1994-11-01
Wildflowers
Tom Petty
By Maeve C.
Rick Rubin produced most of Wildflowers with Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, in sessions at Sound City in Van Nuys and Ocean Way in Hollywood that stretched from July 1992 to April 1994. The record carries Petty’s name alone, with Steve Ferrone on drums alongside Campbell, Benmont Tench and Howie Epstein.
Petty had planned a 25-song double album; Warner’s Lenny Waronker had it trimmed to fifteen. What remained includes “You Don’t Know How It Feels”, which reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as “You Wreck Me”, “It’s Good To Be King” and the closing “Wake Up Time”.
Sources
Rights-holder metadata (℗ 1994 Warner Records Inc.), UK storefront: release date 1 November 1994.Independent corroboration: released on November 1, 1994, by Warner Bros. (AllMusic gives the same date); recorded July 1992 to April 1994 at Sound City and Ocean Way; Rubin, Petty, Campbell producing; 25-song plan cut to 15 by Lenny Waronker; You Don't Know How It Feels No. 13. MusicBrainz dates two European CDs to 31 October 1994 without citing a source; no primary evidence of an earlier European issue was found, so 1 November is used (moved from the 31 October candidate list). Candidate catalogue title is 'Wildflowers & All The Rest' but the master tracklist is the 15-song 1994 album.