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Released
  
November 20, 1995

Release date
  
20 November 1995

Genre
  
Rock music

Length
  
5:14:39

Label
  
MCA Records

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Recorded
  
1973–93 (plus overdubs in 1995)

Playback (1995)
  
Songs and Music from She's the One (1996)

Artist
  
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Producers
  
Mike Campbell, Denny Cordell, George Drakoulias

Similar
  
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers albums, Rock music albums

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Playback is a box set compilation by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1995. It contains popular album tracks, B-sides, previously unreleased outtakes, and early songs by Petty's previous band Mudcrutch.

Contents

A companion VHS home video, later released on DVD, was also released, featuring the band's most popular music videos to date.

Disc one: The Big Jangle

  1. "Breakdown" (Tom Petty) – 2:42
  2. "American Girl" (Petty) – 3:33
  3. "Hometown Blues" (Petty) – 2:12
  4. "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" (Petty) – 2:24
  5. "I Need to Know" (Petty) – 2:24
  6. "Listen to Her Heart" (Petty) – 3:03
  7. "When the Time Comes" (Petty) – 2:45
  8. "Too Much Ain't Enough" (Petty) – 2:57
  9. "No Second Thoughts" (Petty) – 2:39
  10. "Baby's a Rock 'n' Roller" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 2:52
  11. "Refugee" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:22
  12. "Here Comes My Girl" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:25
  13. "Even the Losers" (Petty) – 3:59
  14. "Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)" (Petty) – 4:25
  15. "Don't Do Me Like That" (Petty) – 2:42
  16. "The Waiting" (Petty) – 3:59
  17. "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:23
  18. "Something Big" (Petty) – 4:44
  19. "A Thing About You" (Petty) – 3:32
  20. "Insider" (Petty) – 4:23
  21. "You Can Still Change Your Mind" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:16

Disc two: Spoiled & Mistreated

  1. "You Got Lucky" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:36
  2. "Change of Heart" (Petty) – 3:19
  3. "Straight into Darkness" (Petty) – 3:47
  4. "Same Old You" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:30
  5. "Rebels" (Petty) – 5:19
  6. "Don't Come Around Here No More" (Petty, Dave Stewart) – 5:05
  7. "Southern Accents" (Petty) – 4:44
  8. "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" (Petty, Stewart) – 4:23
  9. "The Best of Everything" (Petty) – 4:03
  10. "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (live) (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman) – 3:30
  11. "Don't Bring Me Down" (live) (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:52
  12. "Jammin' Me" (Petty, Campbell, Bob Dylan) – 4:08
  13. "It'll All Work Out" (Petty) – 3:11
  14. "Mike's Life/Mike's World" (Campbell) – 0:40
  15. "Think About Me" (Petty) – 3:45
  16. "A Self-Made Man" (Petty) – 3:00

Disc three: Good Booty

  1. "Free Fallin'" (Petty, Jeff Lynne) – 4:16
  2. "I Won't Back Down" (Petty, Lynne) – 2:57
  3. "Love is a Long Road" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:08
  4. "Runnin' Down a Dream" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 4:23
  5. "Yer So Bad" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:06
  6. "Alright for Now" (Petty) – 2:02
  7. "Learning to Fly" (Petty, Lynne) – 4:03
  8. "Into the Great Wide Open" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:43
  9. "All or Nothin'" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 4:07
  10. "Out in the Cold" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:40
  11. "Built to Last" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:58
  12. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (Petty) – 4:33
  13. "Christmas All Over Again" (Petty) – 4:15

