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Name = Wildflowers | |
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| name = Wildflowers |
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Type = ] | |
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Artist = ] | |
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| artist = ] |
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Cover = Tom_Petty_Wildflowers.jpg | |
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Background = Orange | |
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| released = {{start date|1994|11|01|mf=yes}}<ref name="TPCW">{{cite web | url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-complete-wildflowers/ | title=25 Years on, Where's Tom Petty's Complete 'Wildflowers' Album? | date=November 2019 }}</ref> |
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Released = ] ] | |
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| recorded = July 20, 1992 – April 29, 1994 |
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Recorded = 1994 | |
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Genre = ] | |
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Length = 62:48 | |
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*], ] |
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Label = ] | |
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*], Hollywood |
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Producer = ], Tom Petty, ] | |
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* ]<ref name="Gundersen"/> |
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* ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-herald.com/2021/12/09/rock-hall-digs-into-tom-pettys-life-through-his-wildflowers-period/|title = Rock Hall digs into Tom Petty's life through his 'Wildflowers' period|date = December 9, 2021}}</ref> |
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Last album = '']''<br />(1991) | |
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* ]<ref name= "Pitchfork Staff 2022">{{cite web|last= Pitchfork Staff |title= The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s |website= ] |date= September 28, 2022 |url= https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-albums-of-the-1990s/|quote= ...his second solo record was a turning point for the then-44-year-old rocker into a wiser era, strolling through folk, blues, and rock...|accessdate= April 26, 2023}}</ref> |
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This album = ''Wildflowers''<br />(1994) | |
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Next album = '']''<br />(1996)|}} |
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| prev_year = 1993 |
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| next_year = 1995 |
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| single1 = ] |
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| single1date = November 7, 1994<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=]|page=23|date=November 5, 1994}}</ref> |
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| single2 = ] |
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| single2date = February 6, 1995<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=]|page=35|date=February 4, 1995}}</ref> |
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{{Singles |
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| name = Wildflowers & All the Rest |
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| single1 = There Goes Angela (Dream Away) |
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| single1date = August 20, 2020 |
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| single2 = Confusion Wheel |
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| single2date = September 10, 2020 |
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| single3 = Leave Virginia Alone |
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| single3date = October 1, 2020 |
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| single4 = Something Could Happen |
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| single4date = December 8, 2020<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.tompetty.com/music | title=Tom Petty - Music | via=Tom Petty.com }}</ref> |
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'''''Wildflowers''''' is the second solo ] by American musician ], released on November 1, 1994,<ref name="TPCW"/> by ]. It was the first album released by Petty after signing a contract with Warner Bros., where he had recorded as part of the ]. It was the first of three of his albums produced with ]. Wildflowers was very well-received by critics upon release and was certified 3× platinum in the United States by the ] (RIAA). |
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In 2020, ''Wildflowers'' was ranked at number 214 on '']''{{'}}s list of the "]".<ref name="RS 2020"/> |
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== Production == |
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'''''Wildflowers''''' is the second solo ] by ] ] ], first released in November 1994 (see ]). The album was the first released by Petty after signing a contract with label ], and the first of three albums produced by acclaimed producer ]. |
