content: Not to say that is necessarily bad. However, quite a few of the tracks on this album have that distinctive Jeff Lynne tang that I can take or leave. My favorite track, "Saving Grace" starts well with a funky tappity-tappity-tap leavening the ZZTop-like Texas blues, but soon devolves into just imitation ZZTop with no leavening at all. I love ZZTop, but I was expecting a bit more from the witty Mr. Petty.All that notwithstanding, a middling Tom Petty album is still a classic and a great bit of rock and roll which is saying quite a bit. Mr Petty has managed to age with grace while staying true to his straight-ahead rock roots. I can not think of another example of this. Being middle aged myself, I can tell you that there's still a lot to roar about even as you age. Mr Petty has managed to combine irony, angst and worldweary rage at the discovery of how life turns out, with a hard rocking beat.