I listened to the second Mudcrutch album and Hypnotic Eye again, which I both hadn't heard in a while.
Mudcrutch 2 (his last released album essentially) is actually about the only album he worked on I don't find all that special, compared to the first Mudcrutch or his other albums, solo or with Heartbreakers.
By no means is it bad, but the songs are a bit short mostly (around 3 minutes), with only two longer cuts of around 6 minutes: Beautiful Blue and Hungry No More, which also are the two best songs on it I would say.
Apart from Petty the other members of the band sing lead on songs too, but none of them have a very distinctive voice.
I love the sleeve though, of two young bears who have some sort of stand-off it seems.
Also the album comes with an art-card which feels very 'Dark Tower': a cowboy with a horse and above it a red rose.
Hypnotic Eye on the other hand is a very worthy swansong with the Heartbreakers. I had forgotten how good it was. It really rocks the way a Heartbreakers record should, with more reflective songs in between.
I always though it would be great if he had recorded a duet with Sheryl Crow. I once heard her state as a kind of career mission that she wanted to make a solid discography like Petty (which she has done a great job of). But it seems he has limited his collaboration with female singers to Stevie Nicks.
Mudcrutch 2 (his last released album essentially) is actually about the only album he worked on I don't find all that special, compared to the first Mudcrutch or his other albums, solo or with Heartbreakers.
By no means is it bad, but the songs are a bit short mostly (around 3 minutes), with only two longer cuts of around 6 minutes: Beautiful Blue and Hungry No More, which also are the two best songs on it I would say.
Apart from Petty the other members of the band sing lead on songs too, but none of them have a very distinctive voice.
I love the sleeve though, of two young bears who have some sort of stand-off it seems.
Also the album comes with an art-card which feels very 'Dark Tower': a cowboy with a horse and above it a red rose.
Hypnotic Eye on the other hand is a very worthy swansong with the Heartbreakers. I had forgotten how good it was. It really rocks the way a Heartbreakers record should, with more reflective songs in between.
I always though it would be great if he had recorded a duet with Sheryl Crow. I once heard her state as a kind of career mission that she wanted to make a solid discography like Petty (which she has done a great job of). But it seems he has limited his collaboration with female singers to Stevie Nicks.