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''Wildflowers'' was credited only to Petty and not to his usual band, ] because, in Petty's words, "Rick and I both wanted more freedom than to be strapped into five guys."<ref>Petty, Tom: ''Conversations with Tom Petty,'' page 142. Omnibus Press, 2005.</ref> Nonetheless, the Heartbreakers predominantly served as the musicians on the album. The album features all the band's members with the exception of drummer ]. Petty auditioned numerous drummers for the album, and eventually chose ]. Petty fired Lynch from the Heartbreakers just before the album's release, and Ferrone officially joined the touring band the following year, and later became a full band member. (Lynch did play on one outtake from ''Wildflowers'', "Something Could Happen"). |
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Petty wrote and recorded numerous songs for the album, and the original plan was to have ''Wildflowers'' be a ], with 25 songs in total. However, ] of ] felt that the album was too long, and it was decided to reduce the album to 15 tracks.<ref name="waatr">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tom-petty-wildflowers-reissue-1057237/ |language=en-US |magazine=] |access-date=September 16, 2020 |date=September 16, 2020 |title=Three Years After Tom Petty's Death, His Dream Project Finally Emerges |last=Brown |first=David}}</ref> Of the 10 tracks left out, one, "]", notably became a hit single the following year when it was recorded by ], while another four were included, in modified form, in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' next album, the ] to the 1996 film '']''. All ten songs, in their original form, were later released in the 2020 edition of ''Wildflowers'', ''Wildflowers & All the Rest''. |
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===Outtakes=== |
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*"Girl on LSD" was released as the B-side of the "You Don't Know How It Feels" single (1994). |
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*"]" was another song written and recorded during the sessions and left off the finished album. It was given to ] for his album '']'' (1995). |
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*The songs "California", "Hope You Never", "Hung Up and Overdue", and "Climb That Hill" were all included on the ] (1996), with various edits across the first three tracks, while "Climb That Hill" was a complete remake.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-wildflowers-outtakes/|title=The Tortured History of Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers' Outtakes|first=Nick|last=DeRiso|date=October 2, 2018|website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref> |
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* In 2018, outtake "Lonesome Dave," recorded July 23, 1993, was released on Petty's posthumous box set '']''. |
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* In 2021, a cover of ]'s "Thirteen Days," recorded July 22, 1993, was released on the reimagined version of '']'', ''Angel Dream''. |
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== Release and reception == |
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{{Music ratings |
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| subtitle = Initial reviews (in 1994) |
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| rev1 = '']'' |
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| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Kot">{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/11/04/out-on-the-edge/|title=Out On The Edge|newspaper=]|date=November 4, 1994|access-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref> |
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| rev2score = B−<ref name="Browne">{{cite magazine|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/11/04/music-reviews-wildflowers-and-you-got-lucky/|title=Music Reviews: 'Wildflowers' and 'You Got Lucky'|magazine=]|date=November 4, 1994|access-date=June 16, 2020}}</ref> |
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| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Sullivan">{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|title=Tom Petty: Wildflowers (Warner)|newspaper=]|date=November 4, 1994}}</ref> |
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| rev4 = '']'' |
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| rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Willman">{{cite news|last=Willman|first=Chris|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-30-ca-56353-story.html|title=Tom Petty 'Wildflowers' Warner Bros.|newspaper=]|date=October 30, 1994|access-date=June 16, 2020}}</ref> |
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| rev5 = '']'' |
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| rev5score = 8/10<ref name="Forrest">{{cite magazine|last=Forrest|first=Emma|author-link=Emma Forrest|title=Florist Gumption|magazine=]|date=November 19, 1994|page=48}}</ref> |
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| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Gardner">{{cite magazine|last=Gardner|first=Elysa|url=https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/magazines/1990s/1994-11-03-rollingstone|title=Wildflowers – Tom Petty|magazine=]|issue=694|date=November 3, 1994|access-date=June 16, 2020|pages=95, 97}}</ref> |
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| rev7 = '']'' |
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| rev7score = {{rating|3|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}<ref>{{cite magazine|author=CC|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/06/albums21.jpg|title=New Albums: Soundbites|work=]|date=November 1994|page=106|access-date=December 25, 2024}}</ref> |