Disc four: The Other Sides

  1. "Casa Dega" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:37
  2. "Heartbreakers Beach Party" (Petty) – 1:57
  3. "Trailer" (Petty) – 3:15
  4. "Cracking Up" (Nick Lowe) – 3:34
  5. "Psychotic Reaction" (live) (Ken Ellner, Roy Chaney, Craig Atkinson, John Byrne, John Michalski) – 4:49
  6. "I'm Tired Joey Boy" (live) (Van Morrison) – 3:42
  7. "Lonely Weekends" (live) (Charlie Rich) – 2:47
  8. "Gator on the Lawn" (Petty) – 1:35
  9. "Make That Connection" (Petty, Campbell) – 5:04
  10. "Down the Line" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 2:53
  11. "Peace in L.A." (Peace Mix) (Petty) – 4:43
  12. "It's Rainin' Again" (Petty) – 1:32
  13. "Somethin' Else" (live) (Sharon Sheeley, Eddie Cochran) – 2:05
  14. "I Don't Know What to Say to You" (Petty) – 2:28
  15. "Kings Highway" (live) (Petty) – 3:30

Disc five: Through the Cracks

  1. "On the Street" (Benmont Tench) – 2:10
  2. "Depot Street" (Petty) – 3:26
  3. "Cry to Me" (Bert Russell) – 3:06
  4. "Don't Do Me Like That" (Mudcrutch version) (Petty) – 2:47
  5. "I Can't Fight It" (Petty) – 3:00
  6. "Since You Said You Loved Me" (Petty) – 4:40
  7. "Louisiana Rain" (original version) (Petty) – 4:22
  8. "Keeping Me Alive" (Petty) – 2:59
  9. "Turning Point" (Petty) – 2:52
  10. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (demo) (Petty, Campbell) – 4:11
  11. "The Apartment Song" (demo) (Petty) – 2:37
  12. "Big Boss Man" (Al Smith, Luther Dixon) – 2:41
  13. "The Image of Me" (Wayne Kemp) – 2:33
  14. "Moon Pie" (Petty) – 1:05
  15. "The Damage You've Done" (country version) (Petty) – 3:16

Disc six: Nobody's Children

  1. "Got My Mind Made Up" (original version) (Petty) – 2:51
  2. "Ways to Be Wicked" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:27
  3. "Can't Get Her Out" (Petty) – 3:11
  4. "Waiting for Tonight" (Petty) – 3:30
  5. "Travelin'" (Petty) – 3:15
  6. "Baby, Let's Play House" (Arthur Gunter) – 2:33
  7. "Wooden Heart" (Bert Kaempfert, Kay Twomey, Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) – 2:09
  8. "God's Gift to Man" (Petty) – 4:18
  9. "You Get Me High" (Petty) – 2:48
  10. "Come on Down to My House" (Petty) – 3:05
  11. "You Come Through" (Petty, Campbell) – 5:15
  12. "Up in Mississippi Tonight" (Petty) – 3:28

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

  • Tom Petty (all tracks, except disc 2 track 14) – lead vocals, backing vocals, spoken word vocals, whistling, rhythm guitar, lead guitar ("Mary Jane's Last Dance" and "Peace in L.A."), bass guitar, piano, electric piano, harmonica, percussion
  • Mike Campbell (all tracks) – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, accordion, Dobro, mandolin, koto, percussion, backing vocals ("Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again")
  • Benmont Tench (most tracks) – piano, keyboards, backing vocals, crash cymbal ("It's Rainin' Again")
  • Stan Lynch (most tracks) – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocal ("Psychotic Reaction")
  • Ron Blair (most tracks 1976-81, plus "The Best of Everything") – bass guitar, acoustic guitar ("Baby's a Rock 'n' Roller"), backing vocals ("Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again")
  • Howie Epstein (most tracks 1982-93) – bass guitar, backing vocals, acoustic lead guitar ("Big Boss Man"), spoken word vocal (via telephone) ("Peace in L.A.")
  • Scott Thurston – bass guitar (disc 3 track 13), guitar (disc 4 tracks 5, 7 and 15), slide guitar (disc 4 track 6)
  • Steve Ferrone – drums on "Ways to Be Wicked"

