ailleurs c'est en Angleterre qu'il attira vraiment l'attention sur lui, avant de devenir important aux USA ... Aujourd'hui, cet album a bcp bcp vieilli et Tom avec ou sans ses Heartbreakers a commis d'autres albums bien plus puissants et novateurs... Sa façon de mêler l'éternelle Amérique et l'énergie rock deviendra définitivement sa marque de fabrique... Brillant backing band de Dylan, hélas pas dans sa meilleure période, il cherchera ensuite avec le super groupe constitué de lui, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison et Jeff Lynne un véritable renouveau qui rafraichira toute sa production ultérieure... Il s'adjoindra aussi les meilleurs producteurs ou les plus en vue ! Merci Tom... RIP...

One of those mid 70s guys who was neither here nor there. There are a few spots where he lays down some decent guitar but there isn't much here to get excited abou

I found the first song interesting with its blend of punky-1976-guitar and quasi call-and-response vocals on the chorus. The second song, "Breakdown" was a nice contrast. Amongst the rest there are a fair number of clichéd predictable rockers, which make me feel sad for the American music scene at the time that punk was about to explode in the UK.

How many of you think that he sounds just like Patti Smith when he's singing Breakdown? Anyways, I think that's the best song on the album. The rest of the songs aren't terribly exciting nor terrible either so he gets a lukewarm rating from me.

Not overly exciting, although I see the appeal.

3,5/5

It does not get much better than this! A 5 star album any day of the week. I saw Tom and the Heartbreakers supporting Nils Lofgren when this album came out. Nils was great, but impossible to follow Tom!

Is good

Tom Petty!! classic debut

Great debut, doesn’t get the attention his other albums do, looking at you damn the torpedoes. Bar band meet Dylanesque troubadour

Brilliant, hard to believe it was their first album - it sounds so focused and complete. Breakdown and American Girl are stand outs, but it is all great!

having never heard a tom petty song(or at least recognized a song), and coming at this album from the current year, it's.. generic. It mightn't have been for its time, but now, very generic.

Dobar ali ne kužim skroz to

Tom Petty. Fantastic Debut record. Not perfect and there's a bit of filler but a great show of what is to come. Breakdown is so good easily the best track on the record, such groove. American Girl is alright 3/5

Not quite as great as some of what came after, but what a great start. He already knew how to construct a dynamic song and how to write simple but effective lyrics. Not a bad song really but I especially liked the final three of a Mystery Man, Luna and the all time classic American Girl.

Extremely carried by american girl hut overall decent

I love Tom Petty so much. That said don’t think this is his best work. Still really awesome.

Luna was ok. So was fooled again. American girl is good. Breakdown is by far the best song on the album. Doesn’t do much to fight the negative stereotypes of dad rock 4/10

Pas mal en vrai

donne un certain entrain

Good album. Very easy listen. Not my fav Tom petty but really good

NOICE. never really care much for Tommy. This is a cool debut. maybe on a bored day I’ll check out more of his stuff. RIP. nice little 70s rock project ain’t nothing wrong wit dat.

OK, nothing fantastic, but OK.

Pretty solid pop/rock album, good songwriting.

Had some great songs.

I'm not the biggest Tom Petty fan but this was pretty decent. Favorite: Breakdown

Tom Petty is great! Album didn't stand out to me like the others have. American girl pulls weight on the rating. 7/10

It’s definitely a tom petty album

what’s the difference between a low end prostitute and tom petty? at least the prostitute has some form of talent

5/10 generic rock that does not really give any interesting insights

Massa massa

My only issue is that the album suffers from a few forgettable songs but it's a really solid debut album, would recommend. RIP Tom Petty

Didn’t blow me away

It was a nice album. Didn’t recognize any songs but I can see why people enjoy the guy.

4.5

obviously classic but didn't super grab me. but enjoyable

Classic album. So many great tracks, my fav is Strangered In the Night

The album slaps. American Girl is my favorite track on it. Alright, now to listen to the album. His music probably has my favorite vibes of any artist ever. A genuine pleasure to listen to every time.

