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DTITLE=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers / Into The Great Wide Open
DYEAR=1991
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Learning To Fly
TTITLE1=Kings Highway
TTITLE2=Into The Great Wide Open
TTITLE3=Two Gunslingers
TTITLE4=The Dark Of The Sun
TTITLE5=All Or Nothin'
TTITLE6=All The Wrong Reasons
TTITLE7=Too Good To Be True
TTITLE8=Out In The Cold
TTITLE9=You And I Will Meet Again
TTITLE10=Makin' Some Noise
TTITLE11=Built To Last
EXTD=Originally Released July 2, 1991 \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Since Ful
EXTD=l Moon Fever was an unqualified commercial and critical success, 
EXTD=perhaps it made sense that Tom Petty chose to follow its shiny fo
EXTD=rmula when he reunited with the Heartbreakers for its follow-up, 
EXTD=Into the Great Wide Open. Nevertheless, the familiarity of Into t
EXTD=he Great Wide Open is something of a disappointment. The Heartbre
EXTD=akers' sound has remained similar throughout their career, but th
EXTD=ey had never quite repeated themselves until here. Technically, i
EXTD=t isn't a repeat, since they weren't credited on Full Moon, but W
EXTD=ide Open sounds exactly like Full Moon, thanks to Jeff Lynne's ov
EXTD=erly stylized production. Again, it sounds like a cross between l
EXTD=atter-day ELO and roots rock (much like the Traveling Wilburys, i
EXTD=n that sense), but the production has become a touch too careful 
EXTD=and precise, bordering on the sterile at times. And, unfortunatel
EXTD=y, the quality of the songwriting doesn't match Full Moon or Let 
EXTD=Me Up (I've Had Enough). That's not to say that it rivals the uni
EXTD=nspired Long After Dark, since Petty was a better craftsman in 19
EXTD=91 than he was in 1983. There are a number of minor gems -- "Lear
EXTD=ning to Fly," "Kings Highway," "Into the Great Wide Open" -- but 
EXTD=there are no knockouts, either; it's like Full Moon Fever if ther
EXTD=e were only "Apartment Song"s and no "Free Fallin'"s. In other wo
EXTD=rds, enough for a pleasant listen, but not enough to resonate lik
EXTD=e his best work. (And considering this, perhaps it wasn't surpris
EXTD=ing that Petty chose to change producers and styles on his next e
EXTD=ffort, the solo Wildflowers.)  -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\n\nAM
EXTD=AZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nInto The Great Wide Open..., August 10,
EXTD= 2005\nReviewer: Jared Jongeling (USA)\n...and under them skies o
EXTD=f blue. Who hasn't heard the title song from this popular album? 
EXTD=\n\nTom Petty had just been at his peak with Full Moon Fever, an 
EXTD=expiramental side project that proved to be the most successful w
EXTD=ork Tom has ever laid down in history. Tom once again rejoined wi
EXTD=th the Heartbreakers, and with some effort and collaboration, wro
EXTD=te "Into The Great Wide Open". \n\n"Great Wide Open" was surprisi
EXTD=ngly and shockingly good, considering that it followed "Full Moon
EXTD= Fever", an album that defined a legacy of TPATH, and sold more c
EXTD=opies than any album in Heartbreaker history. FMF was a tough alb
EXTD=um to top - many artists wouldn't have been able to pull off an a
EXTD=lbum like that, let alone follow up to it. So how was Tom going t
EXTD=o keep his career in line, and follow up with something that didn
EXTD='t sound like another FMF, but wasn't too far from the shoreline?
EXTD= I know I certainly couldn't have done it. Only musical geniuses 
EXTD=like Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne could make it happen one more time.
EXTD= \n\nThough not a chart-topping album, I.T.G.W.O. was, and still 
EXTD=remains a classic to this day. The unforgettable "Learning To Fly
EXTD=", the fast-paced "King's Highway", the cooly "Two Gunslingers", 
EXTD=the heartfelt "Out In The Cold", the catchy "All The Wrong Reason
EXTD=s"... there's plenty of Heartbreaker genius to be offered on this
EXTD= album. \n\nJeff Lynne has once again proved himself to be a geni
EXTD=us musically, and a genius behind the console. I can't even begin
EXTD= to explain how open, airy, and wide this record sounds. \n\nDon'
EXTD=t be fooled into thinking this record is subtle Tom Petty materia
EXTD=l. I.T.G.W.O. features some of Tom's best work, IMO, and should n
EXTD=ot be left out of any collection. \n\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REV
EXTD=IEW\n"Fer all the raw-hong rea-sons", May 26, 2005\nReviewer: R. 
