Petty, Tom – Let Me Up, I”ve Had Enough

180-gram vinyl

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are releasing stand-alone 180-gram vinyl reissues, all but one included as part of The Complete Studio Albums Volume 1 (1976-1991) released last year to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the band”s self-titled debut album.

Each LP includes full replica artwork.

“”Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers spent much of 1986 on the road as Bob Dylan”s backing band. Dylan”s presence proved to be a huge influence on the Heartbreakers, turning them away from the well-intentioned but slick pretensions of Southern Accents and toward a loose, charmingly ramshackle roots rock that harked back to their roots yet exhibited the professional eclecticism they developed during the mid-”80s.

“”All of this was on full display on Let Me Up (I”ve Had Enough), their simplest and best album since Hard Promises. Not to say that Let Me Up is a perfect album — far from it, actually. Filled with loose ends, song fragments, and unvarnished productions, it”s a defiantly messy album, and it”s all the better for it, especially arriving on the heels of the well-groomed Accents. Apart from the (slightly dated) rant ”Jammin” Me” (co-written by Dylan, but you can”t tell), there aren”t any standouts on the record, but there”s no filler either — it”s just simply a good collection of ballads (”Runaway Trains”), country-rockers (”The Damage You”ve Done”), pop/rock (”All Mixed Up,” ”Think About Me”), and hard rockers (”Let Me Up [I”ve Had Enough]”).”” — AllMusic