Wildflowers

Wildflowers
Studio album by Tom Petty
Released	1 November 1994
Recorded	1992-94 in Los Angeles, CA at Sound City and Ocean Way Recording
Genre	Rock
Length	62:48
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Rick Rubin, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
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Tom Petty chronology
Greatest Hits (1993) Wildflowers (1994) Songs and Music from "She's the One" (1996)

Wildflowers is the second solo album by American musician Tom Petty, released in November 1994 (see 1994 in music). The album was the first released by Petty after signing a contract with Warner Bros. Records and the first of three albums produced by Rick Rubin.

Three singles were released from the album between 1994 and 1995, the most successful of which, "You Don't Know How It Feels", reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Album Rock Tracks chart for one week.

The album features all members of the Heartbreakers with the exception of drummer Stan Lynch, who left the band earlier in 1994. 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."^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Petty, except where noted.

1. "Wildflowers" – 3:11
2. "You Don't Know How It Feels" (Petty, Cheryl Branum) – 4:49
3. "Time to Move On" – 3:15
4. "You Wreck Me" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:22
5. "It's Good to Be King" – 5:10
6. "Only a Broken Heart" – 4:30
7. "Honey Bee" – 4:58
8. "Don't Fade on Me" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:32
9. "Hard on Me" – 3:48
10. "Cabin Down Below" – 2:51
11. "To Find a Friend" – 3:23
12. "A Higher Place" – 3:56
13. "House in the Woods" – 5:32
14. "Crawling Back to You" – 5:05
15. "Wake Up Time" – 5:19

"Girl on LSD" was also recorded for the album, but was removed by Warner Bros. due to its drug-related lyrics, and was instead released as the B-side to the "You Don't Know How It Feels" single.

Personnel

• Tom Petty - acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, piano, organ, vocals
• Mike Campbell - guitars (bass, slide, electric, acoustic), harpsichord, coral sitar
• Michael Kamen - orchestration, conductor
• Ringo Starr - drums on "To Find a Friend"
• Steve Ferrone - drums
• Lenny Castro - percussion
• Benmont Tench - harmonium, pianos, organ, mellotron, zenon
• Howie Epstein - supporting vocals, bass
• Phil Jones - percussion
• John Pierce - bass
• Jim Horn - saxophone on "House in the Woods"
• Brandon Fields - saxophone on "House in the Woods"
• Greg Herbig - saxophone on "House in the Woods"
• Kim Hutchcroft - saxophone on "House in the Woods"
• Marty Rifkin - pedal steel guitar on "House in the Woods"
• Carl Wilson - backing vocals

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