#298 Tom Petty, 'Full Moon Fever' (1989)

The debut solo album by Tom Petty was a smash hit, but it wasn’t without controversy. Following the 1987 Heartbreakers tour supporting the record, ‘Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough),’ Petty decided it was time to record a solo album. And while it was a record without his Heartbreakers, all of them with the exception of drummer, Stan Lynch feature on the album. Produced by Electric Light Orchestra’s Jeff Lynne, the album has a cleaner, more commercial sound than Petty had come to be known with the Heartbreakers.