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Song of the Day #2,359: ‘Red River’ – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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Best Songs of 2014 – #17
‘Red River’ – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

If rock-and-roll is essentially dead, replaced by the dominance of pop, hip-hop and alternative, nobody told Tom Petty.

On Hypnotic Eye, his best album since Wildflowers (and that’s paying full respect to such great records as Highway Companion and Mojo), he unleashes monster guitar riffs and sticky melodies just like in the good old days.

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Song of the Day #2,228: ‘All You Can Carry’ – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

tom_petty_hypnotic_eyeWhen it comes to old school guitar-driven rock-n-roll, you can’t get much better than Tom Petty. Through 38 years and 16 albums, he has delivered the goods consistently and expertly.

His latest record, Hypnotic Eye, is performed (as all but three of his albums have been) with The Heartbreakers, and the band’s familiarity with each other and the material shines through on every track. This is as beautifully seasoned as a rock band gets.

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