A brilliant album from a legend. Fav track has to be American Girl.

This is pretty solid. Not my favorite Petty album; I think I like his second and third albums better, but still pretty good.

Very enjoyable album. I've always liked Tom Petty though. 4/5

Yeah I generally liked this a lot. "Breakdown" had a really cool, smooth quality to it. "American Girl" is a classic. Some of the tunes seemed a little basic, but overall an enjoyable rock record.

Normally I try to listen to an album fresh before I review it, but I know this one by the back of my hand and I’m traveling so I’ll make an exception. Petty is probably my favorite artist of all time, and I’ll accept no slander on his behalf. You can tell that he’s working out the edges on his sound, as this takes a lot from Dylan, Springsteen and everything in between, but he and co come up with a few all-timers here. Even the songs about rock music, which I normally dismiss from other artists, sound genuine and exciting here. A- for me

I don't like this album much. Boring classic pop rock without any edges.

Pretty great sounding album for 50 years ago

Was very entertaining but I wasn’t hooked, nothing really jumped out at me besides one track

3.7 - As a debut it’s a notable introduction to Petty’s exceptionally lean but effective songcraft. Also, at 31 minutes, it’s refreshingly brief. The last three songs end this record on a dizzying high after a somewhat humdrum first half. “Luna” is a deep track worth revisiting.

Love love love it. All I need to say.

Nothing wrong with it; it was pleasant and had chill energy. But the songwriting was just pretty simplistic and didn’t surprise or excite me. Didn’t like nor dislike

Youngest of the Willburys.

Love the two hits... the rest is solid but not spectacular.

Didn’t realize I also like early Tom Petty, especially Breakdown, Mystery Man, American Girl.

Solid album with some interesting songs that are outside of what I normally think of when I think about Tom Petty. One sounded like it would be from the Talking Heads or B-52s.

I wouldn't like to say I don't like this or even that it doesn't deserve it's place here only that it doesn't appeal to me as outstanding. There's other artists that did this genre I prefer. Having said all this it's pleasant enough as background filler.

Not my cup of tea

I might be petty, but Tom ain't it. A very soft southern rock from 70s with a distinctive vocal from Tom Petty. Unfortunately it's not my cup of tea. At the beginning I could hear some resemblance to Lynyrd Skynyrd, probably through that southern connection, but those two bands couldn't be any more different. I feel like the songs on Tom Petty's album are made straight for the charts - they don't take any risk, they are short and to the point, and also are one-dimensional. Is this album on the list, because it was one of the first southern rock examples in history? Because otherwise, it shouldn't have been included, as it has nothing outstanding, interesting or groundbreaking.

I'm a fan of Tom Petty, this is not one of my favorites though. He gets better, IMHO.

Very good classic rock

Funky, pretty enjoyable.

Like the first season of a favorite tv show. The greatness is all there but not quite in its perfected form. A fun listen. I saw Tom Petty in concert once, with Pearl Jam. We were there to see Pearl Jam and assumed everyone else was too. I was a Tom Petty fan (who isn't?) but thought of him as an old timer. I could not have been more wrong. When Tom Petty stepped onto that stage I was instantly aware that this man is a ROCK STAR. He owned the arena that night and everyone in it. Definitely in the top 3 shows I've ever seen, and I've seen some greats.

Han gick bort alldeles för tidigt vår käre Tom. Så många hits och klassiker. Denna innehåller dock bara American girl som riktigt håller måttet.

Solid debut album

Classic rock. It’s good

7/10. Ever since I first looked at the 1001 albums list, I've wondered why *this* was the Tom Petty album that they decided to include on the list. I hadn't listened to it, but I hadn't really heard much about it either. Well, eventually I got an edition of the book, and took a look at the entry for this album. It's just some critic talking about how Britain was really the country that discovered Tom Petty, because he got popular there earlier. So, now I know that the reason this album was included in lieu of Full Moon Fever or any of the much better Tom Petty albums out there is because this is the one that got popular in Britain. Though of course if it hadn't, we probably wouldn't have gotten a Tom Petty album at all because the book needed space for more fucking Blur albums.

