Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers announce their 2014 North American tour and the July 29th release of their new album on Reprise Records, Hypnotic Eye.

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Hypnotic Eye is the thirteenth and final studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on July 29, 2014, by Reprise Records. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the only Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album ever to top the chart. Hypnotic Eye was nominated for the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album

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What prevents Hypnotic Eye from sliding into the arena of soft, desperate nostalgia is a combination of muscle and savvy, a combination that gives the album a strong infrastructure - Petty strips his songs to the bone; they're so lean they feel as if they clock in at two minutes, even if they run twice that long - and a. sonic wallop.

For Tom Petty, the challenges on Hypnotic Eye were many: To put out an album that reclaimed his rock edge, without resorting to lo-fi hipsterisms. To deal with this world's broader betrayals, while keeping his message firmly rooted in personal stories. To simultaneously decry the always-on but unseeing eye of technology, while finding a way to connect with a generation absorbed in its buzzy glow. Petty never sounds comfortable, though, much less satisfied. Red River" updates the Heartbreakers' latent Byrds influences with a nasty attitude. Even "U Get Me High" – a song that on its surface might seem like a sun-flecked paean to love – finds Petty cornered, lashing out: "I ain't afraid of what people sa. As such, it's perhaps of little surprise to learn Petty has a sign sitting near the home studio where he recorded Hypnotic Eye that warns visitors: "Beware Cranky Hippie.

Hypnotic Eye is the 13th studio album from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and the first album from the band in four years. I knew I wanted to do a rock & roll record, " Petty told Rolling Stone in April. We hadn't made a straight hard-rockin' record, from beginning to end, in a long time. Exclusive discount for Prime members. Sample this album Artist (Sample).

After a nearly 37-year wait, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers earn their first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. The band's new Hypnotic Eye arrives atop the chart, selling 131,000 copies in the week ending Aug. 3, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the best debut sales week for Petty since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991, and his best sales frame overall (debut or otherwise) since 1994, when his solo album Wildflowers sold 161,000 in the week after Christmas. Sales for Hypnotic Eyewere aided by an album promotion with Petty's current concert tour. Customers who bought a ticket to Petty's shows had the option of also receiving the album as part of their purchase. Only albums that were redeemed by the consumer count as sales toward Billboard's charts.

Petty and band return with their hardest-rocking album in 25 years. Oh yeah, all right! It’s a shame that album covers are rarely equipped with the catchy taglines that are routine for movie posters. Maybe music consumers ought to get their own equivalents to in space no one can hear you scream or an offer you can’t refuse. If that were rectified, the Hollywood marketing team would have an easy task with Hypnotic Eye, the 13th studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Hypnotic Eye," only the second Heartbreakers album in 12 years, closes the argument. Opening with a basic statement of purpose - "I'm gonna make my way through this world some day/ I don't care what nobody say" - Petty and band roll through a collection whose emotions range from profound love to bitter cynicism. Petty tackles optimism on "American Dream Plan B" and recalls midnight interludes on the lovely midtempo love song "Red River. The tangled guitar line that opens "Power Drunk," courtesy of Mike Campbell, mixes with keyboard.