Full Moon Fever: Tom Petty: Amazon.ca: Music

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1. Free Fallin'

2. I Won't Back Down

3. Love Is A Long Road

4. A Face In The Crowd

5. Runnin' Down A Dream

6. Feel A Whole Lot Better

7. Yer So Bad

8. Depending On You

9. The Apartment Song

10. Alright For Now

11. A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own

12. Zombie Zoo

Product Description

Amazon.com essential recording

Ten years had passed since Petty's last solid outing (Damn the Torpedoes in 1979), and Full Moon Fever fully resuscitated the artist's career, which--some would say "arguably"--had been losing steam. With the album's four major hits and rave reviews from the critics (these things do not always go hand-in-hand), Petty must have breathed a sigh of relief. He left the Heartbreakers behind, hooked up with musician, writer, and producer Jeff Lynne, and rocked out with "Runnin' Down a Dream," got mellow and introspective on "Free Fallin'" and "A Face in the Crowd," and paid tribute (finally) to the Byrds with a cover of "Feel a Whole Lot Better." He perfected the sing-along guitar-pop song on "Yer So Bad" and had a wild time on "Zombie Zoo." Pure Petty perfection! --Lorry Fleming

Album Description

Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) paper sleeve pressing. Universal. 2009.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A golden oldie showing its age, Nov 19 2003

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This review is from: Full Moon Fever (Audio CD)

Maybe this CD is worth re-evaluating 14 years after being a big hit. This is where a lot of Tom Petty fans started out, though it's hard for me to imagine having discovered him at this late stage in his career. Now that he's reached an even later phase, maybe it's possible to put this CD into perspective. I guess nobody under 40 can imagine Tom Petty having been considered a hard rocker - even if they listen to his older material, it may fit into the same "pop" category to them as this CD - but to me, the Amazon reviewer had the gist of it right. There was this great rock artist who hadn't made a solid record since "Hard Promises" in 1981, and was losing steam as his youth faded.

Then along came the Traveling Wilburys, and Petty got to join those even-older greats in recording some simple, fun, silly, throwaway music. The experience let him stop posturing as a rock star past his prime and to focus on just having fun, writing and singing songs with good musicians. I imagine the inspiration for the songs on this CD grew out of that experience. It has the same sound, and there are a lot of silly throwaway songs in addition to the hits that had some substance. At its best, there are fun summer songs like "Running Down a Dream" or anthems like "I Won't Back Down". This CD is extraordinarily consistent good pop music, and seemed like perfection in 1989. Among the guilty pleasures are Tom Petty covering a Byrds song and the nod to Buddy Holly noted by one of the other reviewers.

After all this time, I rarely listen to this CD, though. For people who liked the hit songs here, the Wilburys, and Petty in general, "Full Moon Fever" probably is an essential recording. Personally, I overplayed and got over the same-sounding Jeff Lynne-produced CD's that came out around this time: the two Traveling Wilburys CDs, the two Tom Petty CD's, George Harrison's "Cloud 9", and Jeff Lynne's "Armchair Theater". It's all very melodic, has no rough edges, and is technically perfect to a fault. Much of it is overproduced fluff, though. "Free Fallin'", which gets a lot of praise here, is an overrated and overplayed video-and-radio-driven song that doesn't begin to stand up to the heartfelt lyrics of much of Petty's earlier and later work. I'd generally rather listen to less perfect Petty CD's that are less about hooks and more about feeling ("Wildflowers" and "Echo"), or to the earlier material that has more of an edge to it ("Damn the Torpedoes" or "Hard Promises"). For those who liked the hit songs but aren't Petty fans otherwise, the greatest hits compilations probably suffice. A great CD for its time; one star off for not aging any better than I have.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best!, Jun 18 2004

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Tom Petty is among the best rock stars around.I have almost all of his albums.This LP is a must for Tom Petty fans.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Full Moon Fever!! (one of the best Tom Petty albums), May 19 2004

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This CD will show how much Tom Petty is my favorite musician. This was my second Tom Petty CD (Greatest Hits was my first). The songs on this CD are: Free Fallin, I Won't Back Down, Love is a Long Road, A Face in the Crowd, Runnin Down a Dream, Feel a Whole Lot Better, Yer So Bad, Depending on You, The Apartment Song, Alright for Now, A Mind With a Heart of Its Own, and Zombie Zoo. Free Fallin, I Won't Back Down, and Runnin Down A Dream are three of Tom Petty's popular songs. The Apartment Song is my number one favorite Tom Petty song. I play that song to death! NOTE: FOR ALL TOM PETTY FANS BUY THIS CD TODAY!! YOU WON'T BE DISSAPIONTED!

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5.0 out of 5 stars He did something right!
Full Moon Fever was Tom Pettys first solo album away from the Heartbreakers, and boy was it a hit, and for good reason, its one of the greatest albums ever recorded! Read more

Published on Feb 21 2004 by Morton

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
This is Tom Petty's first album without his Heartbreakers and since the initiation of The Traveling Wilburys in 1988. The songs on this album are very good. Read more

Published on Nov 10 2003 by andy8047