Wildflowers (Tom Petty album)

Wildflowers
Studio album by
Tom Petty
ReleasedNovember 1, 1994 (1994-11-01)[1]
RecordedJuly 20, 1992 – April 29, 1994
Studio
Genre
Length62:48
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Tom Petty chronology
Greatest Hits
(1993) 		Wildflowers
(1994) 		Playback
(1995)
Singles from Wildflowers
  1. "You Don't Know How It Feels"
    Released: November 7, 1994[5]
  2. "You Wreck Me"
    Released: 1995
  3. "It's Good to Be King"
    Released: 1995
Singles from Wildflowers & All the Rest
  1. "There Goes Angela (Dream Away)"
    Released: August 20, 2020
  2. "Confusion Wheel"
    Released: September 10, 2020
  3. "Leave Virginia Alone"
    Released: October 1, 2020
  4. "Something Could Happen"
    Released: December 8, 2020[6]

Wildflowers is the second solo studio album by American musician Tom Petty, released on November 1, 1994,[1] by Warner Bros. Records. It was the first album released by Petty after signing a contract with Warner Bros., where he had recorded as part of the Traveling Wilburys. It was the first of three of his albums produced with Rick Rubin. Wildflowers was very well-received by critics upon release and was certified 3× platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2020, Wildflowers was ranked at number 214 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[7]

  1. ^ a b "25 Years on, Where's Tom Petty's Complete 'Wildflowers' Album?". November 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gundersen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Rock Hall digs into Tom Petty's life through his 'Wildflowers' period". December 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Pitchfork Staff (September 28, 2022). "The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 26, 2023. ...his second solo record was a turning point for the then-44-year-old rocker into a wiser era, strolling through folk, blues, and rock...
  5. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. November 5, 1994. p. 23.
  6. ^ "Tom Petty - Music" – via Tom Petty.com.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference RS 2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).