Decent and well-paced. 7/10

3/5 Blues/Rock and Roll. Short album that packs plenty of variety whilst still staying true to the genre. Plenty of subtle Rhodes organ throughout. Vocals feel very fresh from song to song due to singers wide variety. Rocking Around (with you) vocals are heavily reminiscent of the Beatles, where as American girl has obvious punk influences.

Not bad, but not my cup of tea. Worth existing just for the inclusion ‘Breakdown’ alone though.

Exactly what I expected for the good and the bad.

Good American rock that doesn't outstay it's welcome. However a lot of songs seem to fade out just as they get going. Break out, Luna, American Girl are obvious highlights, but it's all good. Damn the Torpedoes is another terrific album. Then theirs Traveling Wilburys and Full Moon Fever be and and and. What a great artist. Gone too soon. 3.5 out of 5

Good, but I really prefer Damn the Torpedoes.

'Murican rock. This has some Springsteen vibes and I'm not a Springsteen fan in the slightest. Mostly really uninteresting. There was one part where I thought it kind of sounded like CAN, but I'm pretty sure that was a hallucination. I am the first person in the history of mankind to compare Tom Petty to the German experimental rock band CAN. He kind of looks like my middle school math teacher on the album cover. A female math teacher, I might add.

Not my cup of tea

Not the worst, but boring. Never could get into Tom Petty

Solid album

Enjoyed it but nothing too special, a few classics for sure

American Girl is solid but nothing else jumped out at me. Not terrible though

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.

The cover. The name. The music. Everything about this is generic.

I had higher hopes for the album since I’d heard American girl before, but the album felt forgettable and I didn’t particular enjoy Tom Petty’s voice

3.

Not bad

First album out and they have American Girl. Also, Breakdown. I give this one a 4 because the album cuts didn’t yet have the power of the deep cuts of later albums. A great start for a great band.

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.

awesome

Better B-side.

This album is undefeated. I love this album, I love Talking Heads, this is one of my top 15 albums of all time.

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

This the debut album from Tom Petty's band. It was initially ignored by US listeners until a year after release - once the positive reviews and the British tour brought attention to the album in the US - causing the album to be certified gold in the US. It is a classic rock and roll album, so one can expect all of the common tropes, but the actual quality of the music - instruments & vocals - is not bad. I'm not a giant fan of rock so hearing a run-of-the-mill rock album wasn't super exciting and this affects my rating of the album.

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

Meh

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

Best Song: American Girl. Something sort of works here with Tom Petty's kind of retrained, desperate sounding voice. Worst Song: Fooled Again (I Don't Like It). This song wasn't all that much worse than the others, but it was just boring enough, just late enough in the album to be the tipping point for me. Overall: Really as stock-standard as classic rock gets. To me, nothing here sticks out as noteworthy, none of the songs feel that differentiated. Sure it works fine as bland, rock-flavoured background music, but beyond that I can't imagine listening to this earnestly.

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

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

Good stuff. Petty is a legend.

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.

Boring generic classic rock. Next!

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

It's a good album, but no more than that for me. Classic, without taking risks, without innovation, only very conventional rock. I have nothing to say about it. A few arrangements were clever and nice. Ok, next.

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.

Always love Tom! This is perhaps one of his best albums!

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

Idk if it's necessarily bad, but definitely isn't my piece of cake

Honestly pretty mediocre, I only liked a couple songs (and they weren't the most streamed ones) but the rest were super basic and boring.

Love American girl

Ganska intetsägande, inget direkt minnesvärt

His debut may not be too special, but it is a very solid kind of basic from Tom Petty. Favorites: "Rockin' Around (With You)", "Breakdown", "American Girl"

Funciona muito bem para sentir a força da simplicidade do rock americano clássico.

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

Mainiohko rokkilevy! Brucemaiset tekstit. Menee mulla kyllä jatkoon. 4/5

Etelävaltio-rockin parempaa päätä. Todella miellyttävä.

