You're Gonna Get It
Two years after Petty's debut, another batch of sharp, swaggering rock tunes hit the record stores and paved the path Petty would tread to megastardom. The astonishing greatness of a few tracks seal this record's fate as a classic Petty album: "Listen to Her Heart" continues his tribute to the jangly guitar style of theByrds; "I Need to Know" nails Petty's plaintive singing style and gut delivery (those muscular guitar lines don't hurt either); "Magnolia" sways pleasantly like a summer afternoon with love in the air; and "Too Much Ain't Enough" further mines the gritty sound of a garage band stretching out. "You're Gonna Get It" and "When the Time Comes" are both above-average rockers, with signature Petty vocals that are by turns threatening and genteel and 12-string guitars chiming with heavenly abandon.--Lorry Fleming