Song of the Day #1,210: ‘The Dark of the Sun’ – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

There are two mistakes a recording artist can make when following up a successful album: releasing something too different from the last one, or releasing something too similar.

Tom Petty’s follow-up to Full Moon Fever, 1991’s Into the Great Wide Open, fell into the latter category. Though he officially re-teamed with The Heartbreakers to record the disc, he once again collaborated with Jeff Lynne for both songwriting and production and the result feels like an attempt to keep the Full Moon Fever magic going.

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