Recorded 1992–94 Label Warner Bros. Release date 1 November 1994 | Length 62:48 Artist Tom Petty | |
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Released November 1, 1994 (1994-11-01) Studio Los Angeles, California at Sound City and Ocean Way Recording Wildflowers
(1994) Songs and Music from "She's the One"
(1996) Genres Rock music, Heartland rock Producers Rick Rubin, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell Awards Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Similar Tom Petty albums, Heartland rock albums, Other albums | ||
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Wildflowers is the second solo studio album by American musician Tom Petty, released on November 1, 1994. The album was the first released by Petty after signing a contract with Warner Bros. Records (where he had recorded as part of the Traveling Wilburys) and the first of three albums produced by Rick Rubin. The album was certified 3x platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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- Tom petty wildflowers wildflowers album
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Three singles were released from the album between 1994 and 1995, the most successful of which, "You Don't Know How It Feels", reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Album Rock Tracks chart for one week.
The album features all members Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, with the exception of drummer Stan Lynch. Steve Ferrone plays drums on Wildflowers and would join the band officially the following year. However, the album was not credited to the Heartbreakers because, in Petty's words, "Rick (Rubin) and I both wanted more freedom than to be strapped into five guys." Freedom notwithstanding, Petty chose to use most of his regular band as session players, demonstrating his comfort with that format. Rolling Stone placed Wildflowers at number 12 on their list of the best albums of the 1990s. Guitar World placed the album at number 49 in their "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.
Some outtakes from this album were included on Songs and Music from "She's the One".
In April 2015, when Petty's back catalog was released in High-resolution audio, this was the only one of two albums that was not included in the series (Songs and Music from "She's the One" was the other one), but a hi-res version is available on Pono Music.
On June 2, 2015, Petty released the track "Somewhere Under Heaven", the first song from an upcoming album Wildflowers – All The Rest, but Petty has not yet specified a release date.
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Track listing
All songs written by Tom Petty, except where noted.
- "Wildflowers" – 3:11
- "You Don't Know How It Feels" – 4:49
- "Time to Move On" – 3:15
- "You Wreck Me" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:22
- "It's Good to Be King" – 5:10
- "Only a Broken Heart" – 4:30
- "Honey Bee" – 4:58
- "Don't Fade on Me" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:32
- "Hard on Me" – 3:48
- "Cabin Down Below" – 2:51
- "To Find a Friend" – 3:23
- "A Higher Place" – 3:56
- "House in the Woods" – 5:32
- "Crawling Back to You" – 5:05
- "Wake Up Time" – 5:19
"Girl on LSD" was also recorded during the album sessions, but relegated to the B-side to the "You Don't Know How It Feels" single. Several songs on the She's the One soundtrack album were initially recorded for this album. "Leave Virginia Alone" was another song written and recorded during the sessions and left off the finished album. It was given to Rod Stewart for his album, A Spanner in the Works.
Personnel
Songs
1Wildflowers3:11
2You Don't Know How It Feels4:49
3Time to Move On3:15