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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was a rock band formed in 1976 from Gainesville, Florida, USA and led by Tom Petty.
Petty was supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. He has occasionally released solo work, as was the case with his 2006 album Highway Companion on which he performed most of the backing instrumentation himself. However, members of The Heartbreakers have played on each of his solo albums and the band has always backed him when touring in support of those albums. Read more on Last.fm
Tom Petty and The Heart Breakers have always been qualified to tell American stories. From the beginning, they were the soundtrack to a million Saturday nights spent by a river drinking beer from Dixie cups. It was and is their nature to be the dialogue of American people, one way or the other.
Echoes is the first of their albums to confront divorce and separation anxiety, something it does with a raw nerve. The stately “Room At The Top” kicks off an album that waxes nostalgic as much as it laments broken romance. This is Petty with his eyes closed, exorcising his demons one at a time. Deep cuts like “Rhino Skin” nearly cry tears from the stereo. It’s a record of change, of dreams gone by. Stepping into the light, Petty and the ever dependable Mike Campbell shed skin like there’s no tomorrow. Ending on the solemn “One More Day, One More Night”, Echoes leaves the listener drained and rewarded. This is what it sounds like when adults fall out of love.