Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) - 1987

 

There are lots of influences to be found on this under-appreciated Petty & The Heartbreakers album, derived mostly from Dire Straits-Mark Knopfler, Springsteen and eighties-era Dylan. 

This was released during the time that Petty and The Heartbreakers were touring as Dylan's backing band and you can tell. I really like the rootsy rock sound on this album and always thoroughly enjoy every track. It is a bit of an underrated album within Petty's canon - I much prefer it to Wildflowers and Southern Accents, for example, loving the Knopfler-esque melodic rock-blues vibe that dominates the whole album, making it one of his very best, in my opinion. 

Highlights here are the rocking Let Me Up, All Mixed Up, The Damage You’ve Done, Think About Me, the laid-back, smoky rock of Counting On You and the excellent Bob Dylan co-write, the gloriously riffy and Stonesy Jammin’ Me. On My Life/Your World there is even a bit of a Bryan Ferry vibe. None of the tracks on the album are particular stand outs, but there are certainly no duffers either, not in any way. 

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