Getting this onto the stereo was a priority, though. Beyond the original double album are a treasure trove of home demos, live tracks and unreleased recordings that paint an entire picture of the Wildflowers era, from the conception of the song to their second life beyond the stereo. But the fact that a limited number of people eagerly spent $500 for the most deluxe pressing of this package illustrates as well as anything how times change.Īnyway. Complicating all of this is how perfectly the primary album held together all these years. It’s easy to quibble with why these tracks were left by the wayside, just as it’s understandable that he and the record company wanted to spare mid-1990s music buyers from having to pay $24 for a bulky double-CD jewel case. But to be sure, this a loving, dedicated look at the apex of Petty’s artistic life, and taking the traditional 15-track album and expanding it into the 10 songs completes one of the unfinished desires of the man before his passing. But it’s also a massively satisfying listen.Įxalting the greatness of this particular record probably isn’t necessary here. It’s fitting, of course, for an album that intimidated its creator in the years after its completion. It’s an immersive experience into the making of a classic album, from its demos to music that overflowed from the original record to glimpses of how the songs continued to evolve on stage, housed in an old-fashioned bound record album set that takes up an intimidating space on the shelf. Two years after the revelatory An American Treasure set and three years since the man left us, Wildflowers & All the Rest arrives.
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It took a while to get the full picture of it, though.īut here it is. And the notion of Wildflowers and its genius transferred from this open secret among the knowing to a straight acknowledgement of its transcendent value - Wildflowers is a statement. What might’ve just been seen as a career of pleasing radio tunes is suddenly reassessed, deserving praise heaped atop the music that was brilliant all the way. In the meantime, his music went through a massive and immediate rediscovery process, both for the unfamiliar and those of us who had been listening for ages. From there, other projects came and went, he toured with the Heartbreakers, and all-too-quickly, he was gone. Years ago, Tom Petty mentioned in interviews that he left nearly half of Wildflowers, his ground-breaking 1994 solo album, on the cutting room floor, and that he’d like to get the rest of it out at some point. Personally speaking, the anticipation for this release has bordered on the ridiculous. There’s a Break in the Rain (Have Love Will Travel)ĭisc five: Alternate Versions ( Finding Wildflowers)Īn overdue dream come true: Tom Petty’s complete vision of Wildflowers arrives
Original Producer: Rick Rubin with Tom Petty and Mike Campbellġ0.
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