EXTD=L. MILLER (FT LAUDERDALE FL USA)\nThis is sort of a side-stream e
EXTD=ffort when you consider the fact that Petty made his mark with th
EXTD=e jangly Roger McGuinn sound that prompted my brother to call the
EXTD= Heartbreakers "the Mockingbyrds". If the truth be known, it was 
EXTD=their musical resemblance to the Byrds that turned me on to them 
EXTD=in the first place back in the "Damn the Torpedoes" days. Oddly e
EXTD=nough, though, this album's better songs are the mellow ones. The
EXTD= opener "Learning To Fly" is a poor choice for a first track. Loo
EXTD=k at how many people click onto that first song and say "fuggedda
EXTD=bouddit" if it doesn't turn them on". I mean, it sounds like Geor
EXTD=ge Harrison at his worst. You take the title song, with its timel
EXTD=ess leaving-home theme (in the manner of Sir Elton's "Blues For B
EXTD=aby and Me") and you're talking. Likewise "For All the Wrong Reas
EXTD=ons"--my personal favorite--a story of a dissolving household. Th
EXTD=e Ben E King-flavored "Built To Last" is the other side of the co
EXTD=in--enduring, resilient love. The one good rocker on here is the 
EXTD=Derek & the Dominos-sounding "Making Some Noise", because "All or
EXTD= Nothing" makes a lot of it--noise, that is--without being much o
EXTD=f a song. You might say that Petty left his rocking chops behind 
EXTD=him temporarily after he finished "Full Moon Fever", but look at 
EXTD=the albums beyond this one and you'll find he eventualy got them 
EXTD=back.\n\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nToo Good To Be True, Aug
EXTD=ust 14, 2004\nReviewer: Gianmarco Manzione (St. Petersburg, FL US
EXTD=A)\nIf you've followed classic rock for long enough you know that
EXTD= everything Jeff Lynne touches turns to gold. Solely responsible 
EXTD=for resurrecting the careers of Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom
EXTD= Petty and even Dylan briefly (producing the incredible "Tweeter 
EXTD=and the Monkeyman"), Lynne's work with ELO, the Wilburys and the 
EXTD=just-mentioned legends comprises one of the most immense contribu
EXTD=tions ever made to rock by a single human being. Neither Lynne no
EXTD=r Petty have ever been known for the power of their pens. Music i
EXTD=s what they make, and if the lyrics seem a bit slight throughout 
EXTD=this otherwise brilliant album, it is because for Petty, as for T
EXTD=he Strokes' Julian Casablancas, the words tend to be little more 
EXTD=than a device; an opportunity at strengthening the vocal and musi
EXTD=cal structure of a given song. While petty and The Strokes come f
EXTD=rom entirely different eras and aesthetical perspectives, both ac
EXTD=ts are brilliant at manufacturing the perfect pop song. But then 
EXTD=we have Lynne, whose instinct for the sound of great pop rock is 
EXTD=outdone only by the tandem of Lennon and McCartney. Many of the t
EXTD=racks here boast this flawless combination of vaguely interesting
EXTD= lyrical narratives with explosive rock 'n roll. "Makin' Some Noi
EXTD=se" is just the kind of sonic triumph Lynne made his name on: boo
EXTD=ming, blasting and banging its way into the listener's psyche wit
EXTD=h all the permanence of a tattoo. Here, though, petty manages to 
EXTD=tell a story with Springsteen-like Panache; that down-to-earth vi
EXTD=vidness that walks you through a tale so real you can taste it: \n
EXTD=\nWhen I was a young boy \nI was working for the state \nI wasn't
EXTD= makin' much money \nI was staying out late \nGo down at nighttim
EXTD=e and \nPlay music in the bars \nTake my breaks out underneath th
EXTD=e stars \n\nIt isn't exactly Dante, but this is just the kind of 
EXTD=gritty worldliness that rock 'n roll was made for, and petty's go
EXTD=t his finger on the pulse throughout much of the album. To my ear
EXTD=s, "Kings Highway" is a rushed and jarring affair, while the well
EXTD=-written "All Or Nothin'" plays like a stale echo of "Free Fallin
EXTD=g" and suffers from a predictable self-consciousness. Everything 
EXTD=else here, really, is magical. From the catchy title track's subt
EXTD=le jab at the business to the divine "Learning to Fly" or the sto
