Tom Petty‘s solo album Full Moon Fever is released on MCA Records. (Though many of his Heartbreakers bandmates play on the album, the album is credited to Petty alone). Fellow Traveling Wilbury Jeff Lynne produces the album and co-writes some of the songs. 
Naturally, the thing that drew me to this album was the post-Traveling Wilbury association of Petty with ELO’s Jeff Lynne, and this album is proof that this combination may have been more interesting than the combination of Lynne and George Harrison. The songs “Free Fallin'” and “A Face In The Crowd” are just a couple of the examples of the unique synergy, with Lynne contributing music and lyrics as well as his skills in the production booth. More typical Petty tunes include “Running Down A Dream”, “A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own”, and “Yer So Bad”, but even those songs sport Lynne’s trademark production.
- Free Fallin’ (4:14)
- I Won’t Back Down (2:56)
- Love is a Long Road (4:06)
- A Face in the Crowd (3:50)
- Runnin’ Down a Dream (4:23)
- Feel a Whole Lot Better (2:47)
- Yer So Bad (3:05)
- Depending On You (2:47)
- The Apartment Song (2:31)
- Alright For Now (2:00)
- A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own (3:29)
- Zombie Zoo (2:56)
Released by: MCA
Release date: 1989
Total running time: 39:04
1994 music review by Earl Green