Echo (Tom Petty album)

Infobox Album | Name = Echo
Type = Album
Artist = Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers


Released = 13 April 1999
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Rock
Length = 62:06
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Rick Rubin, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Apx3ibk590akx link]
Last album = "Songs and Music from "She's the One""
(1996)
This album = "Echo"
(1999)
Next album = ""
(2000) |

"Echo" is the tenth studio album by United States rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, first released in April 1999 (see 1999 in music). The album reached #10 on the Billboard 200 aided by the singles "Free Girl Now", "Swingin'" and "Room At The Top" which hit #5, #17 and #19 respectively on "Billboard's" Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1999. The album was the band's last collaboration with producer Rick Rubin. "Echo" was certified Gold (500,000 copies sold) by the R.I.A.A. in July of 1999, a mere three months after it was originally released. "Echo" is the only Heartbreakers' album to contain a lead vocal from another member of the band. Mike Campbell takes his first lead vocal on "I Don't Wanna Fight". Tragically, "Echo" would be the last Heartbreakers' album to feature contributions from long time Heartbreakers' bassist/vocalist Howie Epstein as he would die of a heroin overdose in 2003. Howie's trademark harmony vocals are present throughout the album, most notably during the hook to the single "Swingin".

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Petty, except where noted.
# "Room at the Top" – 5:00
# "Counting on You" – 4:05
# "Free Girl Now" – 3:30
# "Lonesome Sundown" – 4:32
# "Swingin'" – 5:30
# "Accused of Love" – 2:45
# "Echo" – 6:36
# "Won't Last Long" – 4:22
# "Billy the Kid" – 4:08
# "I Don't Wanna Fight" (Mike Campbell) – 2:47
# "This One's for Me" – 2:42
# "No More" – 3:15
# "About to Give Out" – 3:12
# "Rhino Skin" – 3:57
# "One More Day, One More Night" – 5:37

Personnel

* Tom Petty - guitars, harmonica, vocals
* Mike Campbell - lead guitars, bass, lead vocals on "I Don't Wanna Fight"
* Benmont Tench - pianos, organ, chamberlin, clavinet
* Howie Epstein - bass, harmony/background vocals
* Scott Thurston - acoustic and electric guitars, background vocals
* Steve Ferrone - drums
* Lenny Castro - percussion

* Martyn Atkins - art direction and photography
* Christine Cano - art direction and design