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Title: Nice companion, but...
Review: Five quick points:First--Tom Petty fan from way back.Second--this is his best album in years.Third--most tunes are solid, while ALL the lyrics are.Fourth--BUT...there is a certain monotony to many of the vocals and arrangements. TP said he didn't work very hard on this album, and it shows in the production and execution. Maybe working a little harder, getting more nuance in his vocals and guitars, using something besides a slide guitar for the lead of almost all of the songs -- you get the idea.Fifth--Now that he's got his middle-age funk out of his system, it's time to get back to ROCKIN' with the Heartbreakers. Let's face it: how many people come to their sold-out shows to hear ballads? They come to ROCK and PARTY, and nobody does it better than TPHB. I'm dying for MELINDA, BLACK LEATHER WOMAN, and any other rockin' tunes he's got up his sleeve to COME OUT ON AN ALBUM!! Time to KICK OUT THE JAM. Like TP once said: "You never slow down, you never grow old."
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