EXTD=mp and sway of "You and I Will meet Again," there is enough meat 
EXTD=and potatoes here to feed a nation. With the possible exception o
EXTD=f middle-of-the-road performances like "Mary Jane, "Honeybee" or 
EXTD=the band's great Thunderclap Newman cover, Petty & Co. really onl
EXTD=y reached this kind of intensity again on the astonishing "Echo" 
EXTD=some years later. That isn't to say that these guys don't still h
EXTD=ave some gas in the tank, but it sure does say a lot about this o
EXTD=verlooked masterpiece. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nFull Moo
EXTD=n Fever redux, November 19, 2003\nReviewer: A music fan\nPetty, L
EXTD=ynne, and Campbell's follow-up to "Full Moon Fever", this time wi
EXTD=th the rest of the Heartbreakers joining in, has much the same so
EXTD=und, with predictably corny touches. If you liked the previous CD
EXTD= (who didn't?) you're likely to enjoy this one, though perhaps no
EXTD=t as much. The melodies are perfectly crafted, with a couple of n
EXTD=ice Beatle-esque touches on "All or Nothin'" and "You and I Will 
EXTD=Meet Again" and a less endearing (to me) 50's sound on "Built to 
EXTD=Last" (which closes the CD with a sweet or possibly saccharine ch
EXTD=orus). As on "Full Moon Fever", while some of the songs are meant
EXTD= to be silly, they are rarely embarrassingly so. When the lyrics 
EXTD=are at their best, however - clear and heartfelt, as on "Kings Hi
EXTD=ghway" - they aren't complemented properly by the cheerful pop mu
EXTD=sic. "Makin' Some Noise" is this CD's echo of "Running Down a Dre
EXTD=am", and nearly as enjoyable.\nI'm not sure whether one of the ot
EXTD=her reviewers was right about many of the lyrics being trite, or 
EXTD=whether another was right that they're meant to be impressionisti
EXTD=c. Certainly they're often unclear, sometimes telling a story tha
EXTD=t really does have an interesting or impassioned feel but that is
EXTD= difficult to follow (E.g. "Too Good to Be True" or "Out in the C
EXTD=old"). I can't figure out whether the title track is terminally s
EXTD=illy, terminally jaded, or both. Does it contain a serious jab at
EXTD= the music business, or is it just meant as goofy fun? (I always 
EXTD=thought the latter, but who knows after "The Last DJ"?) And what 
EXTD=on earth is "the dark of the sun"? Ignoring that meaningless phra
EXTD=se, the song has fine lyrics. \n\n"Into the Great Wide Open" is a
EXTD= transitional CD. It marks the end of the Jeff Lynne collaboratio
EXTD=n, which worked to slightly better effect on the previous "Full M
EXTD=oon Fever" as well as on the brilliant Traveling Wilburys CD's. I
EXTD=t also marks Tom Petty writing more substantive lyrics again and 
EXTD=reuniting with his longtime band, though the lyrics and the band'
EXTD=s sound come fully back into their own only on the following CD, 
EXTD="Wildflowers".\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nInto the Great Wi
EXTD=de Open, September 25, 2001\nReviewer: jorf (Minneapolis, MN USA)
EXTD=\nThis CD is the accessible yet misunderstood peak of Tom Petty a
EXTD=nd Jeff Lynne's work together. Great Wide Open is good enough tha
EXTD=t it doesn't need to lick the boots of Petty's other albums, espe
EXTD=cially Full Moon Fever (which has several very weak tracks to my 
EXTD=ears). This CD is always described as Full Moon Fever's lesser co
EXTD=usin, but I think it's significantly better than FMF, so there. \n
EXTD=I have nearly all of Petty's albums, and this CD, together with H
EXTD=ard Promises and (parts of) Wildflowers, is unsurpassed in my opi
EXTD=nion. The sound mix is absolutely shimmering, smooth and gorgeous
EXTD=, sounding better than any subsequent Petty release (to me). It's
EXTD= like they had analog recording perfected on this album, then the
EXTD=y went and got a harsher sound with Wildflowers. \n\nDid I mentio
EXTD=n this is one of the greatest driving albums of all time? It has 
EXTD=this inexorable drive through the tracks that some mistake for bl
EXTD=and monotony. Petty's just trying to make a stylistic point -- a 
EXTD=dead end, but a fully realized one. I love every song on this CD.