Aika geneeristä rokkia, ei säväyttänyt. 2/5

-Fun upbeat groove in "Rockin' Around (With You)" -I like the emotion in the the word "breakdown" and some of the slick guitar riffs in "Breakdown" -The little breakdown/bridge in "Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)" was quite cool, I wish it had continued for longer than like 3 seconds -All pretty nice tracks

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

One of my and my mother's greatest regrets are not seeing Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers before Tom Petty died. Most of these songs are pretty alright with a few highlights. It's not my favorite album from them, but it is some of my favorite 70s rock tunes of all time. Highlights: 2, 3, and 10.

snooze

Unremarkable

30th May 2022 Listened throughout the day while working from home. Jen went to Seb’s so stayed in and watched Top Gun. Such a great album and voice. One of the best.

I'm not a countryfan, but this is chill !

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.

Great album. Haven't listened to this one all the way through in a while and forgot how different they sounded here - definitely more Springsteen than their later albums. Some classic tracks too.

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

Woof, goes from snail's pace to really slow at a breakneck 5 songs.

S0L1D AL8UM

I found this boring.

I already know 5 and it's a damn shame this is his only entry on this list

Breakdown and American Girl on your first record, eh Tom? Not too shabby. The silence and space between the notes in Breakdown are striking. A lot of bands are afraid of the silence and Tom and the HBs use it to their advantage. Everything on this record sounds great. Most of the songs could have been hits and nothing is a "skip." Tom Petty is one of the best and this is such a great debut. The instruments all sound great. His voice is so unique and expertly produced. I really can't say enough. Oh, the Heartbreakers logo with the Flying V is also great. RIP Tom.

You could play me just about any Tom Petty song and ask me to guess what year it came out - and I might be off by as much as 15 years in either direction. This dude basically stayed true to his "vibe" and rode it for 4+ decades. These songs would have been hits whether they were released in the 60s or the early 2000's. They're timeless (most of them). Still, you could hear TP and the HB figuring it out a little bit in this debut album (which isn't a bad thing). It's more eclectic than I remember some of his other albums being. Great stuff.

I liked it

Debut albums often go one of two ways: either they are so good that they’re difficult to repeat or, as in the case of 'Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,' they’re so bad you wonder how a second one was ever recorded. Look, I’m not the world’s biggest Tom Petty fan, but neither am I a hater. I think Tom Petty’s solo LP, 'Wildflowers,' is a fine piece of work. Thankfully, his music matured well. This debut album, though, is a young 26 year old Petty putting his foot in the door. And I enjoyed the two hit toes that stuck out, what would become that signature, catchy Tom Petty sound: ‘Breakdown,’ and ‘American Girl.’ But quick, shut that door before the remainder of the eight get through! I was surprisingly disappointed right off the bat with the odd Everly Brothers harmonies on ‘Rockin’ Around’ and a quick two minutes of a song that never really developed. ‘Mystery Man’ is perhaps the only country/reggae hybrid I’ve ever heard, and I don’t want to hear it again. And ‘Luna,’ was, honest to God, a taste of prog Petty. Thank goodness he never tried this move again. ‘Hometown Blues’ was hokey, all the way around. ‘Fooled Again’ sounded like Petty trying his best to sound like Petty, all rock ‘n roll aloof; and, those one, high note synth fills in the background were further irritating. In fact, the entire band seemed to be struggling to find their place, their groove together, and instead came across playing rather stiff. First time studio nerves, perhaps? Mike Campbell is one of the finest lead guitarists around, but he’s nearly silent on this LP. Too bad the lyrics weren’t. By contrast, Aerosmith’s lyricist, Stephen Tyler, reads like Leonard Cohen. ‘Don’t need (Mama), don’t need school,’ Petty sings on ‘Anything That’s Rock n’ Roll’ (a tired, stereotypical title/them if there ever was one.) 'You don’t like your Daddy, and you don’t like rules.’ Rock n’ roll to the rescue! And perhaps it did help liberate the unfortunate oppressed minor in this song. Would that it have done the same for 'Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.'

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