Tom Petty "Full Moon Fever MCA MCG 6034 A1U/B1U UK 1ST Press with inner
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Tom Petty ? "Full Moon Fever" MCA Records ?MCG 6034 UK 1st Pressing. Vinyl LP, housed in a glossy card inner sleeve with lyrics, credits, and artwork. The album was released in 1989.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in really great shape. Similarly, the printed inner sleeve shows little sign of wear . The sleeve itself shows minimal signs of wear, apart from a few bumps to the corners, and is in great condition. The spine is intact and completely legible. Matrix / Runout (A-side): BILBO,TAPE ONE MCG 6034 A-1U-1-1 Matrix / Runout (B-side): BILBO,TAPE ONE MCG 6034 B-1U-1-1
"Full Moon Fever" is Tom Petty's first solo album, released on April 24, 1989 by MCA Records. It features contributions from members of his backing band the Heartbreakers, notably Mike Campbell, along with Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison (who died prior to its release), and George Harrison of the Traveling Wilburys. The record shows Petty exploring his musical roots with nods to his influences. The songwriting is mainly collaborations between Petty and Lynne, who was also a producer on the album. The album became a commercial and critical success peaking at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and being certified 5× platinum in the United States and 6× platinum in Canada.
The album, which became Petty's commercial peak as an artist, was helped by favourable critical reviews and three hit singles. The album was released on April 24, 1989 and rose to eventually peak at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and No. 8 in the UK. Five singles were released from the album; two hit the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and three topped the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. The RIAA certified Full Moon Fever 5x platinum on October 5, 2000 in the US and the CRIA certified it 6× platinum on September 18, 1991 in Canada.
Critical praise was generally high, with AllMusic giving the album 4-and-a-half stars, admiring the craft of the album and rivalling it with the Heartbreakers' "Damn the Torpedoes". This review notes there are no weak tracks on the album, calling it a "minor masterpiece". The original Rolling Stone review compared the album favourably to the Travelling Wilburys' debut, "Travelling Wilburys Vol. 1", saying it has the "same restless charm", but commenting that "Full Moon Fever" at times seems "sprawling". The review claims the album is "another rewarding, low-key side project for Petty", giving it three-and-a-half stars out of five. A later Rolling Stone biographer claims "Full Moon Fever" was a "masterful solo album". It was ranked number 92 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s.
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