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- Summary: The four-disc, 60-tracks box set of some of the songs from late rock artist's career features remastered tracks, alternate takes, live versions, and unreleased songs compiled by his widow Dana, daughter Adria, bandmates Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, as well as producer Ryan Ulyate.
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- Record Label: Reprise
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Bar Band, Heartland Rock
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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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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 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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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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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.