An American Treasure
Tom Petty
CD1
- Surrender
- Listen To Her Heart
- Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll
- When The Time Comes
- You're Gonna Get It
- Radio Promotion Spot
- Rockin' Around (With You)
- Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)
- Breakdown - Petty, Tom
- The Wild One, Forever
- No Second Thoughts
- Here Comes My Girl
- What Are You Doing In My Life
- Louisiana Rain
- Lost In Your Eyes
CD2
- Keep A Little Soul
- Even The Losers
- Keeping Me Alive
- Don't Treat Me Like A Stranger
- The Apartment Song
- Concert Intro
- King's Road
- Clear the Aisles
- A Woman In Love (It's Not Me)
- Straight Into Darkness and Stevie Nicks
- You Can Still Change Your Mind
- Rebels
- Deliver Me
- Alright For Now
- The Damage You've Done
- The Best Of Everything
- Walkin' From The Fire
- King Of The Hill
CD3
- I Won't Back Down
- Gainesville
- You And I Will Meet Again
- Into The Great Wide Open
- Two Gunslingers
- Lonesome Dave
- To Find A Friend
- Crawling Back To You
- Wake Up Time
- Grew Up Fast
- I Don't Belong
- Accused Of Love
- Lonesome Sundown
- Don't Fade On Me
CD4
- You And Me
- Have Love Will Travel
- Money Becomes King
- Bus To Tampa Bay
- Saving Grace
- Down South
- Southern Accents
- Insider
- Two Men Talking
- Fault Lines
- Sins Of My Youth
- Good Enough
- Something Good Coming
- Save Your Water
- Like A Diamond
- Hungry No More
An American Treasure—the career-spanning Tom Petty box set—is out today via Reprise Records. The 60-track set unveils previously unreleased recordings, alternate versions of classic songs, rarities, historic live performances and deep tracks that spotlight Tom’s remarkable depth and evolution as a revered and tremendously influential songwriter, recording artist and performer.
The highly-anticipated collection—the first release of Tom Petty music since the artist’s untimely passing last year—is already receiving critical acclaim:
“…a sweet way to begin revisiting a career
that could hardly be contained on a single box set.”—NPR Music
“Petty was as prolific as he was talented.”—Rolling Stone
“…selections from a songwriter who consistently pared down his music
to what was terse and telling.”—The New York Times
Furthermore, the lead single “Keep A Little Soul” has not only been the biggest and fastest #1 for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, but it also took the biggest jump to #1 in his career (from #5-#1). Although, Tom and the band have topped the airplay charts many times over the years, this is their first Triple A radio #1 in over 12 years and the most spins ever in a single week at the format. Tom is also the first artist in the history of the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart to reach the top 10 posthumously.
Tom’s daughter, Adria Petty, and his wife, Dana Petty, were the primary catalysts for the commission, creation and release of An American Treasure—a tribute and love letter pointing to the music in between the hits, and a strong musical portrait of the person they know in their hearts. Adria and Dana both serve as the project’s Executive Producers, and, together with Tom’s bandmates of 45 years, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, and his studio collaborator, Ryan Ulyate, curated the box set’s track list from Petty’s rich song catalog. Campbell, Tench and Ulyate also produced An American Treasure.
The creation of An American Treasure was a true labor of love, as Adria Petty and Dana Petty explain, “Everyone involved in this project chose each track with tremendous care and deep respect for the body of work Tom Petty created over the course of 40 years. He also accumulated a wealth of unreleased music in his vaults, and we have collectively uncovered one gem after another that will keep us all listening and discovering new facets of Tom’s talent for many years to come. We can’t wait to share with Tom’s fans this musical portrait of an artist who deeply affected our culture and indelibly touched the lives of fans the world over.”
The custom cover artwork for An American Treasure was created by prominent American artist
Shepard Fairey from an image of Petty by renowned photographer Mark Seliger.
An American Treasure is available now on multiple formats:
An American Treasure: Deluxe Edition—A 4-CD set that features all 60 tracks, plus a 52-page booklet with rare and previously unseen photographs of Tom, his bandmates, family and friends. The booklet also features detailed track-by-track liner notes by noted journalist and Tom Petty aficionado Bud Scoppa, who drew upon his previous interviews with Tom and new conversations with Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench and Ryan Ulyate, as well as Adria and Dana Petty.
An American Treasure: Super Deluxe Limited Edition—A 4-CD set that features all 60 tracks and an 84-page hardbound book expanded from the Deluxe Edition to include many additional photographs and an essay by renowned author Nicholas Dawidoff – written especially for An American Treasure – that speaks to Tom Petty’s presence in our lives and influence on our culture for more than 40 years. This special package also includes a newly-created lithograph of Shepard Fairey’s cover artwork, as well as custom reproductions of Tom Petty’s handwritten lyrics to four songs featured in this collection and a numbered certificate of authenticity.
An American Treasure: Standard Edition—A 2-CD set that features 26 career spanning tracks chosen from the Deluxe editions, as well as Bud Scoppa’s detailed track-by-track.
An American Treasure: Vinyl Edition—A 6-LP set that features all 60 tracks and a 48-page booklet containing all of the photographic and editorial elements found in the CD Deluxe Edition. This set also includes the Nicholas Dawidoff essay. All newly released recordings on An American Treasure have been mixed by Ryan Ulyate from pristine transfers of the original studio multitrack masters. All 60 recordings have been re-mastered for this collection by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
