The Best of Everything (album)

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The Best of Everything
A black-and-white photo of Petty gesturing to the camera
Greatest hits album by
Tom Petty
ReleasedMarch 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)
Recorded1976–2016
StudioVarious
GenreHeartland rock
Length146:04
LanguageEnglish
Label
ProducerVarious
Compiler
Tom Petty chronology
An American Treasure
(2018) 		The Best of Everything
(2019) 		Wildflowers & All the Rest
(2020)
Singles from The Best of Everything
  1. "The Best of Everything"
    Released: October 5, 2018
  2. "For Real"
    Released: February 15, 2019

The Best of Everything is a 2019 greatest hits album with recordings made by Tom Petty, with his backing band The Heartbreakers, as a solo artist, and with Mudcrutch. It was released on March 1.[1]

Release and promotion[]

The compilation was originally due to be released in 2018, immediately following An American Treasure and the alternative take of the title track, released as the first single, for digital streaming.[2] "For Real" was released as the second single.

"For Real" was recorded in August 2000 when Petty and the Heartbreakers went to Bill Bottrell’s studio to record a new version of "Surrender". "Surrender" was placed on Anthology: Through the Years, while "For Real" remained unissued until 2019.[3]

Reception[]

Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine says the album is "the best overall overview of—and perhaps introduction to—Tom Petty assembled to date".

"The Best of Everything"[]

The title track of the compilation, "The Best of Everything" was originally released in 1985 on the album Southern Accents; the song was later released in two different versions on the posthumous compilations An American Treasure (2018), and this album. The latter extended alternate version, which contains an extra verse, was released as a single in 2018, before the release of the album.[4] The posthumous released versions have a more rocking arrangement and sound more organic (the synths were substituted with the piano), while the one on Southern Accents is more soul/pop-oriented.[4]

"For Real"[]

"For Real" was the previously unreleased track on the compilation, and was described as a gritty autobiographical acoustic track. It was recorded in 2000. It was released as the second single from the compilation and charted on the Adult Alternative Songs chart, peaking at #28.[5]

Track listing[]

All songs were written by Tom Petty, except where noted.

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Free Fallin'"Petty, Jeff LynneFull Moon Fever, 19894:15
2."Mary Jane's Last Dance" Greatest Hits, 19934:32
3."You Wreck Me"Petty, Mike CampbellWildflowers, 19943:23
4."I Won't Back Down"Petty, LynneFull Moon Fever2:56
5."Saving Grace" Highway Companion, 20063:45
6."You Don't Know How It Feels" Wildflowers4:47
7."Don't Do Me Like That" Damn the Torpedoes, 19792:41
8."Listen to Her Heart" You're Gonna Get It!, 19783:02
9."Breakdown" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 19762:43
10."Walls (Circus)" Songs and Music from "She's the One", 19964:24
11."The Waiting" Hard Promises, 19813:57
12."Don't Come Around Here No More"Petty, David A. StewartSouthern Accents, 19855:04
13."Southern Accents" Southern Accents4:43
14."Angel Dream (No. 2)" Songs and Music from "She's the One"2:26
15."Dreamville" The Last DJ, 20023:47
16."I Should Have Known It" Mojo, 20103:39
17."Refugee"Petty, CampbellDamn the Torpedoes3:20
18."American Girl" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers3:33
19."The Best of Everything" Alternate version, original version from Southern Accents5:26
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
20."Wildflowers" Wildflowers3:11
21."Learning to Fly"Petty, LynneInto the Great Wide Open, 19914:01
22."Here Comes My Girl"Petty, CampbellDamn the Torpedoes4:24
23."The Last DJ" The Last DJ3:30
24."I Need to Know" You're Gonna Get It!2:23
25."Scare Easy" Mudcrutch, 20084:36
26."You Got Lucky"Petty, CampbellLong After Dark, 19823:32
27."Runnin' Down a Dream"Petty, Lynne, CampbellFull Moon Fever4:22
28."American Dream Plan B" Hypnotic Eye, 20143:00
29."Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (with Stevie Nicks)Petty, CampbellStevie Nicks' album Bella Donna, 19814:03
30."Trailer" Mudcrutch 2, 20163:19
31."Into the Great Wide Open"Petty, LynneInto the Great Wide Open3:42
32."Room at the Top" Echo, 19995:01
33."Square One" Highway Companion3:26
34."Jammin' Me"Petty, Campbell, Bob DylanLet Me Up (I've Had Enough), 19874:03
35."Even the Losers" Damn the Torpedoes3:35
36."Hungry No More" Mudcrutch 25:56
37."I Forgive It All" Mudcrutch 24:14
38."For Real" Previously unreleased, recorded in August 20003:52
  • The vinyl edition has 4 LPs:
  1. LP 1: A side (disc 1, tracks 1–5)/B side (disc 1, tracks 6–10)
  2. LP 2: A side (disc 1, tracks 11–15)/B side (disc 1, tracks 16–19)
  3. LP 3: A side (disc 2, tracks 1–5)/B side (disc 2, tracks 6–10)
  4. LP 4: A side (disc 2, tracks 11–15)/B side (disc 2, tracks 16–19)

Personnel[]

  • Tom Petty – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitars, harmonica, piano, keyboards, drums on "Saving Grace", bass guitar on "Scare Easy", "Hungry No More", and "I Forgive It All"

The Heartbreakers

Mudcrutch

  • Mike Campbell – lead guitar
  • Tom Leadon – guitar and backing vocals on "Scare Easy", "Hungry No More", and "I Forgive It All"
  • Randall Marsh – drums, percussion and backing vocals on "Scare Easy", "Hungry No More", and "I Forgive It All"
  • Benmont Tench – keyboards, backing vocals

Additional musicians

  • Lindsey Buckingham – backing vocals on "Walls (Circus)"
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar on "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
  • George Harrison – backing vocals and acoustic guitar on "I Won't Back Down"
  • Phil Jones – percussion, drums on "Full Moon Fever" tracks
  • Jeff Jourard - electric guitar on "Breakdown"
  • Jeff Lynne – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards and backing vocals on "Full Moon Fever" and "Into The Great Wide Open" tracks
  • Stevie Nicks – lead and backing vocals on "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
  • Lori Perry, Sharon Celani - backing vocals on "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

Production

Charts[]

References[]

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