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Tom Petty: Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)

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Label: MCA Records
Released: 1987
Time:
 41:10
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.tompetty.com
Appears with: Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, George Harrison
Purchase date: 2008.01.23
Price in €: 7,99



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[1] Jammin' Me (M.Campbell/B.Dylan/T.Petty) - 4:09
[2] Runaway Trains (M.Campbell/T.Petty) - 5:13
[3] The Damage You've Done (T.Petty) - 3:53
[4] It'll All Work Out (T.Petty) - 3:11
[5] My Life/Your World (M.Campbell/T.Petty) - 4:40
[6] Think About Me (T.Petty) - 3:45
[7] All Mixed Up (M.Campbell/T.Petty) - 3:42
[8] A Self-Made Man (T.Petty) - 3:02
[9] Ain't Love Strange (T.Petty) - 2:40
[10] How Many More Days? (T.Petty) - 3:18
[11] Let Me Up [I've Had Enough] (M.Campbell/T.Petty) - 3:33

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Tom Petty - Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Producer
Mike Campbell - Guitars, Producer, Engineer
Howie Epstein - Bass
Stan Lynch - Drums
Benmont Tench - Organ, Piano

Don Smith - Recording Engineer
Mike Shipley - Mixing, Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Shelly Yakus - Overdub Engineer
Bruce Barris - Assistant Engineer
Nick Basich - Assistant Engineer
Andy Udoff - Assistant Engineer
Alan Weidel - Assistant Engineer
Marc DeSisto - Assistant Engineer
Mick Haggerty - Artwork, Art Direction, Design

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1987 CD MCA MCAD-5836
1987 CS MCA MCAC-5836
1992 CD MCA 19141
1991 CD MCA 01905
2002 CD Universal Special Products 5836

Recorded at Sound City & M.C Studios, Los Angeles, California.

LET ME UP was seen as Petty's attempt to step away from the elaborate neo-psychedelic artifice of the ambitious SOUTHERN ACCENTS and get to back to straight-ahead rock & roll, but in fact, it's probably just the record he happened to feel like making at the time. That said, rock & roll doesn't get more straight-ahead than the power-riffing non sequitirs of the visceral "Jammin' Me," co-written with Petty's fellow Wilbury Bob Dylan. There's a distinct folk-rock flavor to the ballad "It'll All Work Out," a mandolin-laced ode to a typical Petty girl (faded jeans, leather jacket, etc.) On "Runaway Trains" and "My Life/Your World" things take a decidedly '80s-sounding turn. Mike Campbell's guitar on the former is redolent of his "Boys of Summer" collaboration with Don Henley, and the latter is powered by percolating synths.



Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers spent much of 1986 on the road as Bob Dylan's backing band. Dylan's presence proved to be a huge influence on the Heartbreakers, turning them away from the well-intentioned but slick pretensions of Southern Accents and toward a loose, charmingly ramshackle roots rock that harked back to their roots yet exhibited the professional eclecticism they developed during the mid-'80s. All of this was on full display on Let Me Up (I've Had Enough), their simplest and best album since Hard Promises. Not to say that Let Me Up is a perfect album -- far from it, actually. Filled with loose ends, song fragments, and unvarnished productions, it's a defiantly messy album, and it's all the better for it, especially arriving on the heels of the well-groomed Accents. Apart from the (slightly dated) rant "Jammin' Me'" (co-written by Dylan, but you can't tell), there aren't any standouts on the record, but there's no filler either -- it's just simply a good collection of ballads ("Runaway Trains"), country-rockers ("The Damage You've Done"), pop/rock ("All Mixed Up," "Think About Me"), and hard rockers ("Let Me Up [I've Had Enough]"). While that might not be enough to qualify Let Me Up as one of Petty & the Heartbreakers' masterpieces, it is enough to qualify it as the most underrated record in their catalog.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide
 

 L y r i c s


Jammin' MeYou got me in a corner

You got me against the wall
I got nowhere to go
I got nowhere to fall

Take back your insurance
Baby nothin's guaranteed
Take back your acid rain
Let your T.V. bleed

Chorus
You're jammin' me, you're jammin' me
Quit jammin' me
Baby you can keep me painted in a corner
You can walk away, but it's not over

Take back your angry slander
Take back your pension plan
Take back your ups and downs of your life
In raisin-land

Take back Vanessa Redgrave
Take back Joe Piscopo
Take back Eddie Murphy
Give 'em all some place to go

(Repeat Chorus)

Take back your Iranian torture
And the apple in young Steve's eye
Yeah take back your losing streak
Check your front wheel drive

Take back Pasadena
Take back El Salvador
Take back that country club


Runaway Trains

She's up there all alone
I'm down here changing lanes
Her room was dark and cold
I'm listening to the waves

