Hard Promises

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Hard Promises
Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released	May, 1981
Recorded	1981 (?)
Genre	Heartland rock
Length	39:30
Label	Backstreet
Producer(s)	Jimmy Iovine
Professional reviews
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Damn the Torpedoes (1979)	Hard Promises (1981)	Long After Dark (1982)

Hard Promises is the fourth album by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers released in May of 1981. It features guest vocals from Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac on the duet "Insider." They would also record the hit "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" together.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Waiting" (Petty) – 3:58
2. "A Woman in Love" (Petty/Campbell) – 4:21
3. "Nightwatchman" (Petty/Campbell) – 3:59
4. "Something Big" (Petty) – 4:44
5. "Kings Road" (Petty) – 3:26
6. "Letting You Go" (Petty) – 3:24
7. "A Thing About You" (Petty) – 3:32
8. "Insider" (Petty) – 4:23
9. "The Criminal Kind" (Petty) – 4:00
10. "You Can Still Change Your Mind (Petty/Campbell) – 4:15

[edit] Personnel

• Tom Petty - Lead Vocals, 12 & 6 string guitar electric & acoustic guitars, bass & electric piano on "Something Big"
• Mike Campbell - 12 & 6 string guitar electric guitars, auto-harp, accordion, harmonium, & bass guitar
• Benmont Tench - Organ, piano, & background vocals
• Stan Lynch - Drums & background vocals
• Ron Blair - Bass

Additional Musicians:

• Phil Jones - Percussion on all tracks
• Stevie Nicks - Harmony on "Insider"
• Sharon Celani & Stevie Nicks - Background Vocals on "You Can Still Change Your Mind"
• Alan "Bugs" Weidel - piano on "Nightwatchman"

[edit] In Popular Culture

• In "The Simpsons" episode The Cartridge Family, "The Waiting" is played as Homer sits in his yard waiting to get his pistol.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty | Ron Blair | Mike Campbell | Howie Epstein | Stan Lynch | Benmont Tench
Steve Ferrone | Scott Thurston
Discography
Studio albums: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | You're Gonna Get It! | Damn the Torpedoes | Hard Promises | Long After Dark | Southern Accents Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) | Into the Great Wide Open | Songs and Music from "She's the One" | Echo | The Last DJ
Tom Petty solo albums: Full Moon Fever | Wildflowers | Highway Companion
Tom Petty with Traveling Wilburys: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3
Compilations: Greatest Hits | Playback | Anthology: Through The Years
Live albums: Pack up the Plantation: Live! | Live at the Olympic: The Last DJ
Production
Jimmy Iovine | Robbie Robertson | Jeff Lynne | Rick Rubin | George Drakoulias