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| 1. You Don't Know How It Feels |
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| 2. Wildflowers |
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| 3. You Wreck Me |
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| 4. Only A Broken Heart |
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| 5. Don't Fade On Me |
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| 6. Cabin Down Below |
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| 7. Hard On Me |
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| 8. Wake Up Time |
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| 9. Crawling Back To You |
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| 10. Higher Place |
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| 11. To Find A Friend |
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| 12. Honey Bee |
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| 13. It's Good To Be King |
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| 14. Time To Move On |
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| 15. House In The Woods |
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It is hard to believe that Tom Petty first stepped onto therock & roll carousel eighteen years ago. Hard to believe because the best moments of his sizable catalogue--the perfectguitar pop of "American Girl", the faux-psychedelia of "Don't Come Around Here No More", the sharp-tongued putdowns like "Century City" and "Zombie Zoo"--have all developed a raretimeless quality. A quality that few, if any, of his contemporaries (Eddie Money, the Cars, etc.) were able to achieve.Harder, still, because in the course of his long career we've never noticed Petty gettin' on in years or becoming an anachronism.
So it is somehow appropriate that on WILDFLOWERS, his second "solo" ride without the full complement of the Heartbreakers, Petty's musings fall predominantly toward his current role in the world. Throughout these reflections Tom Petty plays the kid's game he's been good at for years ("but let me get to the point, let's roll another joint" he sneers knowingly in "You Don't Know How It Feels"). More oftenthan not, the future the songwriter envisions for himself is full of doubts ("Time To Move On") and soon-to-be-dull memories ("Don't Fade On Me"). This makes WILDFLOWERS speak in a far more subdued and wistful tone than most Petty records,creating a darker self-conscious persona.
Tom Petty understands that he's far too established to keep playing a rebellious, one-dimensional rock & roll singer. On WILDFLOWERS he attempts to ground this understanding in a purposeful existence.
It is hard to believe that Tom Petty first stepped onto therock & roll carousel eighteen years ago. Hard to believe because the best moments of his sizable catalogue--the perfectguitar pop of "American Girl", the faux-psychedelia of "Don't Come Around Here No More", the sharp-tongued putdowns like "Century City" and "Zombie Zoo"--have all developed a raretimeless quality. A quality that few, if any, of his contemporaries (Eddie Money, the Cars, etc.) were able to achieve.Harder, still, because in the course of his long career we've never noticed Petty gettin' on in years or becoming an anachronism.
So it is somehow appropriate that on WILDFLOWERS, his second "solo" ride without the full complement of the Heartbreakers, Petty's musings fall predominantly toward his current role in the world. Throughout these reflections Tom Petty plays the kid's game he's been good at for years ("but let me get to the point, let's roll another joint" he sneers knowingly in "You Don't Know How It Feels"). More oftenthan not, the future the songwriter envisions for himself is full of doubts ("Time To Move On") and soon-to-be-dull memories ("Don't Fade On Me"). This makes WILDFLOWERS speak in a far more subdued and wistful tone than most Petty records,creating a darker self-conscious persona.
Tom Petty understands that he's far too established to keep playing a rebellious, one-dimensional rock & roll singer. On WILDFLOWERS he attempts to ground this understanding in a purposeful existence.