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| rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Gundersen">{{cite news|last=Gundersen|first=Edna|author-link=Edna Gundersen|title=A rocking sensibility in full flower|newspaper=]|date=November 15, 1994}}</ref> |
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| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Erlewine">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wildflowers-mw0000119270|title=Wildflowers – Tom Petty|publisher=]|access-date=June 16, 2020}}</ref> |
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| rev2 = '']'' |
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| rev2score = B−<ref name="Christgau">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter=Tom Petty: Wildflowers|chapter-url=https://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3976|access-date=June 16, 2020|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|title-link=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|publisher=]|year=2000|isbn=0-312-24560-2|page=245}}</ref> |
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| rev3score = 8.8/10<ref name="Sodomsky">{{cite web|last=Sodomsky|first=Sam|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tom-petty-wildflowers/|title=Tom Petty: Wildflowers|website=]|date=October 10, 2017|access-date=January 22, 2018}}</ref> |
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Reviewing ''Wildflowers'' for '']'', ] wrote that, in contrast to the "adolescent fantasies" of fellow rockers such as ] and ], Petty explored "middle-age reality" on an effective album of "sweet-and-sour ]".<ref name="Gundersen"/> Elysa Gardner of '']'' stated that ''Wildflowers'' "is not as sonically adventurous{{nbsp}}... or as instantly accessible" as previous Petty albums such as '']'' (1985) and '']'' (1989), but its "resolute passion and maturity grow more evident with each listen until the album acquires a haunting, enduring resonance."<ref name="Gardner"/> '']''{{'}}s Caroline Sullivan remarked that "misery suits Petty, and ''Wildflowers'' contains some of the best work of his career",<ref name="Sullivan"/> while ] commented in '']'' that "an album that helps you sort your thoughts without interrupting them is just as significant as any furious paean to disgruntled youth."<ref name="Forrest"/> In the '']'', ] said that ''Wildflowers'', with its "subtle and painterly" sound, showed Petty moving further into musical "ambiguity", "and the music seems newly freed, however subdued it may seem at first."<ref name="Kot"/> |
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Although finding it inconsistent, '']'' journalist Chris Willman observed that ''Wildflowers'' "has such an interesting, subtle kind of resonance you may not bemoan the lack of instant anthems."<ref name="Willman"/> ], however, opined in '']'' that Petty had failed to progress musically or lyrically,<ref name="Browne"/> and music critic ] felt that Petty sounded "wilted" and "torpid".<ref name="Christgau"/> |
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Four singles were released from the album between 1994 and 1995, the most successful of which, "]", reached No. 13 on the ] and topped the ] chart for one week. It was followed by "]", "It's Good to Be King" and "A Higher Place" which reached Nos. 2, 6, and 12 respectively on the Mainstream Rock chart.<ref>]</ref> The title track, while not released as a single, charted at #16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Rock Songs chart<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers|title=Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Chart History|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> and at #3 on the ''Billboard'' Lyric Find.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers/chart-history/lus/|title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers|magazine=]}}</ref> and became one of Petty's most streamed and popular songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UZMlIwnkgAEDBsw1Rejkn|title=Tom Petty|website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-wildflowers-songs/|title=Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers' Turns 25: The Stories Behind the Songs|first=Sean|last=Kelly|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=November 2019 }}</ref> |
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In a retrospective review, ]'s ] found that ''Wildflowers'' is distinguished within Petty's discography by "its casual gait" and extended length, allowing it to capture "the full range of Tom Petty as a singer, songwriter, and rocker."<ref name="Erlewine"/> '']'' writer Sam Sodomsky said that it was Petty's best solo album, characterized by its "elegantly spare, personal, and intuitive" songs.<ref name="Sodomsky"/> ''Rolling Stone'' listed ''Wildflowers'' as the twelfth-best album of the 1990s,<ref>{{cite book|chapter=100 Best Albums of the '90s|chapter-url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-90s-152425/tom-petty-wildflowers-167754/|access-date=August 13, 2011|title=The '90s: The Inside Stories from the Decade That Rocked|publisher=]|year=2010|isbn=978-0-06-177920-6|pages=282–297}}</ref> and later ranked the record at number 214 on its 2020 list of the "]".<ref name="RS 2020">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/tom-petty-wildflowers-2-1063019/|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|magazine=]|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=August 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009175147/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/tom-petty-wildflowers-2-1063019/|archive-date=October 9, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> '']'' placed the album at number 49 in their "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994|title=Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994|date=July 14, 2014|work=]|access-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715053900/http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994|archive-date=July 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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In April 2015, when Petty's back catalog was released in ], this was one of only two albums not included in the series ('']'' was the other one), but a hi-res version was available on ]. |
