Hard Promises is a Rock album by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 122 pressings tracked, owned by 64 collectors.
About
With 1979’s <i>Damn the Torpedoes</i>, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had <i>finally</i> achieved mainstream succe. And on 1981’s <i>Hard Promises</i>, the band members struggled on how to deal with their hard-fought new fame. By the time of the album’s release, Petty had famously gone toe to toe with his record label, opting to file for bankruptcy rather than serve out what he saw as an oppressive contract. But Petty was also butting heads with the music industry as a whole, using his new fame as a platform to rail against a proposed “superstar pricing” tier that would raise the price of a new Heartbreakers album from $8.98 to $9.98—a significant hike at a time when the minimum wage was $3.35. The battles were good publicity, good politic, and good fortification for the stories Petty wrote and sang. On <i>Hard Promises</i>, Petty laments the mess his ex got into while saving a little sympathy for himself (“A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)”), lives for the moment, in spite of not knowing what comes next (“The Waiting”), and feels funny about the newfangled outfits the guys are trying to sell him in London (“Kings Road”). If Springsteen fashioned himself as a voice of the people, Petty often just seemed like, well, a <i>person</i>: cranky, jealou, yearning, and amused. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1The Waiting3:54
- A2A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)4:21
- A3Nightwatchman3:58
- A4Something Big4:45
- A5Kings Road3:21
Side B
- B1Letting You Go3:22
- B2A Thing About You3:32
- B3Insider4:21
- B4The Criminal Kind3:55
- B5You Can Still Change Your Mind4:01
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Rock & Roll
- jangly
- earnest
- heartland
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alan WeidelPIANO GUEST, PIANO PIANO , GUEST
- Benmont TenchBACKING VOCALS, ORGAN, PIANO BAND, VOCALS, ORGAN, PIANO ORGAN, PIANO, VOCALS
- Mike CampbellACCORDION, BASS, GUITAR ACCORDION, BASS, GUITAR , AUTOHARP, HARMONIUM ACCORDION, BASS, GUITAR, HARMONIUM, AUTOHARP
- Phil JonesGUEST, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION PERCUSSION, GUEST
- Ron BlairBAND, BASS BASS BASS GUITAR
- Stan LynchBACKING VOCALS, DRUMS BAND, VOCALS, DRUMS DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS
- Tom Petty12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR , ACOUSTIC GUITAR , ELECTRIC GUITAR , VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR , ELECTRIC GUITAR , VOCALS BAND, GUITAR , VOCALS
- Donald "Duck" DunnBASS BASS GUITAR BASS, GUEST
- Sharon CelaniBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUEST GUEST, BACKING VOCALS
- Stevie NicksBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUEST GUEST, BACKING VOCALS
64 collectors on Gatefold own this · 122 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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