Hypnotic Eye

Hypnotic Eye
Hypnotic Eye
Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released	July 29, 2014
Recorded	August 9, 2011 – January 24, 2014
Genre	Heartland rock; blues rock;
Length	44:36
Label	Reprise
Producer	Tom Petty; Mike Campbell; Ryan Ulyate;
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Tom Petty chronology
Singles from Hypnotic Eye
	"American Dream Plan B"; Released: June 10, 2014; "Red River"; Released: June 10, 2014; "U Get Me High"; Released: June 10, 2014; "Forgotten Man"; Released: June 24, 2014; "Fault Lines"; Released: July 15, 2014;

Hypnotic Eye is the thirteenth and final studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in the UK on July 28, 2014 and in the United States on July 29,^[1] by Reprise Records.^[2]^[3] The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the only Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album ever to top the chart. Hypnotic Eye was nominated for the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. It was the Heartbreakers' final studio album before disbanding in 2017, following Petty's death in October of that year.

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The first sessions for the album occurred in August 2011 at the band's Los Angeles-based rehearsal space, the "Clubhouse", where the song "Burnt-Out Town" was recorded. The album marks a stylistic return to the band's first two albums, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976) and You're Gonna Get It! (1978).^[2]

On June 10, 2014, the song "American Dream Plan B" was released as the lead single from the album, along with two additional tracks, "Red River" and "U Get Me High", from the band's website and digital stores.^[4] A month later, a CD single with "American Dream Plan B" and "U Get Me High" and a coupon for $2 off the price of the album were released.^[5]

"Forgotten Man" and "Fault Lines" were released for streaming on the band's website in early July 2014.^[6] Additionally, all five tracks released in promotion of Hypnotic Eye were released on an "interactive radio" with a tuning dial that finds the tracks for listeners.^[7]

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The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 131,000 copies in the United States; to date, it is the only Tom Petty (solo or with the Heartbreakers) album to reach the top spot on the chart.^[8]

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100^[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[10]
Billboard	^[11]
Chicago Tribune	^[12]
Exclaim!	7/10^[13]
The Observer	^[14]
PopMatters	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[15]
Spin	7/10^[16]
Uncut	8/10^[17]

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*Hypnotic Eye* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"American Dream Plan B"	3:00
2.	"Fault Lines"	4:28
3.	"Red River"	3:59
4.	"Full Grown Boy"	3:26
5.	"All You Can Carry"	4:34
6.	"Power Drunk"	4:39
7.	"Forgotten Man"	2:48
8.	"Sins of My Youth"	3:49
9.	"U Get Me High"	4:11
10.	"Burnt Out Town"	3:05
11.	"Shadow People"	6:37
Total length:		44:36

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All tracks are written by Tom Petty, except "Fault Lines" by Petty and Mike Campbell. All songs arranged by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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Vinyl and Blu-ray bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Playing Dumb"	4:13
Total length:		48:49

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty – vocals (all tracks), rhythm guitar (all tracks but 10), lead guitar (right channel on track 9, track 10, track 11 outro), fuzz bass (track 3), high bass (track 7), bass (track 9)
Mike Campbell – lead guitar (tracks 1–8, left channel on track 9, 11), rhythm guitar (track 10, 12)
Benmont Tench – piano (tracks 1–7, 10–12), electric piano (track 1, 6, 11), organ (1–3, 5–9, 11–12), mellotron (tracks 4, 8, 11), synthesizer (track 5)
Scott Thurston – rhythm guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5–8, 11), 12-string guitar (track 4), harmonica (track 2, 10, 12), tambourine (track 9), lead guitar (track 12)
Ron Blair – bass guitar (all tracks but 9)
Steve Ferrone – drums (all tracks), percussion (track 6, 7, 12)

Additional musicians

Josh Jové – fuzz guitar (track 7)
Ryan Ulyate – background vocals (track 8)

