You're Gonna Get It! (Remastered) Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

• 1When The Time Comes02:48
• 2You're Gonna Get It02:57
• 3Hurt03:17
• 4Magnolia02:59
• 5Too Much Ain't Enough02:46
• 6I Need To Know02:23
• 7Listen To Her Heart03:01
• 8No Second Thoughts02:38
• 9Restless03:22
• 10Baby's A Rock 'N' Roller02:54
• Total Runtime29:05

Info for You're Gonna Get It! (Remastered)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers doubled down a year and a half after their self-titled debut fooled some music fans into thinking that the Los Angeles-based classic rockers were maybe a New Wave act.

Released on May 2, 1978, You’re Gonna Get It! loaded up on Byrds-ian jingle-jangle, classic-rock guitar crunch and a few meathead riff-based songs that made it clear that Petty and his band had little in common with the skinny-tie kids and their synthesizers.

Unlike 1976’s Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, You’re Gonna Get It! comes off as a straightforward rock ‘n’ roll album with few detours – except for those that turn back to the ‘60s.

But where the debut bristled with new-band energy, the follow-up LP lags at times, barreling through some of its songs with a workmanlike thud. The heavy touring that accompanied the first album started to take its toll on the band – especially Petty, who penned 10 songs that couldn’t quite keep up with the best of the debut.

Essentially, You’re Gonna Get It! doesn’t get much breathing space. Still, the band had generated enough buzz from its debut to fuel much of the second album’s drive. The record – which was originally titled Terminal Romance – was recorded in Hollywood through 1977 and early 1978.

Fresh off the road, the group sounds tough and hard on You’re Gonna Get It! Their playing, song for song, is even better than on the debut; it’s the songs that bring them down. Only the singles "I Need to Know" and "Listen to Her Heart" have much identity among the somewhat faceless rockers.

You’re Gonna Get It! still ended up reaching No. 23 – a better showing than Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ No. 55 peak. Neither single made it to the Top 40, but "I Need to Know" almost did, stopping at No. 41.

The album went gold, the band went back on tour and they came out swinging on 1979’s Damn the Torpedoes, their masterpiece. And in a way, they needed to make You’re Gonna Get It! to get there. You can thank or blame second-album nerves, or deadlines, or even the usual sophomore slump.

"Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers didn't really knock out their second album -- it was released two years after their debut -- but it sure sounds as if they did. There are some wonderful moments on this record, but it often feels like leftovers from a strong debut, or an album written on the road, especially since the music is simply an extension of the first album. That said, when You're Gonna Get It! works, it devastates. That's not saying that "When the Time Comes" is a masterpiece, even if it's a fine opener, but it does mean that "I Need to Know" and the scathing "Listen to Her Heart" are testaments to how good this band could be when it was focused. If the rest of the album doesn't achieve this level of perfection, that's a signal that they were still finding their footing, but overall it's still a solid record, filled with good performances that are never quite as good as the songs. It's pretty good as it spins, but once it finishes, you remember those two songs at the heart of the record, maybe the opener and closer, which are stronger than the rest of the competent, enjoyable, yet unremarkable roots-rockers that surround them. Not necessarily a transitional effort -- after all, it pretty much mirrors its predecessor -- but a holding pattern that may not suggest the peaks of what's to come, but still delivers a good soundalike of the debut." (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG)

Tom Petty, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar, rhythm guitar, piano, vocals
Mike Campbell, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, twelve string guitar, lead guitar, accordion
Benmont Tench, piano, Hammond organ, keyboards, backing vocals
Ron Blair, bass, acoustic guitar, sound effects, backing vocals
Stan Lynch, drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians:
Phil Seymour, backing vocals (track 5)
Noah Shark, percussion

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