EXTD= Petty's singing is great, Stan Lynch's drumming is uncommonly ve
EXTD=rsatile (check out the last track), Mike Campbell's guitar lines 
EXTD=are just timeless perfection, and it's all so well recorded. The 
EXTD=songs are generally underappreciated jewels.\n\nIf Petty had more
EXTD= MTV play or more sales from this album, it would have been haile
EXTD=d a masterpiece. For my part -- not to disparage different things
EXTD= he's done over the years -- I think this is his best work.\n\n\n
EXTD=AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMythology in sound, June 28, 2000\nRe
EXTD=viewer: Joburgpete "irridium" (Johannesburg)\nAmerican mythology 
EXTD=is the overriding theme on this album: those vast limitless horiz
EXTD=ons, the highway, gunslingers, the wild West. Petty is a myth mak
EXTD=er on a par with Springsteen, with an equal talent for imagery an
EXTD=d metaphor. His nasal whine was made for producer Jeff Lynne's ex
EXTD=pert application of soaring, soothing and chugging guitars, while
EXTD= the melodies are mesmerising throughout. Most compelling tracks 
EXTD=are the title one, Learning To Fly, king's Highway, All The Wrong
EXTD= Reasons and Built To Last with its resonant echoing boom. A rich
EXTD=ly textured album that opens up more and more sonic delights with
EXTD= every listen.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nLynne and Heartbr
EXTD=eakers not the best mix, November 4, 1998\nReviewer: Billy Austin
EXTD= "avid listener" (New York, NY USA)\nThe album combines what are 
EXTD=perhaps Petty's best lyrics ever with a sound that muffled the He
EXTD=artbreakers from doing what they do best. Check out "Out in the C
EXTD=old," an extended rocker that strains against to sound natural an
EXTD=d rock hard. Can't. \nOr compare the version of "Kings Highway" w
EXTD=ith live versions that have circulated. Stripped of the gooey syn
EXTD=ths and voice-backups, it's a wondeful, poignant chugger. \n\nThe
EXTD= Hearbreakers--Mike Campbell, Stan Lynch, Howie Epstein and Benmo
EXTD=nt Tench--have always been a great, relaxed band, capable of folk
EXTD=, rock, punk, and extended jams. Unfortunately, Lynne's productio
EXTD=n hems them in, rather than letting them breathe. "All the Wrong 
EXTD=Reasons" is a virtual remake of "Free Fallin'" And "Built To Last
EXTD=" may be the band's lowest point on record. That said, check out 
EXTD=the guitar work on "All or Nothin'," the wonderful lyrics on "Lea
EXTD=rning To Fly" and "You And I Will Meet Again,". Most of these son
EXTD=gs show the pain and confusion that come from growing up, particu
EXTD=larly in a world where many factors conspire against you. The alb
EXTD=um came out in the summer of 91, right in the middle of a terribl
EXTD=e recession, and just when I graduated from college. The lyrics r
EXTD=ang true, but on the whole, this one just doesn't gel for Petty a
EXTD=nd the boys. Check out "Hard Promises," "Long After Dark," or "Sh
EXTD=e's The One" for examples of how this band does and can work. Asi
EXTD=de: "Into the Great Wide Open" marks Stan Lynch's last appearance
EXTD= with the band on record -- unless you count his work on their bo
EXTD=xed set. This was a great drummer, and his absence is felt by fan
EXTD=s.\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing artists: Jeff Lynne, Roge
EXTD=r McGuinn \n\nAlbum Notes\nTom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Pet
EXTD=ty (vocals, guitar, percussion); Mike Campbell (guitar, bouzouki,
EXTD= mandolin, keyboards, bass); Benmont Tench (accordion, piano); Ho
EXTD=wie Epstein (bass, background vocals); Stan Lynch (drums, percuss
EXTD=ion).\nAdditional personnel: Jeff Lynne (guitar, keyboards, bass,
EXTD= background vocals); Richard Tandy (synthesizer); Roger McGuinn (
EXTD=background vocals).\nProducers: Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Jeff Ly
EXTD=nne.\nRecorded at Rumbo Recorders, Studio C, Canoga Park, Califor
EXTD=nia.\nPetty once represented the new wave of pop in the late 70s.
EXTD= There was an edge of punkiness to his music and that has served 
EXTD=him well throughout his career. Very few stars as unassuming as P
EXTD=etty have courted all audiences and succeeded. This is a Jeff Lyn
EXTD=ne production, which would usually have had pundits making a here
EXTD=tic cross with their fingers. Fortunately, it was listened to for
EXTD= what it was: an excellent album of Petty songs played by the bes
EXTD=t support band in the world. "Learning To Fly," for example, has 
EXTD=a simple repeated four-chord pattern, F C Am G, and out of this P
EXTD=etty has woven the perfect pop song. One of many.\n\nIndustry Rev
EXTD=iews\nSimple, eloquent stories about growing up and making sense 
EXTD=of one's youth.\nNew York Times (01/01/1992)\n\n..a surprising re
EXTD=turn to form. - Rating: B+\n\n\n4 Stars - Excellent - ..poignantl
EXTD=y exhilarating... bracing with the sensation of the top down and 
EXTD=wind in your hair.. One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.\n
EXTD=Q (08/01/1991)
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