Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises
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Free Music Review: He was working on something big
Hit: 4 Stars
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' breakthrough to superstar status via Damn the Torpedoes gave him a newfound clout. He joined in the ranks of Mellencamp and Springsteen as "people's rockers," and MCA was ready to take advantage of that. "Hard Promises" was going to be an album that the suits wanted to release at a higher list than regular LP's, and Petty famously resisted. If you look closely at the box of albums in the lower right corner of the cover art, you'll see $8.98 in black marker, a threat Petty made to title the album if MCA did not back off the price increase. Petty won, and "Hard Promises" arrived on the wings of the triumphant sounding "The Waiting."
Just as "Torpedoes" signaled Petty and the band's maturation into greatness, "Hard Promises" shows them on a hot streak that bore the album into the top ten and firmly entrenched them as one of America's finest bands. However, the album starts to sputter as it gets closer to the end, with "Letting You Go" and "Insider" sounding something close to filler...the first time one could say that about a Tom Petty album. It was also noted that, when Stevie Nicks asked Tom to write a song for her and they recorded "Insider," Nicks was disappointed that she didn't get a "Tom Petty" song. So Tom turned around and wrote "Stop Dragging My Heart Around," they recorded it together, and Nicks got the better of the deal (a number 3 hit and the number one LP Bella Donna. In contrast, "The Waiting" peaked at 19 and the album at 5). Had things worked in reverse, this album might have rated the fifth star.
Not to say the songs are bad here, as Petty was still on a solid stride. Both "The Waiting" and "A Woman In Love" have deservedly become classics in Petty's catalog. "Something Big" sports a lyric worthy of Dylan. "Thing About You" got covered by both Emmylou Harris and Southern Pacific. "You Can Still Change Your Mind" brings the album to a beautiful close. What "Hard Promises" lacks is anything that matches the visceral punch of "Refugee" or "Listen To Her Heart". It is still an excellent 4 star album, but not a classic like "Torpedoes" or the debut were.
Free Music Review: A Must Have!
Hit: 5 Stars
You wont see this album on your friends shelves. Absolutely one of Tom Petty's best work. The theme is of somewhat bitter pain most likely relating to an emotional breakup. True Petty fans must have this one.Free Music Review: EARLY CLASSIC
Hit: 5 Stars
TOM PETTY'S SOUND HAS EVOLVED THROUGH THE YEARS AND SUCH IS THE OVERALL QUALITY OF HIS WORK THAT HE HAS ONE OF THE BEST BACK CATALOGUES IN MUSIC.
'THE WAITING 'DEFINES HIS CLASSIC SOUND.I DISCOVERED TOM PETTY'S MUSIC THROUGH HIS ASSOCIATION WITH DEL SHANNON.HE'S A TRUE AMERICAN ORIGINAL.THIS ALBUM IS ONE OF HIS BEST.DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND INVEST IN A COPY.
Free Music Review: Another Masterpiece From A Righteous Rocker
Hit: 5 Stars
HARD PROMISES is yet another masterpiece by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, featuring such great FM standards as "The Waiting" and "A Woman In Love (And It's Not Me)", as well as such forgotten gems as "Letting You Go" and "King's Road." This CD features great remastering, greatly emphasizing a style whose inflences run the gamut from the Allman Brothers And The Outlaws to the Eagles and the Steve Miller Band to Springsteen, Seger, and the Band. Petty's advocacy of sanctions against Indonesia in retaliation for that country's trumped-up 2005 drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist makes HARD PROMISES an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.Free Music Review: HIS FINEST WORK!
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been into Petty since day one and I can honestly say that this is the one. Every band has that one album that is brilliant. Torpedos came close, but this is it. Best song in my opinion is Kings Road. A close second is Something Big. Other noteworthy tracks (I mean classics) are
The Waiting
A Woman In Love
Letting You Go
A Thing About You
Insider
If you've heard Petty over the years and haven't purchased anything. Don't start with the best of collections. Start right here. It doesn't get any better.