Into the Great Wide Open

Featured on the album's cover is the (slightly-cropped) painting Autumn Landscape (1921) by Czech artist Jan Matulka. The original is owned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. ==Singles==

The album's first single, "Learning to Fly", was released on June 17, 1991, two weeks prior to the album, and was a substantial hit for Petty. The second single, the title track, was released just over two months after the album's release, and also became one of the band's biggest hits. Both songs were top 10 singles on various charts. The third single, "Out in the Cold", was a minor hit, not achieving the commercial success of the first two. Throughout 1992, four additional singles were released: "Makin' Some Noise", "All or Nothin'", "Too Good to Be True", and "King's Highway". ==Critical reception==

Into the Great Wide Open was warmly received by critics. Dave DiMartino, reviewing the album for Entertainment Weekly, called it the closest thing to a "classic" album that Petty and the Heartbreakers had made in 15 years, and a return to the quality of their first two albums. He felt this was likely due to the involvement of Jeff Lynne, and commented that he felt the songs on Into the Great Wide Open are "obviously" better than those on Full Moon Fever, which had also been created in collaboration with Lynne. which indicates a "worthy effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well like". ==Track listing==

Spoken interlude As a tongue-in-cheek reference to the "Hello, CD Listeners" interlude on compact disc releases of Full Moon Fever, on cassette tape releases of this album there is a brief spoken interlude at the end of Side One. In it, Petty instructs cassette listeners how to properly flip over their tape and prepare it for Side Two. "Attention cassette listeners, you have now completed Side One. In order to hear Side Two, please fast forward to the end of the reel before turning the tape over. Thank you." ==Personnel==

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers • Tom Petty – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitars (acoustic, electric, 12-string), keyboards, percussion • Mike Campbell – guitars (lead, 12-string, baritone, bass, resonator, slide), keyboards, bouzouki, mandolin, hammer dulcimer, backing vocals on "Learning to Fly" • Benmont Tench – electric and upright pianos, accordion • Howie Epstein – harmony and backing vocals, bass • Stan Lynch – drums, percussion Additional musicians • Jeff Lynne – guitars, bass, backing vocals, piano, synthesizer, percussion, sound effects • Roger McGuinn – backing vocals on "All The Wrong Reasons" • Richard Tandy – synthesizer on "Two Gunslingers" Additional personnel • Jeff Lynne – producer • Tom Petty – producer • Mike Campbell – producer • Richard Dodd – engineer ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Certifications==