Anthology: Through The Years

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Total Tracks: 34   Total Length: 123:14

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eMusic Yearbook: 2001

By Melissa Maerz, eMusic Contributor

Was September 11, 2001 really the day the music died? It sure seemed like it at the time. Clear Channel released a memo suggesting the removal of more than 150 songs from their 1200 radio stations, declaring such tracks as Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'," Filter's "Hey Man, Nice Shot," and "all songs by Rage Against the Machine" to be "lyrically questionable" in light of the terrorist attacks. Record stores yanked the latest by hip-hop anarchists… more »

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2008 Innovators: The Gaslight Anthem

By Matthew Fritch, eMusic Contributor

Reviewers of The '59 Sound, the Gaslight Anthem's second album, spent an awful lot of words describing what the record is like rather than what it is. It's difficult to blame them. The New Brunswick, N.J., band invites Bruce Springsteen comparisons not only by virtue of its Garden State birthright; there's also a restless, Born To Run energy coursing through singer/guitarist Brian Fallon's songs about small-town regrets and big-time dreams. The '59 Sound shoots straight… more »

They Say All Music Guide

For the fan that wants more than the superb single-disc Greatest Hits yet doesn’t want to delve into actual albums or the exhaustive, rarities-heavy box set Playback, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and MCA Records offered the double-disc Anthology: Through the Years in the fall of 2000. This set basically offers all the singles and album rock radio favorites, with a couple of odd selections here and there and one new song, “Surrender.” There are a few omissions — “Make It Better (Forget About Me)” isn’t here, for instance — but not enough to really be noticeable, especially since this consolidates the bulk of Petty’s great songs and plays very, very well. Greatest Hits might have a slight edge to Anthology because of its conciseness, but this double-disc set illustrates that Petty’s catalog was deeper than just the hits. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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