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The title of the 2020 book ''Somewhere You Feel Free: Tom Petty and Los Angeles'' comes from a lyric in the album's title song "Wildflowers".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bestclassicbands.com/tom-petty-los-angeles-book-somewhere-you-feel-free-mckittrick-4-10-200/|title=Exclusive: Interview With Author of New Tom Petty Book|date=April 10, 2020|work=BestClassicBands.com|access-date=August 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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== ''Wildflowers & All the Rest'' == |
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Petty's family and bandmates arranged a 2020 re-release of the album that includes deleted songs, demos, and live tracks, entitled ''Wildflowers & All the Rest''.<ref name="rerelease">{{Cite magazine |magazine=] |access-date=September 16, 2020 |date=August 20, 2020 |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-petty-wildflowers-box-set-reissue-1046920/ |title=Tom Petty's Long-Awaited ''Wildflowers'' Box Set Detailed}}</ref> Disc four, ''Wildflowers Live'', consists of fourteen previously unreleased tracks, two of which had only been distributed to fan club members. These live tracks were recorded on various tours from 1995 to 2017.<ref name="TPNewsWFnAtR">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tompetty.com/news/tom-petty-s-long-awaited-wildflowers-comprehensive-collection-be-released-2098981 |title=Tom Petty's Long-Awaited Wildflowers Comprehensive Collection to be Released |date=2022-08-20 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=TomPetty.com}}</ref> The super deluxe edition of the box set included a fifth disc of alternate versions of the ''Wildflowers'' tracks, called ''Finding Wildflowers''. In April 2021, ''Finding Wildflowers'' was released individually.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/tom-petty-wildflowers-alternate-stand-alone-release/ |access-date=April 16, 2021 |date=March 10, 2021 |title=Tom Petty 'Wildflowers' Alternate Recordings to Receive Stand-Alone Release |last=Shackleford |first=Tom}}</ref> |
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== Documentary == |
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The making of ''Wildflowers'' is the subject of the 2021 ] ''Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free – The Making of Wildflowers'', directed by Mary Wharton. The documentary includes a significant amount of archival footage from the recording sessions, recorded by Martyn Atkins, which had only recently been unearthed following Petty's death; as well as new interviews with many of the producers and musicians who had been involved with the album. The film was released in November 2021 on ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Somewhere You Feel Free: behind the making of Tom Petty's Wildflower |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/10/tom-petty-documentary-somewhere-you-feel-free-making-of-wildflowers |first=Jim |last=Farber |work=The Guardian |date=November 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|id=WblnLk387u0|title=Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free – The Making of Wildflowers}}</ref> |
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==Track listing== |
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==Track listing== |
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{{track listing |
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All songs written by Tom Petty, except where noted. |
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# "Wildflowers" – 3:11 |
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|headline = ''Wildflowers'' |
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|title1 = ] |length1 = 3:11 |writer1 = ] |
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# "You Don't Know How It Feels" – 4:49 |
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|title2 = ] |length2 = 4:49 |writer2 = Petty |
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# "Time to Move On" – 3:15 |
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|title3 = ] |length3 = 3:15 |writer3 = Petty |
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# "You Wreck Me" (Petty, ]) – 3:22 |
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|title4 = ] |writer4 = {{hlist|Petty|]}} |length4 = 3:22 |
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# "It's Good to Be King" – 5:10 |
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|title5 = ] |length5 = 5:10 |writer5 = Petty |
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# "Only a Broken Heart" – 4:30 |
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|title6 = Only a Broken Heart |length6 = 4:30 |writer6 = Petty |
