Southern Accents
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
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Rebels | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | 5:21 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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It Ain't Nothin' to Me | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | 5:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Don't Come Around Here No More | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | 5:07 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Southern Accents | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | 4:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Make It Better (Forget About Me) | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | 4:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Spike | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | 3:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dogs On the Run | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | 3:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Mary's New Car | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | 3:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Best of Everything | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | 4:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 9 Songs |
iTunes Review
Three years in the making, Southern Accents was intended as a concept piece about Southern attitudes and identities, but the theme is only explicit on “Rebels,” “Spike” and the title song, a slow, spacious rumination on Petty’s Florida roots. Ironically, most of the album is anything but rustic. The taut, mechanical funk of “It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me” is totally different from the Heartbreaker’s traditional rock, while “Mary’s New Car” incorporates drum machines and jazz saxophone. Fortunately, Petty’s music retains its essential character in the face of innovations. Nowhere is this more apparent than “Don’t Come Around Here No More.” Producer Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics) builds the track on layers of electronic sound effects and dizzying drums, but despite its abstract approach to rock music, the song is one of Petty’s definitive performances. Southern Accents culminates with “The Best of Everything,” produced by the Band’s Robbie Robertson. Not only does the song recall the best of the Band, it also features contributions from Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel, in one of his last recordings before his 1986 suicide.
Customer Reviews
Petty's Concept Album
This is the closest TP has come to releasing a "concept album", though this one hangs together more on the basis of its sound than its theme. The horn charts and the Dave Stewart-produced tracks ("It Ain't Nothin' to Me", "Make It Better") haven't aged well, but on the other hand, there are some great songs here, especially the Robbie Robertson-produced "Best of Everything", which Petty had been performing in concert for some time before finally committing it to vinyl here. Some will proclaim this as his best, but for my money, "Damn the Torpedos" holds that honor.
The sounds of this album are unique!
Even though Tom Petty isn't considered New Wave, I really thought that "Don't come around here no more" nailed the format of new wave because of the atmospherics that make up the song (not to mention the awesome video). I have to say that Tom Petty is extremely talented, whether he does a new wave song or uses traditional bluesy/classic rock guitar (chord) progressions.
This is what started it all.
When I was eight years old my dad took me to a used record store to buy my first record. It was the 90s and everything was on tape but we listened to everything on vinyl. I was a big Tom Petty fan from what I had heard on the radio so he picked out "Southern Accents" for me. The woman who worked there looked at us and said that the song, "Spike, reminded her of this tv repairman that she had in her house recently. "Hey spike, you're scaring my wife!" This album started my Tom Petty obsession. After listening to this album over I had to have everything else. "Rebels" is my favorite song followed by "The Best of Everything", and of course, "Spike" makes the top three.
Top Albums and Songs By Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
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Free Fallin' | Anthology - Through the Years | 4:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Mary Jane's Last Dance | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits | 4:33 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Don't Do Me Like That | Anthology - Through the Years | 2:41 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Mary Jane's Last Dance (1993 Greatest Hits) | Anthology - Through the Years | 4:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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American Girl | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | 3:34 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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American Girl | Anthology - Through the Years | 3:32 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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American Girl | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Greatest Hits | 3:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Christmas All Over Again | A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 2 | 4:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Won't Back Down | Anthology - Through the Years | 2:55 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Learning to Fly | Into the Great Wide Open | 4:02 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
- $7.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Arena Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock
- Released: Jun 24, 1985
- ℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
