Hypnotic Eye

For 1960 horror film, see The Hypnotic Eye.

All tracks are written by Tom Petty, except "Fault Lines" by Petty and Mike Campbell. All songs arranged by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Hypnotic Eye
Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released	July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29)
Recorded	August 9, 2011 – January 24, 2014
Genre	Heartland rock blues rock
Length	44:36
Label	Reprise
Producer	Tom Petty Mike Campbell Ryan Ulyate
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Kiss My Amps (Live) (2011) Hypnotic Eye (2014) An American Treasure (2018)
Tom Petty chronology
Kiss My Amps (Live) (2011) Hypnotic Eye (2014) Mudcrutch 2 (2016)

Hypnotic Eye track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"American Dream Plan B"	3:00
2.	"Fault Lines"	4:28
3.	"Red River"	3:59
4.	"Full Grown Boy"	3:26
5.	"All You Can Carry"	4:34
6.	"Power Drunk"	4:39
7.	"Forgotten Man"	2:48
8.	"Sins of My Youth"	3:49
9.	"U Get Me High"	4:11
10.	"Burnt Out Town"	3:05
11.	"Shadow People"	6:37
Total length:		44:36

Vinyl and Blu-ray bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Playing Dumb"	4:13
Total length:		48:49

Personnel

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

• Tom Petty – vocals (all tracks), rhythm guitar (all tracks but 10), lead guitar (right channel on track 9, track 10, track 11 outro), fuzz bass (track 3), high bass (track 7), bass (track 9)
• Mike Campbell – lead guitar (tracks 1–8, left channel on track 9, 11), rhythm guitar (track 10, 12)
• Benmont Tench – piano (tracks 1–7, 10–12), electric piano (track 1, 6, 11), organ (1–3, 5–9, 11–12), mellotron (tracks 4, 8, 11), synthesizer (track 5)
• Scott Thurston – rhythm guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5–8, 11), 12-string guitar (track 4), harmonica (track 2, 10, 12), tambourine (track 9), lead guitar (track 12)
• Ron Blair – bass guitar (all tracks but 9)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (all tracks), percussion (track 6, 7, 12)

Additional musicians

• Josh Jové – fuzz guitar (track 7)
• Ryan Ulyate – background vocals (track 8)

Production

• Chris Bellman – mastering
• Mike Campbell – producer
• Jeri Heiden – art direction
• Josh Jové – assistant engineer
• Greg Looper – engineer
• Tom Petty – producer
• Chase Simpson – assistant engineer
• Nick Steinhardt – design, art direction
• Ryan Ulyate – producer, mixer, recorder
• Travis Weidel – back-line technician
• Alan "Bugs" Weidel – crew chief, back-line technician, equipment manager

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Hypnotic Eye

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [18]	30
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [19]	1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [20]	5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21]	5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [22]	49
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [23]	36
Irish Albums (IRMA) [24]	13
Italian Albums (FIMI) [25]	68
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [26]	10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [27]	6
Scottish Albums (OCC) [28]	8
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [29]	6
UK Albums (OCC) [30]	7
US Billboard 200 [31]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [32]	1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Hypnotic Eye

Chart (2014)	Position
US Billboard 200 [33]	70
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [34]	13

References

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External links

• Official website