You're Gonna Get It! (1978)
1. When the Time Comes
2. You're Gonna Get It
3. Hurt
4. Magnolia
5. Too Much Ain't Enough
6. I Need To Know
7. Listen to Her Heart
8. No Second Thoughts
9. Restless
10.Baby's a Rock'N'Roller
I confess that when I listen to this
album, I can't tell much of a difference between this record and his
debut. For the most part, that's actually a very
good thing. Like his first record, he doesn't try to do too much, other
than put out a very brief (29 minutes) album of ten snappy and catchy
rock-pop tunes.
It was a bit strange that it took this record so long to be released
(two years after the first record - a long stretch back then), and it
would later come out that Petty was already having money problems with
contracts and bankruptcies etc. It probably didn't help that, unlike
his debut record, this one never had anything vaguely remembered as radio
friendly.
That's not to say the material suffers. As mentioned, the quality and
direction is almost identical to his first album. Yes, some of the
songs do get plodded down a bit, but when most of the songs aren't even
three minutes in length, those are minor sins. Especially when most of
what is featured here is pretty good indeed. Most people are familiar
with I Need to Know and Listen to Her Heart (maybe because
they were on his subsequent Greatest
Hits album, although neither were ever hits) but such songs such as
the lead off track When the Time Comes and the closer Baby's a
Rock 'N' Roller are equally as strong and memorable.
Throughout his career, Petty would continue to keep things simple for
the most part. Even when he would get a bit complex, his free wheeling
mannerisms and personality would always make it sound down-home, anyway.
This record, though, along with his first one, deserve special
consideration in his catalog in that they sound so effortless, but
manage to be great at the same time.
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