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Riding high on the back-to-back Top Five platinum hits Damn the Torpedoes and Hard Promises, Tom Petty quickly returned to the studio to record the Heartbreakers' fifth album, Long After Dark. Truth be told, there was about as long a gap between Dark and Promises as there was between Promises and Torpedoes. There are a few new wave flourishes here and there, but the band hasn't really changed its style at all -- it's still Stonesy, Byrdsian heartland rock. As their first four albums illustrated, that isn't a problem in itself, since they've found numerous variations within their signature sound. With its swirling, minor key guitars, "You Got Lucky" is a classic and "Change of Heart" comes close to matching the peaks of Promises and Torpedoes. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
A One Story Town Tom Petty Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (3:06)
You Got Lucky (Lyrics) Mike Campbell, Tom Petty Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (3:37)
Deliver Me (Lyrics) Tom Petty Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (3:28)
Change of Heart (Lyrics) Tom Petty Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (3:18)
Finding Out (Lyrics) Tom Petty, Mike Campbell Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (3:36)
We Stand a Chance (Lyrics) Tom Petty Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (3:38)
Straight into Darkness (Lyrics) Tom Petty Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (3:49)
The Same Old You Mike Campbell, Tom Petty Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (3:31)
Between Two Worlds (Lyrics) Mike Campbell, Tom Petty Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (5:12)
A Wasted Life Tom Petty Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (4:35)

Credits

Thom Panunzio (Remixing), Howie Epstein (Guitar (Bass)), Norman Perbil (Assistant Engineer), Benmont Tench (Vocals), Tom Petty (Producer), Bill Freesh (Assistant Engineer), Hill Swimmer (Assistant Engineer), Greg Edward (Assistant Engineer), Craig Harris (Synthesizer Programming), Stephen Marcussen (Mastering), Ron Blair (Bass), Mike Campbell (Guitar), Nick Basich (Assistant Engineer), Tom Petty (Vocals), Howie Epstein (Vocals), Michael Carnevale (Assistant Engineer), Brad Gilderman (Assistant Engineer), Shelly Yakus (Engineer), Charles Brewer (Assistant Engineer), Mike Campbell (Organ), Don Smith (Remixing), Eddie DeLena (Assistant Engineer), Joe Gastwirt (Digital Remastering), Benmont Tench (Keyboards), Mike Campbell (Keyboards), Aaron Rapoport (Photography), Andrew Sackheim (Cover Photo), Art Hotel (Design), David Bianco (Assistant Engineer), Jimmy Iovine (Producer), Kevin Eddy (Assistant Engineer), Joe Gastwirt (Remastering), Howie Epstein (Bass), Mike Campbell (Harmonica), Shelly Yakus (Remixing), Tom Petty (Guitar), Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Performer), Phil Jones (Percussion), Stan Lynch (Drums), Stan Lynch (Vocals), Stan Lynch (Keyboards), Tommy Steele (Original Cover Artwork), Tommy Steele (Design), Alan Weidel (Assistant Engineer)
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Long After Dark
Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released November 2, 1982 (1982-11-02)
Recorded 1981–82 at Record Plant, Wally Heider's and Crystal, Hollywood, CA; Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, CA
Genre Heartland rock
Length 37:44
Label Backstreet
Producer Jimmy Iovine, Tom Petty
Professional reviews
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Hard Promises
(1981)		 Long After Dark
(1982)		 Southern Accents
(1985)

Long After Dark is the fifth album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in November 1982 on Backstreet Records. Notable for the major MTV hit "You Got Lucky", the album was also the first to feature the late Howie Epstein on bass and harmony vocals. Epstein's vocals are evident throughout the album, most notably on "Change of Heart". From this point on Epstein's vocals became an integral part of the Heartbreakers' sound. There was a song recorded for this album called "Keeping Me Alive", which Petty himself is very fond of but the producer, Jimmy Iovine, disliked. Petty has expressed that he feels the album would have turned out better if the song had been included on the album.[1]

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "A One Story Town" (Tom Petty) – 3:06
  2. "You Got Lucky" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:37
  3. "Deliver Me" (Petty) – 3:28
  4. "Change of Heart" (Petty) – 3:18
  5. "Finding Out" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:36

Side two

  1. "We Stand a Chance" (Petty) – 3:38
  2. "Straight into Darkness" (Petty) – 3:49
  3. "The Same Old You" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:31
  4. "Between Two Worlds" (Petty, Campbell) – 5:12
  5. "A Wasted Life" (Petty) – 4:35

Musicians

Charts

  • Long After Dark peaked #9 on Pop Albums in 1983.
  • "Between Two Worlds" peaked #35 on Mainstream Rock in 1982.
  • "One Story Town" peaked #15 on Mainstream Rock in 1982.
  • "We Stand A Chance" peaked #37 on Mainstream Rock in 1982.
  • "You Got Lucky" peaked #1 on Mainstream Rock in 1982.
  • "Change of Heart" peaked #10 on Mainstream Rock in 1983.
  • "Change of Heart" peaked #21 on Pop Singles in 1983.
  • "You Got Lucky" peaked #20 on Pop Singles in 1983.

References

  1. ^ Zollo, Paul. Conversations With Tom Petty (2005): 81–83.
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