Playback (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)
Playback is a box set compilation by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1995. It contains popular album tracks, B-sides, previously unreleased outtakes, and early songs by Petty's previous band Mudcrutch.
A companion VHS home video, later released on DVD, was also released, featuring the band's most popular music videos to date.
Track listings
Disc one: ''The Big Jangle''
- "Breakdown" – 2:42
- "American Girl" – 3:33
- "Hometown Blues" – 2:12
- "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" – 2:24
- "I Need to Know" – 2:24
- "Listen to Her Heart" – 3:03
- "When the Time Comes" – 2:45
- "Too Much Ain't Enough" – 2:57
- "No Second Thoughts" – 2:39
- "Baby's a Rock 'n' Roller" – 2:52
- "Refugee" – 3:22
- "Here Comes My Girl" – 4:25
- "Even the Losers" – 3:59
- "Shadow of a Doubt " – 4:25
- "Don't Do Me Like That" – 2:42
- "The Waiting" – 3:59
- "A Woman in Love " – 4:23
- "Something Big" – 4:44
- "A Thing About You" – 3:32
- "Insider" – 4:23
- "You Can Still Change Your Mind" – 4:16
Disc two: ''Spoiled & Mistreated''
- "You Got Lucky" – 3:36
- "Change of Heart" – 3:19
- "Straight into Darkness" – 3:47
- "Same Old You" – 3:30
- "Rebels" – 5:19
- "Don't Come Around Here No More" – 5:05
- "Southern Accents" – 4:44
- "Make It Better " – 4:23
- "The Best of Everything" – 4:03
- "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" – 3:30
- "Don't Bring Me Down" – 3:52
- "Jammin' Me" – 4:08
- "It'll All Work Out" – 3:11
- "Mike's Life/Mike's World" – 0:40
- "Think About Me" – 3:45
- "A Self-Made Man" – 3:00
Disc three: ''Good Booty''
- "Free Fallin'" – 4:16
- "I Won't Back Down" – 2:57
- "Love is a Long Road" – 4:08
- "Runnin' Down a Dream" – 4:23
- "Yer So Bad" – 3:06
- "Alright for Now" – 2:02
- "Learning to Fly" – 4:03
- "Into the Great Wide Open" – 3:43
- "All or Nothin'" – 4:07
- "Out in the Cold" – 3:40
- "Built to Last" – 3:58
- "Mary Jane's Last Dance" – 4:33
- "Christmas All Over Again" – 4:15
Disc four: ''The Other Sides''
- "Casa Dega" – 3:37
- "Heartbreakers Beach Party" – 1:57
- "Trailer" – 3:15
- "Cracking Up" – 3:34
- "Psychotic Reaction" – 4:49
- "I'm Tired Joey Boy" – 3:42
- "Lonely Weekends" – 2:47
- "Gator on the Lawn" – 1:35
- "Make That Connection" – 5:04
- "Down the Line" – 2:53
- "Peace in L.A." – 4:43
- "It's Rainin' Again" – 1:32
- "Somethin' Else" – 2:05
- "I Don't Know What to Say to You" – 2:28
- "Kings Highway" – 3:30
Disc five: ''Through the Cracks''
- "On the Street" – 2:10
- "Depot Street" – 3:26
- "Cry to Me" – 3:06
- "Don't Do Me Like That" – 2:47
- "I Can't Fight It" – 3:00
- "Since You Said You Loved Me" – 4:40
- "Louisiana Rain" – 4:22
- "Keeping Me Alive" – 2:59
- "Turning Point" – 2:52
- "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" – 4:11
- "The Apartment Song" – 2:37
- "Big Boss Man" – 2:41
- "The Image of Me" – 2:33
- "Moon Pie" – 1:05
- "The Damage You've Done" – 3:16
Disc six: ''Nobody's Children''
- "Got My Mind Made Up" – 2:51
- "Ways to Be Wicked" – 3:27
- "Can't Get Her Out" – 3:11
- "Waiting for Tonight" – 3:30
- "Travelin'" – 3:15
- "Baby, Let's Play House" – 2:33
- "Wooden Heart" – 2:09
- "God's Gift to Man" – 4:18
- "You Get Me High" – 2:48
- "Come on Down to My House" – 3:05
- "You Come Through" – 5:15
- "Up in Mississippi Tonight" – 3:28
Personnel
- Ron Blair – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Mike Campbell – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, accordion, Dobro, mandolin, koto, percussion, backing vocals
- Howie Epstein – bass guitar, backing vocals, acoustic lead guitar, spoken word vocal
