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| | TOM PETTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | As a confirmed fan of Petty, I had fretted over the recent releases, "Wildflowers," and the semi-soundtrack "Shes the One," that seemed to reveal a singer, writer and performer who had lost his way a bit. |
 | | Sometime prior the recording of this record, Petty reportedly had marital difficulties, and, while any outside influences on any album are dicey to prove, many of the songs share a longing, an emptiness, yet are full of an odd combination of redemption and honesty. |
 | | It is a credit to both Petty and Campbell, as well as the others members of the band, that they have moved back from the tentativeness of the most recent records and given us a full bore of what they do best. |
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