Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) (1987)
1. Jammin' Me
2. Runaway Trains
3. The Damage You've Done
4. It'll All Work Out
5. My Life/ You're World
6. Think About Me
7. All Mixed Up
8. A Self-Made Man
9. Ain't Love Strange
10.How Many More Days?
11.Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
 
After the somewhat experimental
project of Southern Accents, Petty
decided to go a bit back to the basics. Now that it was almost the
late 1980's, it's not too surprising that the record is somewhat
enhanced a bit by what some would consider too many keyboards and
synthesizer sound effects. Petty was always able, however, to sound
like himself and no matter what "style" he was pursuing, and he was always able to
keep the vast majority of his fans happy.
The album starts out with its two strongest cuts, the single Jammin'
Me and the highly melodic Runaway Train. Nothing on the
album sounds quite as strong as these two songs, but its really hard to
describe the rest of the album as "filler" - at least in the sense that
all of the songs sound very good. His experiments into the unknown come
out well received - as in the Eastern Waltz-like tune It'll All Work
Out, or the somewhat retro ditty All Mixed Up that has just
enough synthesized sound to make it sound "eighties-ish".
There are a few songs that sound just like the Petty of old, such as the
heavy riff oriented Think About Me or the closing title cut that
doesn't lose any perspective towards what a rock and roll album should
sound like.
The whole album might not be as memorable as some of his well known
stuff, but the entire record is a fun listen from beginning to end, and
this one quietly became one of his stronger releases of his career.
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