- Steve Ferrone – drum overdub on "Ways to Be Wicked"
- Stan Lynch – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocal
- Tom Petty – lead vocals, backing vocals, spoken word vocals, whistling, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar, piano, electric piano, harmonica, percussion
- Benmont Tench – piano, keyboards, backing vocals, crash cymbal
- Scott Thurston – bass guitar, guitar, slide guitar
- Phil Jones – percussion, drums, backing vocal
- Jeff Lynne – bass guitar, guitar, guitar synthesizer, piano, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
- George Drakoulias – percussion, drums
- Phil Seymour – backing vocals on "Breakdown" and "American Girl"
- Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar on "Hometown Blues", "A Woman in Love " and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
- Jim Keltner – percussion on "Refugee", "The Best of Everything" and "Love is a Long Road", drums on "Love Is a Long Road" and "Christmas All Over Again"
- Stevie Nicks – backing vocals on "Insider", "You Can Still Change Your Mind" and "The Apartment Song"
- Molly Duncan – saxophone on "Rebels" and "Make it Better "
- Bobbye Hall – tambourine on "Rebels"
- Dean Garcia – intro bass guitar on "Don't Come Around Here No More"
- Marilyn Martin – backing vocal on "Don't Come Around Here No More"
- Dave Stewart – electric sitar, synthesizer and backing vocal on "Don't Come Around Here No More", guitar on "Make it Better "
- Jack Nitzsche – string arrangement on "Southern Accents"
- Gary Chang – synthesizer on "The Best of Everything"
- Garth Hudson – organ on "The Best of Everything"
- Richard Manuel – backing vocal on "The Best of Everything"
- Jerry Hey – horn arrangement on "The Best of Everything"
- George Harrison – acoustic guitar and backing vocal on "I Won't Back Down"
- Robbie Blunt – acoustic guitar on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Kevin Dukes – acoustic guitar on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Jimmy Rip – acoustic guitar on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Tim Pierce – electric guitar on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Scott Humphrey – synthesizer on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Mitchell Froom – harpsichord on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Shelly Yakus – backing vocals on "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again"
- Jimmy Iovine – backing vocals on "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again", telephone ring on "Cracking Up"
- Carlene Carter – spoken word vocal on "Peace in L.A."
- John Sebastian – baritone guitar on "I Don't Know What to Say to You"
- Charlie Souza – bass guitar on "Don't Do Me Like That"
- Al Kooper – organ and piano on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
- Emory Gordy – bass guitar on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
- Jim Gordon – drums on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
- Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson and Michael Steele – backing vocals on "Waiting for Tonight"
- Lenny Kravitz – drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, backing vocal and spoken word vocal on "You Come Through"
- Tom Leadon – lead guitar and backing vocal on "Up in Mississippi Tonight"
VHS/DVD
- "Here Comes My Girl"
- "Refugee"
- "The Waiting"
- "A Woman in Love "
- "Insider"
- "You Got Lucky"
- "Change of Heart"
- "Don't Come Around Here No More"
- "Jammin' Me"
- "I Won't Back Down"
- "Runnin' Down A Dream"
- "Free Fallin'"
- "A Face in the Crowd"
- "Yer So Bad"
- "Learning to Fly"
- "Into the Great Wide Open"
- "Mary Jane's Last Dance"