Any thoughts/reactions? Sounds pretty damn good to me.





Drew

Best thing he's done in real long time. It rocks!

From what I heard, it sounds like an excellent album. I was never a huge Tom Petty fan, so that makes it hard for me to get into something "new" he has, but I've heard a few cuts and I have yet to hear something I don't like yet. Hopefully I get around to listening to it in full eventually.

Pretty good on first listen, seeing him play at Red Rocks next month, can't wait.

I like it!! I like the 3 duets he just did with Eric Clapton on his new album too!!

Great album!

If you get the chance, catch Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on this tour.
They're a great live band. Always give all they got every show. Mike Campbell is an amazing, underrated guitarist.

Tom is a big Rolling Stones fan. He just did an extensive interview on Sirius Radio and said Chicago should put up a statue of the Rolling Stones for reintroducing the Blues to America. Also said Jumpin' Jack Flash is the best single ever. Still turns it up very loud every time he hears it.

Get the Album. See the show. You will not be disappointed.

Agree. Campbell is fantastic. A great player.

I like this album more each time I listen to it. Nothing groundbreaking just good old rock and roll. Many of the songs remind me of songs he has done in the past but that's not a bad thing. I get the same from The Rolling Stones with one song being a distant relative of something done previously.

Listening to it now, the title track is scorching. Love that Tom Petty is still out there doing his American rock and roll thing...and the man looks gooood.

Not a big Petty fan but this one is really good, guitars, melodies, grit, what else ? Only caveat is that a few songs sound a bit similar at this point, but that will get sorted with time ;-)

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Like a number of Petty albums, it grows on you the more you listen to it.

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Agree. Campbell is fantastic. A great player.

totally agree. Campbell is one of the best.

I listened only once but I really liked it. Mojo was good too but after the first 7/8 songs it started to get weak in my opinion. This last album seems more 'compact', from the beginning until the end . A nice work, a high class band

Ripper

Got it at the weekend and it's a mighty album. I loved Mojo too but this new one is great if you love loud, classy guitar solos. I got the 5.1 Blu-ray and it sounds superb.

I like it a lot. But I like pretty much anything TP & the Heartbreakers do and will see them on this tour.

Tracks 1, 5, 7 & 9 are my favorites ... for now.

Not a big fan of Campbell, but this album sounds promising.

Usually, I prefer the Byrds, Mellencamp or the Jayhawks to Tom Petty, but I like his two latest albums.

I'm still waiting and begging for Mike Campbell to surprise me, though...

It's interesting how there are some artists that have been around for a long time that in the past 10 or so years that have had number 1 albums... debuting at #1 on Billboard on top of that (Dylan had one other Billboard #1 album, 1976's DESIRE; another been-around-forever artist to finally get a #1 that I can think of was Jimmy Buffett, who's LICENSE TO CHILL debuted at #1 in 2004).

What is more interesting is I did not know Tom Petty never had a #1 LP before HYPNOTIC EYE. FULL MOON FEVER was huge.

Petty & The Heartbreakers’ Hypnotic Eye arrived atop the Billboard 200, selling 131,000 copies in the week ending Aug. 3, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the best debut sales week for Petty since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991. Also adding to the band’s Artist 100 sum is 4,000 in sales for its 1993 Greatest Hits album which jumps 147-71 on the Billboard 200. With limited airplay options for a classic rock act such as Petty, and a target demo not adept at streaming or downloading tracks, it’s not surprising that nearly all of the group’s Artist 100 points are derived from album sales.

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FMF had to get to number one. It was loaded with hits.

According to wikipedia it peaked at #3. His Billboard chart history says the same thing.

Terribly overrated. Every song sounds the same.

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According to wikipedia it peaked at #3. His Billboard chart history says the same thing.

probably he was unlucky with the competition...

It rocks !!!

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Tracks 1, 5, 7 & 9 are my favorites ... for now.

Ha! Mine too. I think the album flows very nicely, but these are the strongest tracks IMO. Track 11 might be the only weak spot on an otherwise excellent album.

Drew

I usually download an album before I decide to buy the disc...I ordered mine yesterday, so I guess the answer is...me likey!

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Tracks 1, 5, 7 & 9 are my favorites ... for now.

Ha! Mine too. I think the album flows very nicely, but these are the strongest tracks IMO. Track 11 might be the only weak spot on an otherwise excellent album.

Drew

Agreed that these are my favorites as well. I'd also add in Track 6 with Power Drunk which I also thought was really rockin. Solid solid record and happy that I finally found some time to listen to it.

I also didn't think Track 11 was that weak. I was expecting it with its long run time, and while its a bit long and muddling in the middle, and the end 30 seconds which seems relatively unnecessary, it was altogether a good track. Sounds like Petty and I didn't find myself not liking it.

I wonder how the bonus track Playin' Dumb, apparently available on the vinyl, which despite the 50 minute run time of the OP Youtube is all silence after Shadow People.

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I wonder how the bonus track Playin' Dumb, apparently available on the vinyl, which despite the 50 minute run time of the OP Youtube is all silence after Shadow People.

Just like the rest of the album, its great:

I guess I am in the minority here. I WANTED to like the album but instead found myself strongly disliking it. I keep wanting to hear genuinely new music but I feel like Hypnotic Eye just comes across as unoriginal. HOWEVER, I will wait a few weeks and revisit it to see if it grows on me!

Current favorites this year...

i like it after 1 listen