- rock, pop rock, heartland rock
- 40 min
- 9 tracks
- MCA Records
Southern Accents is the sixth studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on March 26, 1985, through MCA Records. The album's lead single, "Don't Come Around Here No More", co-written by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song "Southern Accents" was later covered by Johnny Cash for his Unchained album in 1996.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Blender3/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune2/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB−
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Essential Rock Discography6/10
- MusicHound Rock4/5 ★
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- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Rebels5:21
- 2It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me5:12
- 3Don’t Come Around Here No More5:06
- 4Southern Accents4:43
- 5Make It Better (Forget About Me)4:24
- 6Spike3:33
- 7Dogs on the Run3:40
- 8Mary’s New Car3:46
- 9The Best of Everything4:04
9 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
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- MCA Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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