Full Moon Fever (CD - 1989)

Personnel: Tom Petty (vocals, acoustic, electric, 6 & 12 string guitars, keyboards, tambourine, handclaps, sound effects); George Harrison (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Mike Campbell (guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, keyboards, bass); Jeff Lynne (guitar, keyboards, bass, handclaps, sound effects, background vocals); Benmont Tench (piano); Jim Keltner (drums, maracas, tambourine); Phil Jones (drums, percussion); Alan Weidel (handclaps); Kelsey Campbell, Del Shannon (sound effects); Howie Epstein, Roy Orbison (background vocals).

Producers: Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Mike Cambell.

Engineers include: Mike Cambell, Don Smith, Bill Bottrell.

Recorded in Mike Campbell's Garage, Los Angeles, California.

There is a "special message" between tracks 5 and 6 which is found exclusively on the CD.

Personnel: Tom Petty (vocals, acoustic, electric, 6 & 12 string guitars, keyboards, tambourine, handclaps, sound effects); George Harrison (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Mike Campbell (guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, keyboards, bass); Jeff Lynne (guitar, keyboards, bass, handclaps, sound effects, background vocals); Benmont Tench (piano); Jim Keltner (drums, maracas, tambourine); Phil Jones (drums, percussion); Alan Weidel (handclaps); Kelsey Cambell, Del Shannon (sound effects); Howie Epstein, Roy Orbison (background vocals).

Producers: Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Mike Cambell.

Engineers include: Mike Cambell, Don Smith, Bill Bottrell.

There is a "special message" between tracks 5 and 6 which is found exclusively on the CD.

This album is just damn good fun--a great collection of easy-going rock songs, crafted not to change the world, but certainly to make it just a little brighter. Petty's first solo project (without the Heartbreakers), FULL MOON FEVER shares the goodtime feel of the Traveling Wilburys' contemporary "Handle With Care." This is not altogether surprising; Jeff Lynne co-produced and George Harrison and Roy Orbison guest. The only non-Petty composition is a version of Gene Clark's "Feel A Whole Lot Better," while "Zombie Zoo," a bewildered parent's diatribe on the kids of today, comes perilously close to social commentary. minimize