Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Tom Petty's "Wildflowers" (Season 1, Episode 3)
Podcast Episode | 42 min | Music, Talk-Show

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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums

Tom Petty's "Wildflowers" (Season 1, Episode 3)

Podcast Episode | 42 min | Music, Talk-Show

In the third episode of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest albums, we go inside the emotional story of Tom Petty's "Wildflowers", a 1994 solo album that the singer, along with many fans, felt was the best work of his entire career. For a variety...See moreIn the third episode of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest albums, we go inside the emotional story of Tom Petty's "Wildflowers", a 1994 solo album that the singer, along with many fans, felt was the best work of his entire career. For a variety of reasons, Petty never could stop thinking about "Wildflowers"; in fact, it was on his mind right before he died. Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, and Steve Ferrone of the Heartbreakers along with Petty's daughter Adria, wife Dana, and "Wildflowers" Executive Producer George Drakoulias discuss how the album was born over a fraught two year period marked by the breakdown of Petty's first marriage, and a time of depression and uncertainty that followed. This mental state produced songs like "It's Good To Be King" and "You Don't Know How It Feels" that seem light and cheerful on the surface, but are actually expressing deep pain. We also share unheard audio from the Rolling Stone archives of Petty speaking about "Wildflowers" and his hopes for a deluxe edition that didn't want up coming out until three years after his death. Later in the episode, Rolling Stone staffers David Browne, Angie Martoccio and Andy Greene join Spanos to discuss the album's legacy. See less

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David Browne Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You (2002)
Mike Campbell Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
George Drakoulias Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Barbie (I) (2023)
Steve Ferrone Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
Andy Greene Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
Angie Martoccio Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums (2020)
Brittany Spanos Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands
Benmont Tench Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Joy (I) (2015)