TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS : GREATEST HITS

 

  1. American Girl
  2. Breakdown
  3. Listen To Her Heart
  4. I Need To Know
  5. Refugee
  6. Don't Do Me Like That
  7. Even The Losers
  8. Here Comes My Girl
  9. The Waiting
  10. You Got Lucky
  11. Don't Come Around Here No More
  12. I Won't Back Down
  13. Runnin' Down A Dream
  14. Free Fallin'
  15. Learning To Fly
  16. Into The Great Wide Open
  17. Mary Jane's Last Dance
  18. Something In The Air

Label : MCA Records

Length : 65:54

Release Date : November 16, 1993

Review (AllMusic) : Greatest Hits is a lean yet complete overview of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' biggest singles from their first prime. Sure, it's possible to pinpoint a few great songs missing, but the group had a lot of great songs during the late '70s and '80s. This rounds up the biggest hits from that era, and in doing so, it turns into a succinct summary of the band at the top of its game. Everything from "American Girl" to "Free Fallin'" is included, with 18 tracks proving that Petty was one of the best rockers of his time.

Review (Wikipedia) : Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1993. It is Petty's best-selling album to date and was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA on April 28, 2015. The single "Mary Jane's Last Dance" became one of Petty's most popular songs, reaching No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The other new song on the album is a cover of the Thunderclap Newman hit "Something in the Air". The album contains no songs from 1987's Let Me Up (I've Had Enough). However, three songs from Petty's 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever were included. On its original release in November 1993, the album debuted at No. 8 on Billboard 200, and first peaked at No. 5 on the chart in February 1994. It reached a new peak of No. 2 following Petty's death in 2017. The new tracks "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and "Something in the Air" would prove to be the band's last recordings with drummer Stan Lynch. The U.K. release also includes the track "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll", originally from the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, as track 3, with all subsequent tracks in the same order. The 2008 reissue has the same track listing as the American release. A remastered version was released on May 20, 2008, replacing "Something in the Air" with "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", Petty's duet with Stevie Nicks from her 1981 album Bella Donna. The album photos replaced the "Wildflowers" and "Into the Great Wide Open" session photos with out-takes from the You're Gonna Get It! album cover. The original album is available for download on iTunes. It was also reissued on March 9, 2010 reverting to the original 1993 track listing.