It was also Dana (who he married in 2001) who, many years later, urged him to re-listen to and re-discover Echo, and he found that, yes, it really was a good album after all. Fortunately, Petty eventually recovered from his funk, and kicked his drug habit, as greatly helped (and probably made possible) by his developing relationship with Dana York, who nursed him through the drug recovery period. He never listened to it, and after the 1999 tour never played songs from it on subsequent tours (although interestingly, he did include 'Swingin' on some dates on his final tour (2017)). However, once the album was behind him, he didn't want to look back on it at all, it was too painful to relive. The songs on Echo are some of his darkest, but also very personal and revealing, and overall a musically excellent album. In addition, as we have only recently learned (through the Petty biography by Warren Zanes - 2015), during this period he was also struggling with heroin addiction. After his divorce, he lived alone and somewhat isolated from others.
These years (mid-late '90's) were a dark period for Petty, as he was going through rough times, with the pressures and self-examination of a failing marriage, then difficult divorce, and the unsettled aftermath. However, his feelings about the album are probably more closely related to what he was going through at the time, rather than the musical content of the album, which is excellent. Even Petty himself has indicated he was not happy with this album. Petty's next album was Echo in 1999, and is probably his most underrated album.
There was no tour in support of the album and it did not have the same degree of success as most previous albums (only reaching Gold status, instead of Platinum or beyond). The album's best-known songs was 'Walls' (which is one of my all-time favorite Petty songs).
The album consisted of a mix of new songs and some that were holdovers from the Wildflowers sessions, as well as a couple intriguing covers, and was consistent with the styles explored in Wildflowers. But this was more than just a 'soundtrack' album, as it was a full album of new music from Tom & The Boys, much of which was featured in the Edwards Burns film, She's The One. Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and Mp3 (320 kbps) versionsĬontinuing with the musical history of Tom Petty: Following the 1995 tour, Petty's next album (which was with The Heartbreakers) was Songs and Music from the Motion Picture "She's Te One" (1996).
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