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# "Honey Bee" – 4:58 |
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|title7 = Honey Bee |length7 = 4:58 |writer7 = Petty |
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# "Don't Fade on Me" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:32 |
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|title8 = Don't Fade on Me |writer8 = {{hlist|Petty|Campbell}} |length8 = 3:32 |
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# "Hard on Me" – 3:48 |
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|title9 = Hard on Me |length9 = 3:48 |writer9 = Petty |
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# "Cabin Down Below" – 2:51 |
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|title10 = Cabin Down Below |length10 = 2:51 |writer10 = Petty |
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# "To Find a Friend" – 3:23 |
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|title11 = To Find a Friend |length11 = 3:23 |writer11 = Petty |
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# "Higher Place" – 3:56 |
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|title12 = A Higher Place |length12 = 3:56 |writer12 = Petty |
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# "House in the Woods" – 5:32 |
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|title13 = House in the Woods |length13 = 5:32 |writer13 = Petty |
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# "Crawling Back to You" – 5:05 |
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|title14 = Crawling Back to You |length14 = 5:05 |writer14 = Petty |
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|title15 = Wake Up Time |length15 = 5:19 |writer15 = Petty |
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|headline = ''All the Rest'' |
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|title1 = Something Could Happen |length1 = 4:35 |writer1 = Petty |
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|title2 = ] |length2 = 4:16 |writer2 = Petty |
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|title3 = Climb That Hill Blues |writer3 = {{hlist|Petty|Campbell}} |length3 = 2:33 |
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|title4 = Confusion Wheel |length4 = 4:20 |writer4 = Petty |
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|title5 = California |length5 = 2:38 |writer5 = Petty |
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|title6 = Harry Green |length6 = 3:54 |writer6 = Petty |
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|title7 = Hope You Never |length7 = 3:03 |writer7 = Petty |
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|title8 = ] |writer8 = {{hlist|Petty|Campbell}} |length8 = 4:37 |
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|title9 = Climb That Hill |writer9 = {{hlist|Petty|Campbell}} |length9 = 3:34 |
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|title10 = Hung Up and Overdue |length10 = 6:03 |writer10 = Petty |
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|headline = ''Home Recordings'' |
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|title1 = There Goes Angela (Dream Away) |length1 = 3:50 |writer1 = Petty |
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|title2 = You Don't Know How It Feels |length2 = 4:54|writer2 = Petty |
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|title3 = California |length3 = 3:44 |writer3 = Petty |
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|title4 = A Feeling of Peace |writer4 = Petty |length4 = 4:32 |
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|title5 = Leave Virginia Alone |length5 = 3:46 |writer5 = Petty |
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|title6 = Crawling Back to You |length6 = 4:11 |writer6 = Petty |
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|title7 = Don't Fade on Me |length7 = 3:30 |writer7 = {{hlist|Petty|Campbell}} |
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|title8 = Confusion Wheel |writer8 = Petty |length8 = 4:21 |
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|title9 = A Higher Place |length9 = 3:17 |writer9 = Petty |
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|title10 = There's a Break in the Rain (Have Love Will Travel) |length10 = 3:37 |writer10 = Petty |
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|title11 = To Find a Friend |length11 = 3:26 |writer11 = Petty |
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|title12 = Only a Broken Heart |length12 = 3:56 |writer12 = Petty |
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|title13 = Wake Up Time |length13 = 5:41 |writer13 = Petty |
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|title14 = Hung Up and Overdue |length14 = 2:45 |writer14 = Petty |
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|title15 = Wildflowers |length15 = 2:55 |writer15 = Petty |
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|title1 = You Don't Know How It Feels |length1 = 6:48 |writer1 = Petty |
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|title2 = Honey Bee |length2 = 5:21|writer2 = Petty |
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|title3 = To Find a Friend |length3 = 3:57|writer3 = Petty |
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|title4 = Walls |writer4 = Petty |length4 = 3:22 |
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|title5 = Crawling Back to You |length5 = 5:06 |writer5 = Petty |
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|title6 = Cabin Down Below |length6 = 3:04|writer6 = Petty |
