Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersInto the Great Wide Open

Warm, gleaming, and unhurried, like an open highway at dusk. Jeff Lynne's stacked harmonies and glassy production give the whole band that sunlit California polish, while Mike Campbell's Rickenbackers chime through the storybook title track. But "Out in the Cold" brings grit, biting guitar cutting against the sheen. The bridge between the Heartbreakers' 80s run and Petty's introspective 90s. Drop the needle and hit the road.