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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Playback (1995)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Breakdown 2:42
  2. American Girl 3:33
  3. Hometown Blues 2:12
  4. Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll 2:24
  5. I Need To Know 2:24
  6. Listen To Her Heart
  7. When The Time Comes 2:45
  8. Too Much Ain't Enough 2:57
  9. No Second Thoughts
  10. Baby's A Rock 'n' Roller 2:52
  11. Refugee
  12. Here Comes My Girl 4:25
  13. Even The Losers 3:59
  14. Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) 4:25
  15. Don't Do Me Like That 2:42
  16. The Waiting 3:59
  17. A Woman In Love 4:24
  18. Something Big 4:44
  19. A Thing About You 3:32
  20. Insider 4:23
  21. You Can Still Change Your Mind 4:16
CD2
  1. You Got Lucky 3:36
  2. Change Of Heart 3:19
  3. Straight Into Darkness 3:47
  4. The Same Old You 3:30
  5. Rebels 5:19
  6. Don't Come Around Here No More Tom Petty
  7. Southern Accents Tom Petty
  8. Make It Better (Forget About M Tom Petty
  9. The Best Of Everything Tom Petty
  10. So You Wan't To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star 3:30
  11. Don't Bring Me Down 3:52
  12. Jammin' Me 4:08
  13. It'll All Work Out 3:11
  14. Mike's Life 0:40
  15. Think About Me 3:45
  16. A Self-Made Man 3:00
CD3
  1. Free Fallin' 4:16
  2. I Won't Back Down 2:57
  3. Love Is A Long Road 4:08
  4. Runnin' Down A Dream 4:23
  5. Yer So Bad 3:06
  6. Alright For Now 2:02
  7. Learning To Fly 4:03
  8. Into The Great Wide Open 3:43
  9. All Or Nothin' 4:07
  10. Out In the Cold 3:40
  11. Build To Last 3:58
  12. Mary Jane's Last Dance 4:33
  13. Christmas All Over Again 4:14
CD4
  1. Casa Dega 3:33
  2. Heartbreaker's Beach Party 1:56
  3. Trailer 3:12
  4. Cracking Up 3:32
  5. Psychotic Reaction (Live) 4:49
  6. I'm Tired Joey Boy (Live) 3:42
  7. Lonely Weekends (Live) 2:47
  8. Gator On The lawn 1:35
  9. Make That Connection 5:02
  10. Down The Line 2:50
  11. Peace In L.A. (Peace Mix) 4:17
  12. Somethin' Else (Live) 2:03
  13. I Don't Know What To Say To You 2:25
  14. King's Highway (Live) 3:25
CD5
  1. On The Street
  2. Depot Street
  3. Cry To Me
  4. Don't Do Me Like That (Mudcrut
  5. I Can't Fight It
  6. Since You Said You Loved Me
  7. Lousiana Rain
  8. Keeping Me Alive
  9. Turning Point
  10. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
  11. The Apartment Song (Demo)
  12. Big Boss Man
  13. The Image Of Me
  14. Moon Pie
  15. The Damage You've Done (Countr
CD6
  1. Got My Mind Made Up (Original Version) 2:51
  2. Ways To Be Wicked 3:27
  3. Can't Get Her Out 3:11
  4. Waiting For Tonight 3:30
  5. Travelin' 3:15
  6. Wooden Heart 2:10
  7. God's Gift To Man 4:18
  8. You Get Me High 2:48
  9. Come On Down To My House 3:05
  10. You Come Through 5:15
  11. Up In Mississippi Tonight 3:28

Notes

The consequence of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' enduring affection for the music of the mid-'60s was that, in essence, they were a singles band, a fact driven home on the first three CDs of the six-disc set Playback; even when abbreviating each of their first nine studio albums to four to six cuts, the songs break down into the hits and the also-rans. To be fair, there are quite a few of the former, and some of the latter are could-have-beens; and since Petty is more a song maker (or, more precisely, a track cutter) than an album artist, his work is more amenable to compilation. Still, three discs are more than enough, and then come three more discs of rarities and outtakes. The first of these contains non-LP B-sides, most of which are pleasant throwaways (although "Trailer" suggests that the failed concept album Southern Accents could have been more of a success if it had been included). The last two discs present early and alternate histories of Petty, as his pre-Heartbreakers group, Mudcrutch, searches for a sound; later, he tries out different approaches that never made it onto his regular albums. Some of this material will be of interest to hardcore fans, but to justify the length and price of the box, there would have to be real lost treasures here. Not surprisingly, then, Playback is a box set that would have been twice as good at half the size.