Production

Chris Bellman – mastering
Mike Campbell – producer
Jeri Heiden – art direction
Josh Jové – assistant engineer
Greg Looper – engineer
Tom Petty – producer
Chase Simpson – assistant engineer
Nick Steinhardt – design, art direction
Ryan Ulyate – producer, mixer, recorder
Travis Weidel – back-line technician
Alan "Bugs" Weidel – crew chief, back-line technician, equipment manager

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for *Hypnotic Eye*
Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[18]	30
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[19]	1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[20]	5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[21]	5
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[22]	49
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[23]	36
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[24]	13
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[25]	68
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[26]	10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[27]	6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[28]	6
UK Albums (OCC)^[29]	7
US Billboard 200^[30]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[31]	1

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Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for *Hypnotic Eye*
Chart (2014)	Position
US Billboard 200^[32]	70
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[33]	13

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Partridge, Kenneth (July 29, 2014). "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Return to Form with 'Hypnotic Eye': Track-by-Track Review". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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Kot, Greg (July 28, 2014). "Review: Tom Petty is Mr. Reliable again with 'Hypnotic Eye'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
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Côté, Thierry (July 25, 2014). "Album Review". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
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Woodcroft, Molloy (July 27, 2014). "Hypnotic Eye review – Tom Petty and company are impossible to dislike". The Observer. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
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Soto, Alfred (July 29, 2014). "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Preserve Their Legacy on 'Hypnotic Eye'". Spin. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
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[23]
"Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2014. 36. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
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"Norwegiancharts.com – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye". Hung Medien.
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"Swedishcharts.com – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye". Hung Medien.
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"Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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"Top Billboard 200 Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
[33]
"Top Rock Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard.

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[PopMatters-1] [1]
Risch, Eric (July 28, 2014). "Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Hypnotic Eye". PopMatters. Retrieved December 26, 2014.

[RS_print_p._20-2] [2]
Fricke, David (April 10, 2014). "Petty's Maximum Rock & Roll". Rolling Stone. No. 1206. p. 20. Archived from the original on April 4, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

[TP_announcement-3] [3]
"New North American Tour Dates for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers". Tom Petty. May 20, 2014. Archived from the original on May 20, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.

[American_Dream_Plan_B-4] [4]
"Listen to American Dream Plan B!". Tom Petty. June 8, 2014. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[Tom_Petty_CD_single-5] [5]
""American Dream Plan B" and "U Get Me High" from the New Album Hypnotic Eye". Tom Petty. July 9, 2014. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.

[UCR-6] [6]
DeRiso, Nick (July 16, 2014). "Hear Tom Petty's New 'Fault Lines' Track from 'Hypnotic Eye'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

[RS_Petty_radio-7] [7]
Grow, Kory (July 16, 2014). "Tom Petty Hides New Song 'Forgotten Man' on His Website". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

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"Tom Petty Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-08-07.

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"Hypnotic Eye Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

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Partridge, Kenneth (July 29, 2014). "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Return to Form with 'Hypnotic Eye': Track-by-Track Review". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2023.

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Kot, Greg (July 28, 2014). "Review: Tom Petty is Mr. Reliable again with 'Hypnotic Eye'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 29, 2014.

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[ac_Australia_Tom_Petty_&_The_Heartbreakers-18] [18]
"Australiancharts.com – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye". Hung Medien.

[ac_BillboardCanada_Tom_Petty_and_the_Heartbreakers-19] [19]
"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2023.

[ac_Denmark_Tom_Petty_&_The_Heartbreakers-20] [20]
"Danishcharts.dk – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye". Hung Medien.

[ac_Germany_Tom_Petty_&_The_Heartbreakers-21] [21]
"Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.

[ac_Finland_Tom_Petty_&_The_Heartbreakers-22] [22]
"Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Hypnotic Eye" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.

[ac_Hungary_-23] [23]
"Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2014. 36. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.

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[ac_New_Zealand_Tom_Petty_&_The_Heartbreakers-26] [26]
"Charts.nz – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye". Hung Medien.

[ac_Norway_Tom_Petty_&_The_Heartbreakers-27] [27]
"Norwegiancharts.com – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye". Hung Medien.

[ac_Sweden_Tom_Petty_&_The_Heartbreakers-28] [28]
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