Echo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)

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Echo
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Studio album by
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
ReleasedApril 13, 1999
Genre Heartland rock
Length62:06
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Songs and Music from "She's the One"
(1996)		Echo
(1999)		 Anthology: Through the Years
(2000)
Singles from Echo
  1. "Free Girl Now"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Room at the Top"
    Released: 1999
  3. "Swingin'"
    Released: 1999
  4. "This One's For Me"
    Released: 1999
  5. "Accused of Love"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
The Essential Rock Discography 5/10 [4]
The Harvard Crimson (favorable) [5]
The Music BoxStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Echo is the tenth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Released in April 1999, the album reached number 10 on the Billboard 200 aided by singles "Free Girl Now", "Swingin'" and "Room at the Top", which hit numbers 5, 17 and 19 respectively on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1999. The album was the band's last collaboration with producer Rick Rubin, and was also the last to feature contributions from longtime bassist/vocalist Howie Epstein, who died of a heroin overdose in 2003. Despite still being a member of the band, Epstein is missing from the album's cover photo because he failed to show up for the photo shoot, and Petty ordered it to commence without him. [9] It also marks the first to feature longtime touring member Scott Thurston. Echo was certified Gold (500,000 copies sold) by the RIAA in July 1999, only three months after it was released. Echo is the only Heartbreakers' album to feature a lead vocal from another member of the band: lead guitarist Mike Campbell on "I Don't Wanna Fight".

Contents

"Free Girl Now" is also notable for being the second single by a major artist to be made available for free internet download in MP3 format by the artist. Petty's marketing decision caused concern at Warner Bros., and the download was pulled after two days, but propagated thanks to services like Napster. [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Petty, except "I Don't Wanna Fight", written by Mike Campbell

No.TitleLength
1."Room at the Top"5:00
2."Counting on You"4:05
3."Free Girl Now"3:30
4."Lonesome Sundown"4:32
5."Swingin'"5:30
6."Accused of Love"2:45
7."Echo"6:36
8."Won't Last Long"4:22
9."Billy the Kid"4:08
10."I Don't Wanna Fight"2:47
11."This One's for Me"2:42
12."No More"3:15
13."About to Give Out"3:12
14."Rhino Skin"3:57
15."One More Day, One More Night"5:37

Outtakes

Personnel

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1999"Free Girl Now"US Mainstream Rock [17] 5
"Swingin'"17
"Room at the Top"19

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [19] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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