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Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released May 5 1981
Recorded 1980-81
Genre Heartland rock
Length 39:33
Label Backstreet Records/MCA
Producer Jimmy Iovine
Professional reviews
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Damn the Torpedoes
(1979)		Hard Promises
(1981)		Long After Dark
(1982)


Hard Promises is the fourth album by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers released in May, 1981. Its original working title was Benmont's Revenge.[1] It features guest vocals from Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac on the duet "Insider." They would also record the hit "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" for Nicks' album Bella Donna.

This was the second Tom Petty album on the Backstreet Records label. The album's release was delayed while Petty and his distributor MCA Records argued about the list price. The album was slated to be the next MCA release with the new list price of $9.98, following Steely Dan's Gaucho and the Xanadu soundtrack. This so-called "superstar pricing" was $1.00 more than the standard industry price of $8.98. Petty refused to comply to their wishes, threatening to use his artistic control to change the album title to "$9.98" so he could call attention to the price hike. He threatened to withhold the album from the label and organized a fan protest. Rather than risk further negative publicity the record company agreed to a list price of $8.98.

Track listing

  1. "The Waiting" (Petty) – 3:58
  2. "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" (Petty/Campbell) – 4:22
  3. "Nightwatchman" (Petty/Campbell) – 3:59
  4. "Something Big" (Petty) – 4:44
  5. "Kings Road" (Petty) – 3:27
  6. "Letting You Go" (Petty) – 3:24
  7. "A Thing About You" (Petty) – 3:33
  8. "Insider" (Petty) – 4:23
  9. "The Criminal Kind" (Petty) – 4:00
  10. "You Can Still Change Your Mind'' (Petty/Campbell) – 4:15

Personnel

  • Tom Petty - Lead Vocals, 12 & 6 string guitar electric & acoustic guitars, bass & electric piano on "Something Big"
  • Mike Campbell - 12 & 6 string guitar electric guitars, auto-harp, accordion, harmonium, & bass guitar
  • Benmont Tench - Organ, piano, & background vocals
  • Stan Lynch - Drums & background vocals
  • Ron Blair - Bass
Additional Musicians:
  • Phil Jones - Percussion on all tracks
  • Stevie Nicks - Harmony on "Insider"
  • Sharon Celani & Stevie Nicks - Background Vocals on "You Can Still Change Your Mind"
  • Alan "Bugs" Weidel - piano on "Nightwatchman"

In Popular Culture

  • In The Simpsons episode "The Cartridge Family", "The Waiting" is played as Homer sits in his yard waiting to get his pistol.

References

1. ^ Goldstein, Patrick. "Pop Eye" Los Angeles Times Sept. 21, 1980: T80.


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Tom Petty | Mike Campbell | Scott Thurston | Ron Blair | Benmont Tench | Steve Ferrone
Howie Epstein | Stan Lynch
Discography
Studio albums: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | You're Gonna Get It! | Damn the Torpedoes | Hard Promises | Long After Dark | Southern Accents | Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) | Into the Great Wide Open | Songs and Music from "She's the One" | Echo | The Last DJ
Tom Petty solo albums: Full Moon Fever | Wildflowers | Highway Companion
Tom Petty with Traveling Wilburys: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3
Compilations: Greatest Hits | Playback |
Live albums: |
Production
Jimmy Iovine | David A. Stewart | Robbie Robertson | Jeff Lynne | Rick Rubin | George Drakoulias
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Damn the Torpedoes
(1979) Hard Promises
(1981)

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Long After Dark
(1982) Southern Accents
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B-side(s) Kind of Woman
Released February 20, 1982
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Recorded 1981
Genre Hard Rock
Length 3:55
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