Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersSouthern Accents

Petty pulled between two worlds here, chiming Heartbreakers guitar-rock on one side and Dave Stewart's swirling synth experiments on the other. 'Don't Come Around Here No More' floats on sitar and dreamy Alice-in-Wonderland haze, his most psychedelic moment. 'Rebels' opens on glorious ringing guitars and a smear of horns, and the title track sets a simple, gutting melody against memories of his Southern boyhood. He mangled his hand punching a wall while mixing 'Rebels.' Messy, ambitious, and quietly devastating. Worth every odd turn.