    • Additional personnel

  • Phil Jones – percussion (disc 1 tracks 16-21, disc 2 tracks 1-4 and 8, disc 3 tracks 1-2, 4-5 and 13, disc 4 tracks 2 and 8 and disc 5 tracks 8 and 10), drums (disc 3 tracks 1-2 and 4-5, disc 4 track 10), backing vocal (disc 4 track 2)
  • Jeff Lynne – bass guitar, guitar, guitar synthesizer, piano, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (disc 3 tracks 1-5, 7-11 and 13, disc 4 track 10)
  • George Drakoulias – percussion (disc 5 tracks 8-9 and disc 6 tracks 1-5, 9 and 11), drums (disc 5 track 11)
  • Phil Seymour – backing vocals on "Breakdown" and "American Girl"
  • Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar on "Hometown Blues", "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
  • Jim Keltner – percussion on "Refugee", "The Best of Everything" and "Love is a Long Road", drums on "Love Is a Long Road" and "Christmas All Over Again"
  • Stevie Nicks – backing vocals on "Insider", "You Can Still Change Your Mind" and "The Apartment Song"
  • Molly Duncan – saxophone on "Rebels"
  • Bobbye Hall – tambourine on "Rebels"
  • Dean Garcia – intro bass guitar on "Don't Come Around Here No More"
  • Marilyn Martin – backing vocal on "Don't Come Around Here No More"
  • Dave Stewart – electric sitar, synthesizer and backing vocal on "Don't Come Around Here No More", guitar on "Make it Better (Forget About Me)"
  • Jack Nitzsche – string arrangement on "Southern Accents"
  • Gary Chang – synthesizer on "The Best of Everything"
  • Garth Hudson – organ on "The Best of Everything"
  • Richard Manuel – backing vocal on "The Best of Everything"
  • Jerry Hey – horn arrangement on "The Best of Everything"
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet on "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"
  • George Harrison – acoustic guitar and backing vocal on "I Won't Back Down"
  • Robbie Blunt, Kevin Dukes and Jimmy Rip – acoustic guitars on "Christmas All Over Again"
  • Tim Pierce – electric guitar on "Christmas All Over Again"
  • Scott Humphrey – synthesizer on "Christmas All Over Again"
  • Mitchell Froom – harpsichord on "Christmas All Over Again"
  • Efrain Toro – marimba on "Christmas All Over Again"
  • Shelly Yakus – backing vocals on "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again"
  • Jimmy Iovine – backing vocals on "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again", telephone ring (sound effect) on "Cracking Up"
  • Carlene Carter – spoken word vocal (via telephone) on "Peace in L.A."
  • John Sebastian – baritone guitar on "I Don't Know What to Say to You"
  • Charlie Souza – bass guitar on "Don't Do Me Like That" (Mudcrutch version)
  • Al Kooper – organ and piano on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
  • Emory Gordy – bass guitar on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
  • Jim Gordon – drums on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
  • Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson and Michael Steele – backing vocals on "Waiting for Tonight"
  • Lenny Kravitz – drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, backing vocal and spoken word vocal on "You Come Through"
  • Tom Leadon – lead guitar and backing vocal on "Up in Mississippi Tonight"

    • VHS/DVD

    1. "Here Comes My Girl" (1979)
    2. "Refugee" (1979)
    3. "The Waiting" (1981)
    4. "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" (1981)
    5. "Insider" (1981)
    6. "You Got Lucky" (1982)
    7. "Change of Heart" (1982)
    8. "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985)
    9. "Jammin' Me" (1987)
    10. "I Won't Back Down" (1989)
    11. "Runnin' Down A Dream" (1989)
    12. "Free Fallin'" (1989)
    13. "A Face in the Crowd" (1990)
    14. "Yer So Bad" (1990)
    15. "Learning to Fly" (1991)
    16. "Into the Great Wide Open" (1991)
    17. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (1993)

    Songs

    1Breakdown2:43
    2American Girl3:32
    3Hometown Blues2:14

    References

    Playback (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album) Wikipedia
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