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|title7 = Drivin' Down to Georgia |length7 = 6:24 |writer7 = Petty |
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|title8 = House in the Woods |writer8 = Petty |length8 = 5:38 |
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|title9 = Girl on LSD |length9 = 5:21 |writer9 = Petty |
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|title10 = Time To Move On |length10 = 2:44 |writer10 = Petty |
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|title11 = Wake Up Time |length11 = 5:35 |writer11 = Petty |
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|title12 = It's Good to Be King |length12 = 11:38 |writer12 = Petty |
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|title13 = You Wreck Me |length13 = 5:44 |writer13 = {{hlist|Petty|Campbell}} |
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|title14 = Wildflowers |length14 = 4:31 |writer14 = Petty |
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|total_length = 75:13 |
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{{track listing |
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|headline = ''Alternate Versions (Finding Wildflowers)'' |
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|title1 = A Higher Place |length1 = 3:51 |writer1 = Petty |
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|title2 = Hard on Me |length2 = 3:49|writer2 = Petty |
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|title3 = Cabin Down Below |length3 = 3:47 |writer3 = Petty |
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|title4 = Crawling Back to You |writer4 = Petty |length4 = 5:06 |
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|title5 = Only a Broken Heart |length5 = 4:56 |writer5 = Petty |
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|title6 = Drivin' Down to Georgia |length6 = 4:58 |writer6 = Petty |
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|title7 = You Wreck Me |length7 = 3:31 |writer7 = {{hlist|Petty|Campbell}} |
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|title8 = It's Good to Be King |writer8 = Petty |length8 = 5:07 |
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|title9 = House in the Woods |length9 = 5:06 |writer9 = Petty |
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|title10 = Honey Bee |length10 = 5:21 |writer10 = Petty |
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|title11 = Girl on LSD |length11 = 3:45 |writer11 = Petty |
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|title12 = Cabin Down Below (Acoustic) |length12 = 2:45 |writer12 = Petty |
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|title13 = Wildflowers |length13 = 3:32 |writer13 = Petty |
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|title14 = Don't Fade on Me |length14 = 4:28 |writer14 = {{hlist|Petty|Campbell}} |
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|title15 = Wake Up Time |length15 = 5:31 |writer15 = Petty |
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|title16 = You Saw Me Comin' |length16 = 4:38 |writer16 = Petty |
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|total_length = 70:11 |
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==Personnel== |
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* ] – ] (all tracks), ] (1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16–19, 20, 21, 25), ] (2–5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 20, 22, 24), ] (2, 12, 20, 21), ] (2, 12, 20), ] (2, 5, 14, 20–22, 24), ] (14), ] (15), ] (16), ] (22) |
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*] - acoustical and electric guitars, harmonica, piano, organ, vocals |
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* ] – electric guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9–14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22–25), bass guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 12, 13–15, 20, 23, 24), ] (3, 25), acoustic guitar (8), ] (11), harpsichord (1), piano (20), Hammond organ (23), ] (23) |
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*] - guitars (bass, slide, electric, acoustic), harpsichord, ] |
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* ] – piano (tracks 1, 3–7, 9, 10, 12–14, 16, 17, 25), ] (2), ] (2, 24), Hammond organ (4, 6, 9, 12, 14, 22), ] (6, 14, 25), ] (11), ] (1, 6, 12, 16, 17, 19), zenon (11), ] (12) |
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* ] – harmony vocals (tracks 2, 4, 5, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 24), bass guitar (4, 7, 10, 16, 19, 22, 25), ] (7) |
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*] - drums on "To Find a Friend" |
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* ] – drums (tracks 1–7, 9, 10, 12–15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24) |
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*Lenny Castro - percussion |
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'''Additional musicians''' |
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*] - ], pianos, organ, ], ] |
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* ] – percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 25) |
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*] - supporting vocals, bass |
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* ] – ] (track 13) |
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*Phil Jones - percussion |
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* Greg Herbig – saxophone (track 13) |
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*John Pierce - bass |
