Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Into The Great Wide Open

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Into The Great Wide OpenGet It At DiscogsPetty re-upped with Lynne and reunited the Heartbreakers. The results are about what you’d expect: more retro-minded rock ’n’ roll songs presented with modern sheen and maybe a hair more oomph than fans got on Full Moon Fever. Despite the lack of monster pop singles like “Free Fallin’,” which became Petty’s calling card, Into the Great Wide Open isn’t an inferior sequel. Like so many entries in Petty’s catalog — Wildflowers, Highway Companion, perhaps even Hypnotic Eye — it’s an unassuming classic whose brilliance hides in plain sight.Petty is often described as workmanlike and dependable. As Into the Great Wide Open shows, he’s a profound storyteller with remarkable word economy. Relative to Full Moon Fever, the material is more somber and reflective, even as Petty returns to many of the same themes and locations. The title track, all about a Hollywood downfall, is this disc’s “Free Fallin’,” while “Learning to…