Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Breakdown
2. American Girl
3. Hometown Blues
4. Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll
5. I Need To Know
6. Listen To Her Heart
7. When The Time Comes
8. Too Much Ain't Enough
9. No Second Thoughts
10. Baby's A Rock 'N' Roller
11. Refugee
12. Here Comes My Girl
13. Even The Losers
14. Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid)
15. Don't Do Me Like That
16. The Waiting
17. A Woman In Love
18. Something Big
19. A Thing About You
20. Insider
21. You Can Still Change Your Mind

Disc 2:

1. You Got Lucky
2. Change Of Heart
3. Straight Into Darkness
4. The Same Old You
5. Rebels
6. Don't Come Around Here No More
7. Southern Accents
8. Make It Better (Forget About Me)
9. The Best Of Everything
10. So you Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star
11. Don't Bring Me Down
12. Jammin' Me
13. It'll All Work Out
14. Mike's Life/Mike's World
15. Think about Me
16. A Self-Made Man

Disc 3:

1. Free Fallin'
2. I Won't Back Down
3. Love Is A Long Road
4. Runnin' Down A Dream
5. Yer So Bad
6. Alright For Now
7. Learning To Fly
8. Into The Great Wide Open
9. All Or Nothin'
10. Out In The Cold
11. Built To Last
12. Mary Jane's Last Dance
13. Christmas All Over Again

Disc 4:

1. Casa Dega
2. Heartbreaker's Beach Party
3. Trailer
4. Cracking Up
5. Psychotic Reaction (Live)
6. I'm Tired Joey Boy (Live)
7. Lonely Weekends (Live)
8. Gator On The lawn
9. Make That Connection
10. Down The Line
11. Peace In L.A. (Peace Mix)
12. It's Rainin' Again
13. Somethin' Else (Live)
14. I Don't Know What To Say To You
15. King's Highway (Live)

Disc 5:

1. On The Street
2. Depot Street
3. Cry To Me
4. Don't Do Me Like That (Mudcrutch Version)
5. I Cant' Fight It
6. Since You Said You Loved Me
7. Louisiana Rain
8. Keeping Me Alive
9. Turning Point
10. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (Demo)
11. The Apartment Song (Demo)
12. Big Boss Man
13. The Image Of Me
14. Moon Pie
15. The Damage You've Done (Country Version)

Disc 6:

1. Got My Mind Made Up (Original Version)
2. Ways To Be Wicked
3. Can't Get Her Out
4. Waiting For Tonight
5. Travelin'
6. Baby, Let's Play House
7. Wooden Heart
8. God's Gift To Man
9. You Get Me High
10. Come On Down To My House
11. You Come Through
12. Up In Mississippi Tonight

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20697 in Music
• Released on: 1995-11-21
• Number of discs: 6
• Formats: Best of, Box set
• Dimensions: 1.46 pounds

From Amazon.com
Tom Petty peaked early. In 1974, Petty's northern Florida bar band, Mudcrutch, moved to L.A., signed a deal with Shelter Records, and transformed itself into Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. By 1976, they had released their self-titled debut album, a seemingly impossible blend of the Byrds' jangly harmonies and Southern-California idealism with the Rolling Stones' bluesy punchiness and working-class grittiness. The rhythm section rocked; Mike Campbell was an effortlessly elegant guitarist, and Petty himself was a passionate singer. By the third album, 1979's Damn the Torpedoes, the band was creating such timeless rock & roll singles as "Refugee" and "Even the Losers." By 1980 their best music was behind them. The rhythms slackened; the melodies no longer grabbed; the performances lacked the same urgency. They played with admirable craft and sold millions of records, but they never again made music as powerful as their first three albums. This creates a serious imbalance in this box set, "Playback" (MCA), which fits 21 songs from the first four albums onto one overwhelming CD and then fills up another five CDs with 71 more tracks, which suffer by comparison. For the hardcore Petty fan, though, Playback is a treasure trove of obscurities. While most box sets adopt an 80/20 split between greatest hits and rarities, "Playback" is closer to 50/50, and includes B-sides never released in album form, rare Mudcrutch cuts, shelved studio tracks, and cover versions of songs by Jimmy Reed, Conway Twitty, and Elvis Presley. --Geoffrey Himes