Wildflowers (Tom Petty album)
Wildflowers is the second solo studio album by American musician Tom Petty, released on November 1, 1994. The album was the first released by Petty after signing a contract with Warner Bros. Records (where he had recorded as part of the Traveling Wilburys) and the first of three albums produced by Rick Rubin. The album was certified 3× platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 2020, the album was ranked at number 214 on "Rolling Stone"'s Greatest Albums of All Time list. Background. The album features all members of  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, with the exception of drummer Stan Lynch. Steve Ferrone plays drums on "Wildflowers" and would join the band officially the following year. However, the album was not credited to the Heartbreakers because, in Petty's words, "Rick (Rubin) and I both wanted more freedom than to be strapped into five guys." Freedom notwithstanding, Petty chose to use most of his regular band as session players, demonstrating his comfort with that format. "Rolling Stone" placed "Wildflowers" at number 12 on their list of the best albums of the 1990s. "Guitar World" placed the album at number  49 in their "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list. Four singles were released from the album between 1994 and 1995, the most successful of which, "You Don't Know How It Feels", reached No. 13 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and topped the Album Rock Tracks chart for one week. It was followed by "You Wreck Me", "It's Good to Be King" and "A Higher Place" which reached Nos. 2, 6, and 12 respectively on the Mainstream Rock chart. The title track, while not released as a single, charted at #16 on the "Billboard" Hot Rock Songs  chart and at #3 on the "Billboard" Lyric Find. and became one of Petty's most streamed and popular songs. In April 2015, when Petty's back catalog was released in high-resolution audio, this was one of only two albums not included in the series ("Songs and Music from "She's the One"" was the other one), but a hi-res version was available on Pono Music. The title of the 2020 book "Somewhere You Feel Free: Tom Petty and Los Angeles" comes from a lyric in the album's title song "Wildflowers". Section::::"Wildflowers and All the Rest". Petty 's original track listing for "Wildflowers" was a double album with 25songs and Lenny Waronker of Warner Bros. Records suggested that it was too long. Petty's family and bandmates arranged a 2020 re-release of the album that includes these deleted songs, demos, and live tracks entitled "Wildflowers & All the Rest". The super deluxe edition of the box set called "Finding Wildflowers" included a fifth disc of alternate versions of the "Wildflowers" tracks. In April 2021, "Finding Wildflowers" was released individually. Track listing. All songs written by Tom Petty, except where noted. Personnel. Additional musicians Production Wildflowers (Tom Petty