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Oct 12, 2018This box set will hold up well as time continues to tick forward, with plenty of fresh meat on its comfortable old bones.
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Classic Rock MagazineOct 2, 2018This is no hasty cash-in. The music is exemplary: rock'n'roll, southern gothic, serious stuff and downright fun tunes. ... There are 63 examples of Petty's art in total and they illustrate that his range was far wider than some think. [Oct 2018, p.92]
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Oct 2, 2018This box winds up as a fitting tribute to a rocker whose touch was so casual, he could be easy to take for granted, but when his work is looked at as a whole, he seems like a giant.
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Oct 2, 2018Altogether, An American Treasure is the perfect posthumous compilation for an artist that deserves a perfect posthumous compilation. It reminds you of the fire Petty started out with and the dignified songwriter he became, and how he never lost a step.
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Oct 5, 2018Working mostly chronologically, this set flows so that you feel you’re riding alongside him.
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UncutOct 2, 2018The best parts of An American Treasure are the snapshots of a less self-straitened Petty. [Nov 2018, p.48]
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MojoOct 2, 2018Alternative views of some other well-known songs affirm Petty's fundamental strengths as a composer and the Heartbreakers' interpretive flexibility. [Oct 2018, p.98]
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Oct 2, 2018Tom Petty inarguably was an American treasure, and this set offers a different valuation of what that means. Beyond the chart crushers, he was an even more thoughtful poet, precise in capturing life’s pleasures and acrimonies, and a perfectionist. When you cut away the stuff that’s already out there from the set, it makes you want to know more.
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Dec 6, 2018The music remained classic rock with the "& roll" restored. Comparatively, the surrounding tunes on the radio were pandering nonsense. An American Treasure demonstrates everything we're missing with Tom Petty's absence. The loss is profound.