- rock, pop, heartland rock, classic rock
- 31 min
- 10 tracks
- MCA Records
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is the debut studio album by the American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on November 9, 1976, by Shelter Records. The album was recorded and mixed at the Shelter Studio in Hollywood, California.
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Character
Classical in form, spare, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB+
- The Daily VaultA−
- The Essential Rock Discography6/10
- MusicHound Rock3/5 ★
- Pitchfork7/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Sounds5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Rockin’ Around (With You)2:28
- 2Breakdown2:45
- 3Hometown Blues2:14
- 4The Wild One, Forever3:02
- 5Anything That’s Rock ’n’ Roll2:25
- 6Strangered in the Night3:32
- 7Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It)3:52
- 8Mystery Man3:04
- 9Luna3:60
- 10American Girl3:31
10 tracks, 31 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- MCA Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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