Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: The Best Of Everything – The Definitive Career-Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016
“This collection of personal favorites and important milestones is the
first anthology to span Petty’s entire career, from the first album to
Mudcrutch 2. The final track, “For Real,” is a previously unreleased song
not unlike the kind of intimate letter Petty often sent to friends or
associates. In an e-mail world, he liked the look of pen on paper. It’s an
appropriate grace note to close this gathering of songs, chosen by
Petty’s closest band and family: Adria Petty, Dana Petty, Mike Campbell and
Benmont Tench, and longtime studio collaborator Ryan Ulyate. It’s a banquet,
but it’s also an appetizer. For the newer fans, let it be an invitation to
get
lost in the bounty of albums, all of them stocked with songs for every feel or
occasion, quiet and loud, reverent and foolish, always deep and true. For every
“Learning to Fly,” or “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” there’s a
“Walls” or a “You Wreck Me.” Or an “American Dream Plan B.” And why
stop there? When was the last time you got all the way into The Last DJ? It all
awaits you.” – Cameron Crowe (excerpt from new package essay)