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It was released on July 25, 2006, and charted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album was produced by former Traveling Wilburys bandmate Jeff Lynne, who also produced Petty’s highly acclaimed first solo album, Full Moon Fever, as well as the Heartbreakers’ next album Into the Great Wide Open. Petty released the album through Rick Rubin’s American Recordings label and Warner Bros. Records, where Petty has had a record contract since his second solo album, Wildflowers (which was produced by Rubin). The tracks “Saving Grace” and “Big Weekend” were released July 4, 2006 on the iTunes Music Store. It ended up being Petty’s only album for American Recordings, as that label moved to Columbia Records distribution in 2007; Warner Bros retained the rights to Petty, eventually reassigning him to subsidiary label Reprise Records.A streaming version of the album was available on numerous websites before its release. The iTunes release of the album contained extras: a live version of “Saving Grace”, the video for “Saving Grace” and an interactive media booklet. Petty stated in an interview that this would be his last solo album.[1]Table of ContentsSpecial Edition[edit]Critical reception[edit]Track listing[edit]Personnel[edit]Weekly charts[edit]Year-end charts[edit]Singles[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Special Edition[edit]An expanded Special Edition of Highway Companion was released on June 5, 2007. This expanded edition included the original album unchanged, but added two new tracks and demos of “This Old Town” and “Big Weekend”. The new tracks, “Home” and “Around the Roses”, were recorded for the album in 2005, and were mentioned in Tom Petty’s 2005 biography Conversations With Tom Petty, but remained unreleased before this edition. The leatherette board packaging also includes two postcards.Critical reception[edit]Highway Companion has a score of 73 out of 100 from Metacritic based on “generally favorable reviews”.[2]AllMusic’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine did not like that some songs on the album seemed to be made for the road while others were not but he felt that Jeff Lynne’s production on this album was different than Full Moon Fever and Into the Great Wide Open, which appealed to him. Erlewine also felt the album was darker than Petty’s previous work but was still a “reliable” record.[3] Noel Murray of The A.V. Club stated it was arguably the fourth best album that Petty has made and that the album’s title was appropriate.[4] Dave Simpson, in his review for The Guardian, said the album was a good way to say goodbye from music,[6] although Petty did not go through with his retirement plans. Jam!’s Darryl Sterdan gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five and thinks Petty was taking his music “down a peg” and that the album shows Petty “aging graciously”.[13] John Metzger, in his Music Box review of the album, gave it four stars out of five and felt the complaints that Petty sang about came across better on Companion than The Last DJ and that the album was no less powerful than his previous albums.[14]Alan Light of Rolling Stone said that although Highway Companion was not as good as Petty’s two previous solo efforts, it successfully combined the previous albums’ styles and was worth listening to.[10]Track listing[edit]All tracks are written by Tom Petty.Title1.“Saving Grace”3:482.“Square One”3:263.“Flirting with Time”3:164.“Down South”3:275.“Jack”2:296.“Turn This Car Around”3:597.“Big Weekend”3:168.“Night Driver”4:289.“Damaged by Love”3:2310.“This Old Town”4:1711.“Ankle Deep”3:2412.“The Golden Rose”4:43Total length:43:56Special Edition bonus tracksTitle13.“Home”3:1114.“Around the Roses”2:5815.“Big Weekend” (demo version)3:0416.“This Old Town” (demo version)4:24Total length:13:37Personnel[edit]Tom Petty\u00a0\u2013 lead and backing vocals, guitars (rhythm, 12-string, bass guitar on “Square One”, lead on “Jack”), drums, harmonica, electric piano on “Night Driver”, keyboards on “Jack”, producerMike Campbell\u00a0\u2013 guitars (lead, 12-string), vibraphone on “The Golden Rose”, producerJeff Lynne\u00a0\u2013 guitars (bass, rhythm), keyboards, backing vocals, autoharp on “Ankle Deep”, producerAdditional personnelCharlie Bolois \u2013 studio techRobert Deyber \u2013 cover artBrian Gardner \u2013 masteringSteve McGrath \u2013 additional engineer for “Square One” and “Jack”Ryan Ulyate \u2013 recording and mix engineerAlan “Bugs” Weidel \u2013 session supervision, equipment and guitar tech, “coffee and tea transportation for Tom Petty”Weekly charts[edit]Year-end charts[edit]Singles[edit]References[edit]^ Greene, Andy (2015-07-16). “Tom Petty on New Mudcrutch, Why He’s Done With Solo Albums”. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-02-07.^ a b “Critic Reviews for Highway Companion”. Metacritic. Retrieved January 2, 2013.^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. “Highway Companion \u2013 Tom Petty”. AllMusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 12, 2011.^ a b Murray, Noel (July 26, 2006). “Tom Petty: Highway Companion”. The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 12, 2011.^ Collis, Clark (August 4, 2006). “Highway Companion Review”. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 2, 2013.^ a b Simpson, Dave (July 21, 2006). “Review: Tom Petty, Highway Companion“. The Guardian. Manchester, England.^ Lewis, Randy (July 23, 2006). “Petty’s route gets complex”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 2, 2013.^ Himes, Geoffrey (August 8, 2006). “Tom Petty \u2013 Highway Companion”. Paste. Retrieved January 2, 2013.^ Vrabel, Jeff (July 24, 2006). “Tom Petty: Highway Companion”. PopMatters. Retrieved January 2, 2013.^ a b Light, Alan (July 20, 2006). “Highway Companion”. 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Retrieved April 5, 2021.^ “Swisscharts.com \u2013 Tom Petty \u2013 Highway Companion”. Hung Medien.  Retrieved April 5, 2021.^ “Official Albums Chart Top 100”. Official Charts Company.  Retrieved April 5, 2021.^ “Tom Petty, TLP”. Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2021.^ “Tom Petty, RCK”. Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2021.^ “\u00c5rslista Album \u2013 \u00c5r 2006” (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved April 5, 2021.^ “Top Billboard 200 Albums \u2013 Year-End 2006”. Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2021.External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/highway-companion-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Highway Companion – Wikipedia"}}]}]