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*Jim Horn - saxophone on "House in the Woods" |
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* ] – saxophone (track 13) |
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*Brandon Fields - saxophone on "House in the Woods" |
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* Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone (track 13) |
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* ] – percussion (tracks 4, 10, 20, 22) |
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*Greg Herbig - saxophone on "House in the Woods" |
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* ] – ], ] (tracks 1, 3, 5, 12, 15) |
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*Kim Hutchcroft - saxophone on "House in the Woods" |
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* ] – drums (track 16) |
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*Marty Rifkin - pedal steel guitar on "House in the Woods" |
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* John Pierce – bass guitar (track 9) |
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*] - backing vocals |
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* Marty Rifkin – ] (track 13) |
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* ] – drums (tracks 11, 25) (track 13 on Finding Wildflowers - Alternate Versions) |
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'''Production''' |
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* ] – ] |
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* ] – engineer |
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* Mike Campbell – ] |
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* Richard Dodd – engineer, ] |
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* Steve Holyrod – assistant engineer |
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* Kenji Nasai – assistant mixer |
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* Tom Petty – producer |
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== Charts == |
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{{album chart|Australia|38|artist=Tom Petty|album=Wildflowers|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
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{{album chart|Austria|13|artist=Tom Petty|album=Wildflowers|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
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{{album chart|Canada|11|chartid=8012|rowheader=true|access-date=December 9, 2024}} |
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{{album chart|Netherlands|75|artist=Tom Petty|album=Wildflowers|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
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{{album chart|Germany4|15|id=1957|artist=Tom Petty|album=Wildflowers|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
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{{album chart|New Zealand|29|artist=Tom Petty|album=Wildflowers|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
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{{album chart|Norway|20|artist=Tom Petty|album=Wildflowers|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
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{{album chart|Sweden|7|artist=Tom Petty|album=Wildflowers|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
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{{album chart|Switzerland|17|artist=Tom Petty|album=Wildflowers|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}} |
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==References== |
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Petty wrote and recorded numerous songs for the album, and the original plan was to have Wildflowers be a double album, with 25 songs in total. However, Lenny Waronker of Warner Bros. Records felt that the album was too long, and it was decided to reduce the album to 15 tracks. Of the 10 tracks left out, one, "Leave Virginia Alone", notably became a hit single the following year when it was recorded by Rod Stewart, while another four were included, in modified form, in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' next album, the soundtrack album to the 1996 film She's the One. All ten songs, in their original form, were later released in the 2020 edition of Wildflowers, Wildflowers & All the Rest.
Four singles were released from the album between 1994 and 1995, the most successful of which, "You Don't Know How It Feels", reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Album Rock Tracks chart for one week. It was followed by "You Wreck Me", "It's Good to Be King" and "A Higher Place" which reached Nos. 2, 6, and 12 respectively on the Mainstream Rock chart. The title track, while not released as a single, charted at #16 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart and at #3 on the Billboard Lyric Find. and became one of Petty's most streamed and popular songs.
Petty's family and bandmates arranged a 2020 re-release of the album that includes deleted songs, demos, and live tracks, entitled Wildflowers & All the Rest. Disc four, Wildflowers Live, consists of fourteen previously unreleased tracks, two of which had only been distributed to fan club members. These live tracks were recorded on various tours from 1995 to 2017. The super deluxe edition of the box set included a fifth disc of alternate versions of the Wildflowers tracks, called Finding Wildflowers. In April 2021, Finding Wildflowers was released individually.
