Into the Great Wide Open

Into the Great Wide Open
Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released	2 July 1991
Recorded	1991 at Rumbo Recorders, Studio C, Canoga Park, California and M.C. Studios
Genre	Rock
Length	43:55
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
Professional reviews
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Full Moon Fever (1989) Into the Great Wide Open (1991) Greatest Hits (1993)

Into the Great Wide Open is the eighth studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, first released in July 1991 (see 1991 in music). The album was the band's last with MCA Records. The album was the second Petty produced with Jeff Lynne after the success of 1989's Full Moon Fever.

The first single "Learning to Fly" became his joint longest-running number one single (along with "The Waiting") on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, spending six weeks at the top spot. The second single "Out in the Cold" also made #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, albeit only for two weeks.

[edit] Track listing

All songs were written by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, except where noted.

1. "Learning to Fly" – 4:02
2. "Kings Highway" (Petty) – 3:08
3. "Into the Great Wide Open" – 3:43
4. "Two Gunslingers" (Petty) – 3:09
5. "The Dark of the Sun" – 3:23
6. "All or Nothin'" (Petty, Mike Campbell, Lynne) – 4:07
7. "All the Wrong Reasons" – 3:46
8. "Too Good to Be True" (Petty) – 3:59
9. "Out in the Cold" – 3:40
10. "You and I Will Meet Again" (Petty) – 3:42
11. "Makin' Some Noise" (Petty, Campbell, Lynne) – 3:27
12. "Built to Last" – 4:00

[edit] Bonus Tracks

1. "Mary Jane's Last Dance (Radio edit) - 4:12

[edit] Personnel

• Tom Petty - vocals, 6 and 12-string acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, percussion, bass guitar, producer
• Mike Campbell - lead guitar, 12-string guitar, bass guitar, Dobro, keyboards, slide guitar
• Howie Epstein - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Benmont Tench - acoustic and electric pianos, Hammond organ, vibraphone, accordion
• Stan Lynch - drums, percussion
• Jeff Lynne - guitars, bass, vocals, piano, percussion, synthesizer
• Roger McGuinn - vocals
• Richard Tandy - synthesizer on "Two Gunslingers"

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