Premetto che Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers sono in assoluto tra le migliori realtà del Rock americano e il fatto di non aver trovato nessuna recensione mi ha lasciato alquanto perplesso... e perciò vi ho posto rimedio con quest'album datato 1991.

Per chi non conosce il nostro, (se così è corri a comprarti 'sto disco che è pure nice price!!!) è in pista dal 1975 e i suoi riferimenti musicali sono principalmente Byrds e Dylan (col quale non per niente han fatto un tour intero, il mitico "True Confession Tour"), Stones e Chuck Berry, il tutto spruzzato di Nobile Pop (vagamente Beatlesiano per intenderci) e Southern Rock.

L'album si apre con "Learning To Fly" e si parte alla grande! Brano caratterizzato da un testo molto significativo e una parte strumentale accattivante, solare come solo Petty sa fare. La successiva "Kings Highway" è un altro grande pezzo d'ascoltare tutto d'un fiato! É il momento della Title-Track "Into The Great Wide Open", melodia eccelsa, raramente ho sentito un suono così ricco e di ampio respiro. Una perla di rara bellezza (qualcuno di voi si ricorderà certamente il video trasmesso a raffica da MTV nei primi anni novanta, quello con Johnny Deep per capirsi.
Poi viene "Two Gunslingers" altra gran bella canzone, e la qualità rimane alta e inalterata con le successive "The Dark Of The Sun", "All Or Nothin", "All The Wrong Reasons" (perfetta pop-song dal ritornello facile facile), "Too Good To Be True", "You And I Will Meet Again" (dovre troviamo la presenza della Rickenbacker del grande Roger McGuinn), "Built To Last".
Per finire "Out In The Cool" e "Makin' Some Noise" (grandi Rock song dal suono abrasivo). Tutto il disco è un trionfo di chitarre e cori, da non dimenticare poi la presenza come musicista e co-autore dell'ottimo Jeff Lynne (vedi E.L.O. o anche il Super gruppo "Traveling Wilburys", dicono niente?)

Nel mio cuore questo disco merita un 5 ma volendo essere oggettivi e visto che i 5 non li regalo come ho visto fare da diversi DeRecensori, gli diamo un bel 4... strapieno però!!!!

Elenco tracce e testi

01   Learning To Fly (04:02)

Well I started out down a dirty road
Started out all alone
And the sun went down as I crossed the hill
And the town lit up, the world got still

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing

Well the good ol' days may not return
And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing

Well some say life will beat you down
Break your heart, steal your crown
So I've started out, for God knows where
I guess I'll know when I get there

I'm learning to fly, around the clouds,
But what goes up must come down

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing

02   You And I Will Meet Again (03:42)

03   Makin' Some Noise (03:27)

04   Built To Last (04:00)

05   Kings Highway (03:08)

06   Into The Great Wide Open (03:43)

Eddie waited 'til he finished high school
He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
The future was wide open

They moved into a place they both could afford
He found a nightclub he could work at the door
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords
The sky was the limit

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue

The papers said Ed always played from the heart
He got an agent and a roadie named Bart
They made a record and it went in the chart
The sky was the limit

His leather jacket had chains that would jingle
They both met movie stars, partied and mingled
Their A&R man said "I don't hear a single"
The future was wide open

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Into the great wide open
A rebel without a clue

07   Two Gunslingers (03:09)

08   The Dark Of The Sun (03:23)

09   All Or Nothin' (04:07)

(Tom Petty/Mike Campbell/Jeff Lynne)
Your daaddy was a Sgt. Major
You didn't wanna but he made you
Wipe his brass from time to time
It left a picture in your mind. You know? You know?
CHORUS
You want it all, you want it all
All or nothin'
Here am I a fallen arrow
My load is wide, my street is narrow
My skin is thicker, my heart is tougher
I don't mind workin', but I'm scared to suffer
You know? You know?
CHORUS
Sweet chariots of L.A. swing low
At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow
So keep one eye on the weather
You had it good, you wanted better
You know? You know?
CHORUS
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10   All The Wrong Reasons (03:46)

11   Too Good To Be True (03:59)

12   Out In The Cold (03:40)

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