Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
1976
Tracks
1. Rockin' Around With You
2. Breakdown
3. Hometown Blues
4. The Wild One
5. Forever
6. Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll
7. Strangered In The Night
8. Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)
9. Mystery Man
10. Luna
11. American Girl
I listened to the song "American Girl" a lot when I was younger. Then I saw the movie Silence of The Lambs and came to the conclusion that if I ever heard that song again, I would be murdered shortly afterward. If you don't believe me see for yourself:
This is just like when Stanley Kubrick ruined "Singin' In The Rain" for me.
Anyway, Tom Petty introduces us to 1976 with a well known album that apparently is classified as heartland rock, which means rock and roll that is aiming at a blue collar audience and trying to convey a message. See, you learn things from reading my blog.
Petty was good at coming up with catchy songs, but his voice became a little grating after awhile, particularly in "Fooled Again" when the singing transitioned into screaming. He also doesn't seem to be very photogenic, although I guess I can't blame the album for that. In fact, his photo on the album looks like my middle school photos. I think we had the same haircut.
Anyway, it was a fun album and it was refreshing to get something that wasn't so pretentious.
RATING: 4/5
I loved this album and actually never made that connection with the movie. Yikes! I couldn't even watch the silence of the Lambs excerpt here. I do not find Petty's voice grating, but I guess that is individual taste.
ReplyDeleteWell, it has been a nice discovery since I didn't know about this group before. Fortunately I don't remember the scene you say so I can still enjoy the song until I reach there with my blog. And I didn't know about heartland rock either! You do learn new stuff here!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy it while you can!
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