![]() The album is full of surprises, closing with French Disconnection – a melancholic 12 string acoustic guitar instrumental which seems to reprise the melody of the opening track. I hope you enjoy these little gems as much as I do,” aptly sums up the crescendo building track in which the band certainly lets loose ,throwing the kitchen sink at you (in a good way of course!) The Heartbreakers could be really amazing and spontaneous. Hold onto your hat on this one!I don’t know the movie well enough but the crashing chords and searing solos in Climb That Hill reflect the positive recovery from a declining love affair.Ī comment from Mike Campbell – ‘Supernatural Radio’ is extended with some great jamming interplay within the band, which I’m very proud of. Walls (No 3) wouldn’t be amiss if it had appeared on Full Moon Fever, a real foot tapping Petty classic.An amazing cover of JJ Cale’s Thirteen Days in which Tom Petty does a very passable Dylan impersonation.He reverts to his own style as he certainly hots up proceedings with a raucous 105 Degrees. His well tampered angst is poured out in Asshole and his swing- style One Of Life’s Sweet Mysteries shows a real diversion from anything we would expect. This really shows Tom Petty’s compositional versatility, which possibly hadn’t been recognised or fulfilled before Wallflowers and his ability to interpretation and arrangements to other artists’ songs. The treats in the form of an eclectic choice of musical styles often needed for movie soundtracks is clear even though they seemed determined to release the album as a Petty/Heartbreakers album rather than a movie soundtrack. “‘She’s The One’ was originally a great way to include some of the songs that didn’t make it on to Wildflowers, but it has its own thing to it, its own charm, and putting it out now in a restructured form makes for a sweet little treat,” says Heartbreaker Benmont Tench. This album is full of surprises and there are plenty alone in Zero From Outer space when at the end it’s almost as if Dave Brock from Hawkwind has become a Heartbreaker. ![]() The doom laden lyrics of Change The Locks, which in parts is almost metal, rock in a shift of dynamics. Grew Up Fast floats between calm and heavy and stomps along. ![]() ![]() These tracks, some of which didn’t make it to the excellent Wallflowers album, are at times considerably darker and less spritely in mood, which is probably why they are more suited to the soundtrack to the film She’s The One.ĭuring the Wallflower period, Petty was being encouraged to be more acoustic in timbre and more experimental and Angel Dream (No 2) reflects that. If you are expecting to bounce along and rock to the typical Tom Petty sound you are in for a surprise. For the 25 th anniversary of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ 1996 album, Songs & Music from the Motion Picture She’s The One, Warner Records have unveiled Angel Dream – a remixed, remastered and reimagined version of the album. ![]()
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