The Best of Everything

Greatest hits album by

Released

March 1, 2019

Recorded

1976–2016

Studio

Various

Genre

Heartland rock

Length

146:04

Language

English

Label

Producer

Various

Compiler

Dana Petty
Ryan Ulyate

Tom Petty chronology

An American Treasure
(2018)

The Best of Everything
(2019)

Singles from The Best of Everything

'The Best of Everything'
Released: October 2018
'For Real'
Released: February 2019

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The Best of Everything Tom Petty Buy this song. FAVORITE (7 fans) Tom Petty. Thomas Earl 'Tom' Petty (born October 20, 1950) was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. TRACKS 'Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty' 'Mary Jane's Last Dance – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ' 'You Wreck Me – Tom Petty' 'I Won't Back Down – Tom Petty' 'Saving Grace – Tom Petty' 'You Don't Know How It Feels – Tom Petty ' 'Don't Do Me Like That – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 'Listen To Her Heart – Tom Petty and th. Wherever you are tonight. I wish you the best of everything in the world. And honey, I hope you found. Whatever you were looking for, oh. Yeah, and it's over before you know it. It all goes by so fast. And the bad nights take forever. And the good nights don't ever seem to last. And man, we never had the real thing. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers / Electric Light Orchestra / Supertramp / Jimmy Buffett / Warren Zevon / The Babys: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers / Electric Light Orchestra / Supertramp / Jimmy Buffett / Warren Zevon / The Babys - The Best Of RATW Live (Pt 1) ‎ (LP, Transcription + LP, S/Sided, Transcription) Rock Around The World: 200: US. Provided to YouTube by Reprise The Best of Everything (Alternate Version, 1985) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers An American Treasure ℗ 1985 Gone Gator Record.

The Best of Everything is a 2019 greatest hits album with recordings made by Tom Petty, with his backing band The Heartbreakers, as a solo artist, and with Mudcrutch. It was released on March 1.^[1]

Release and promotion[edit]

The compilation was originally due to be released in 2018, immediately following An American Treasure and the alternative take of the title track, released as the first single, for digital streaming.^[2] 'For Real' was released as the second single.

'For Real' was recorded in August of 2000 when Petty and the Heartbreakers went to Bill Bottrell’s studio to record a new version of 'Surrender'. 'Surrender' was placed on Anthology: Through the Years, while 'For Real' remained unissued until 2019.^[3]

Reception[edit]

Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine says the album is 'the best overall overview of—and perhaps introduction to—Tom Petty assembled to date'.

'The Best of Everything'[edit]

The title track of the compilation, 'The Best of Everything' was originally released in 1985 on the album Southern Accents, the song was later released in two different versions on the posthumous compilations An American Treasure (2018), and this album. The latter extended alternate version, which contains an extra verse, was released as a single in 2018, before the release of the album.^[4] The posthumous released versions have a more rocking arrangement and sound more organic (the synths were substituted with the piano), while the one on Southern Accents is more soul/pop-oriented.^[4]

'For Real'[edit]

'For Real' was the previously unreleased track on the compilation, and was described as a gritty autobiographical acoustic track. It was released as the second single from the compilation and charted on the Adult Alternative Songs chart, peaking at #28.^[5]

Track listing[edit]

All songs were written by Tom Petty, except where noted.

Disc 1

'Free Fallin' (Petty, Jeff Lynne) (from Full Moon Fever, 1989) – 4:15
'Mary Jane's Last Dance' (from Greatest Hits, 1993) – 4:32
'You Wreck Me' (Petty, Mike Campbell) (from Wildflowers, 1994) – 3:23
'I Won't Back Down' (Petty, Lynne) (from Full Moon Fever) – 2:56
'Saving Grace' (from Highway Companion, 2006) – 3:45
'You Don't Know How It Feels' (from Wildflowers) – 4:47
'Don't Do Me Like That' (from Damn the Torpedoes, 1979) – 2:41
'Listen to Her Heart' (from You're Gonna Get It!, 1978) – 3:02
'Breakdown' (from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1976) – 2:43
'Walls (Circus)' (from Songs and Music from 'She's the One', 1996) – 4:24
'The Waiting' (from Hard Promises, 1981) – 3:57
'Don't Come Around Here No More' (Petty, David A. Stewart) (from Southern Accents, 1985) – 5:04
'Southern Accents' (from Southern Accents) – 4:43
'Angel Dream (No. 2)' (from Songs and Music from 'She's the One') – 2:26
'Dreamville' (from The Last DJ, 2002) – 3:47
'I Should Have Known It' (from Mojo, 2010) – 3:39
'Refugee' (Petty, Campbell) (from Damn the Torpedoes) – 3:20
'American Girl' (from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) – 3:33
'The Best of Everything' (alternate version, original version from Southern Accents) – 5:26

Disc 2

'Wildflowers' (from Wildflowers) – 3:11
'Learning to Fly' (Petty, Lynne) (from Into the Great Wide Open, 1991) – 4:01
'Here Comes My Girl' (Petty, Campbell) (from Damn the Torpedoes) – 4:24
'The Last DJ' (from The Last DJ) – 3:30
'I Need to Know' (from You're Gonna Get It!) – 2:23
'Scare Easy' (Mudcrutch, 2008) – 4:36
'You Got Lucky' (Petty, Campbell) (from Long After Dark, 1982) – 3:32
'Runnin' Down a Dream' (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) (from Full Moon Fever) – 4:22
'American Dream Plan B' (Hypnotic Eye, 2014) – 3:00
'Stop Draggin' My Heart Around' (with Stevie Nicks) (Petty, Campbell) (from Nicks' album Bella Donna, 1981) – 4:03
'Trailer' (from Mudcrutch 2, 2016) – 3:19
'Into the Great Wide Open' (Petty, Lynne) (from Into the Great Wide Open) – 3:42
'Room at the Top' (from Echo, 1999) – 5:01
'Square One' (from Highway Companion) – 3:26
'Jammin' Me' (Petty, Campbell, Bob Dylan) (from Let Me Up (I've Had Enough), 1987) – 4:03
'Even the Losers' (from Damn the Torpedoes) – 3:35
'Hungry No More' (from Mudcrutch 2) – 5:56
'I Forgive It All' (from Mudcrutch 2) – 4:14
'For Real' (previously unreleased, recorded in August 2000) – 3:52

The vinyl edition has 4 LPs:

LP 1: A side (disc 1, tracks 1–5)/B side (disc 1, tracks 6–10)
LP 2: A side (disc 1, tracks 11–15)/B side (disc 1, tracks 16–19)
LP 3: A side (disc 2, tracks 1–5)/B side (disc 2, tracks 6–10)
LP 4: A side (disc 2, tracks 11–15)/B side (disc 2, tracks 16–19)

Personnel[edit]

Tom Petty – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboards, drums on 'Saving Grace', bass guitar on 'Scare Easy', 'Hungry No More', and 'I Fo