Artist: TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
Album: INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN (CD)

Year: 1991
EAN/UPS: 0008811031725
Media type: CD

Into the Great Wide Open is the eighth studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, first released in July 1991. The album was the band's last with MCA Records. The album was the second Petty produced with Jeff Lynne after the success of 1989's Full Moon Fever.

First single "Learning to Fly" became his joint longest-running number one single (along with "The Waiting") on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, spending six weeks at the top spot. Second single "Out in the Cold" also made #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, albeit only for two weeks.

All songs were written by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, except where noted.

TRACKLIST:

1."Learning to Fly" – 4:02
2."Kings Highway" (Petty) – 3:08
3."Into the Great Wide Open" – 3:43
4."Two Gunslingers" (Petty) – 3:09
5."The Dark of the Sun" – 3:23
6."All or Nothin'" (Petty, Mike Campbell, Lynne) – 4:07
7."All the Wrong Reasons" – 3:46
8."Too Good to Be True" (Petty) – 3:59
9."Out in the Cold" – 3:40
10."You and I Will Meet Again" (Petty) – 3:42
11."Makin' Some Noise" (Petty, Campbell, Lynne) – 3:27
12."Built to Last" – 4:00

LINE-UP:

Tom Petty - Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion, Bass, Harmonica, Producer
Mike Campbell - Guitar, Bass, Dobro, Keyboards, Producer, Slide Guitar
Howie Epstein - Bass, Vocals
Benmont Tench - Piano, Electric Piano, Vibraphone, Accordion, Organ
Stan Lynch - Drums, Percussion
Jeff Lynne - Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer
Roger McGuinn - Vocals