- Audio CD (Jan 1 1985)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: MCA
- ASIN: B0000257BI
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A flawless album,
By jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Southern Accents (Audio CD)
This was the first Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers album that I heard, and it got me wanting to listen to all of their tapes. It's hard to believe that it only has one known hit on the whole album, "Don't Come Around Here No More." In my opinion, all the songs could've been hits. My favorites were "Rebels," "Dogs On The Run," and "The Best of Everything." The rest of the songs are also good. These songs are good and slow ones, and some of the best at that. If you're looking for heavy metal music, don't get this one. But if you like good, slow catchy rock, this is a must buy. Even if you're not a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers fan, Southern Accents might change your mind.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Triggers Wonderful Memories,
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This review is from: Southern Accents (Audio CD)
I grew up in Florida and went to school in Gainesville (University of Florida). Every DJ loved to mention that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were "Homegrown" music. Even though the cliche was way over used, when I put this album on and blasted "Southern Accents", the only thing I ever thought of was Gainesville and the South (no matter where I was). The entire album is fantastic, but the shiner on here is the title track. Cash thought so and so do I. Feelin an itch to be in South, put on this album. Now, if I can just get it back from my friend who has had it for the last 10 months.
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of Tom Petty's most interesting and varied albums,
By oldschooler1981 (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Southern Accents (Audio CD)
This didn't produce as many hits as many of his other albums, but I thought it was nearly as good, although it's more experimental in places.The most famous song is "Don't Come Around Here No More" with its sitars creating a slightly psychadellic angry rocker with a slow beat, that changes to a fast, harder one at the end. Also, who could forget that weird Alice In Wonderland takeoff video? In fact, that's one of the few things that really actually scared me (and still does sometimes). The more typical, Lynard Skynard styled, fun southern rocker "Rebels" was a hit that should've been bigger. "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" was an almost New Wave kind of fast, jumpy catchy song that also was, I believe, a minor hit. The other songs are pretty good too, even if they're not what you'd expect from Tom. The catchy, mid-tempo pop/rocker "Dogs On The Run" is another song that could've been on one of his earlier albums. Also there's a couple really good ballads here. The soft, emotional title track talks about southern life, and mention's Tom's mother, who died shortly before this album was made. I also really liked "The Best Of Everything" which is a country sounding power rock ballad that is more lighthearted with Chicago type horns in the middle. "It Ain't Nothin To Me" is an uptempo rhyming song that also has some New Wave sound to it. "Mary's New Car" is a mid tempo, country sounding song with horns. "Spike" is a bit strange, it's a dark, slower song about creepy southern hicks. Funny enough, Tom is singing the song himself sounding like a 60 year-old hillbilly, but maybe that was the point. I wouldn't get this as a first album, I'd recommend the single disc "Greatest Hits" and decide which of the songs you like best, or if it had to be a studio album, probably "Damn The Torpedoes." I personally liked his 80s albums (as I'm partial to that decade's styles), "Torpedoes" and anything before it had more of a garage rock/classic rock sound, whereas "Full Moon Fever" and everything afterwards has more of a middle-aged, less rocking, modern day Bob Dylan sound. This is right in the middle of those periods.
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