Wildflowers by Tom Petty

Wildflowers is not Tom Petty’s tightest album, nor his easiest to listen to. There’s hopelessness and anger; disappointment and regret. Its disparate modes — blues, country, folk, power-pop, torch songs — are connected by the roads, both literal and figurative, that led him to where he found himself: lonely, middle-aged, digging through his consciousness as one would ransack a room to find a small, lost object. Featured songs:WildflowersTime to Move OnYou Wreck MeIt’s Good to Be KingTo Find a FriendWake Up TimeThe conversation continues on my Substack page