And I'm depending on time , babe
To get you out of my mind

I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runaway trains

Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains

She says "I understand
I'm used to being alone
And holding my own hand
I'm stronger than you know"

I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runa way trains

Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runaway trains

Don't blame me

I guess it's one of those things
You can never explain
Like when an angel cries
Like runaway trains

Like one of those times
That's never the same
Like when something dies
Like runa way trains


The Damage You've Done

Well I wish I had a dollar
For every piece of my broken heart
Yeah if they gave out a quarter
For every thread of my shattered life
Baby you'd make me a millionaire
But it wouldn't repair

Chorus
The damage you've done
The damage you've done
The damage you've done to me

Well I wish I was a bluebird
Honey, I'd just fly away
And look down over my shoulder
At the country down below
Baby you make a king
It wouldn't mean a thing
Compare the damage

(Repeat Chorus)

Well I wish I knew you better
I wish I was close to you
Then maybe I would understand exactly what
I never did do. Honey what's wrong?
What's wrong?

Well I wish you kinda liked me. I wish you'd
Spare my pain - Why do you want to destroy
Me baby? What did I do wrong?
Baby I could be a millionaire
And I wouldn't care. After the damage...


It'll All Work Out

She wore faded jeans and soft black leather
She had eyes so blue they looked like weather
When she needed me I wasn't around
That's the way it goes, it'll all work out

There were times apart, there were times together
I was pledged to her for worse or better
When it mattered most I let her down
That's the way it goes, it'll all work out

Chorus
It'll all work out eventually
Better off with him than here with me

2nd Chorus
It'll all work out eventually
Maybe better with him than here with me

Now the wind is high and the rain is heavy
And the water's rising in the levee
Still I think of her when the sun goes down
It never goes away, but it all works out


My Life/Your World

They came this mornin' with a dog on a chain
They came and took my little brother away
His generation never even got a name

My momma was a rocker way back in '53
Buys them old records that they sell on T.V.
I know Chuck Berry wasn't singin' that to me

Chorus
Momma,
That's all right, it's your world
Hey this is my life
She's my girl
My life/your world

I watch that fortune wheel
But never get to spin it
You made me promises, I don't think you meant it
If there's some sunshine baby
I'm gonna get out in it - oh yeah

(Repeat Chorus)

I tried to leave, but the traffic had been stopped
The beach was burnin', and someone was
Throwin' rocks -
They said an airplane had
Fallen on my block


Think About Me

Listen little baby one of these days
Your pretty head's gonna turn my way
Honey, oh baby just you wait
One of these nights you're gonna call my name

Chorus
Oh yeah, one of these days
Girl you better believe, honey you wait and see
You're gonna think about me

Your boyfriend's got a big red car
Got a Compact Disc, got a VCR
I can't do no disco dance
But I can sure love you baby if you give me a chance

(Repeat Chorus)

I said oh pretty baby, is it something I've said?
Tell me why little baby.
I said why must you play with my head?

Listen little girl I said one of these days
Your pretty head's gonna turn my way
One of these days, I know I'm right
You're gonna look for me in the middle of the night


All Mixed Up

Chorus
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about,
All mixed up about you

And no I can't find no reason
To explain the way that I feel
I remember things being clearer
At one time things were more real

(Repeat Chorus)

I'm not lookin' for sympathy
I'm just frightened by this apathy
Like footsteps way in the back of me
On a narrow street of stone

And if time will answer all questions
Then perhaps a film will be shown
Everyone could mail-order tickets
Yeah, you could sell a lot of shirts
For the last picture show


A Self-Made Man

If he don't wanna talk
Leave him alone
If he don't wanna talk
Leave him alone
He's a self-made man, he did it on his own

Now some folks say there's a dangerous side
Some folks says he's got dangerous side
He's a self-made man, he knows about pride

Chorus
So help me baby, look what love can do
It scares me baby, does it scare you too?

Some folks say it was a woman he knew
Some folks say it was a woman he knew
He's a self-made man, he knows how to lose


Ain't Love Strange

Well, it can get you in the back boy
Or you can lie around in roses
Or maybe walk around wonderin'
You know, goin' through the motions

Chorus
Hey ain't love strange?
Hey ain't love strange?
Boy talk about changes
Ain't love strange?

. Cause it can make you string barb-wire
Around your little piece of ground
For emotional protection
Oh, but it's too late now

(Repeat Chorus)

Some keep tryin' it, giving and denying it
And I don't know why it is I guess you never quit
Tryin' to make sense of it

. Cause it can feel like perfection,
But never all the time
And you don't wanna be alone again
Oh my, my


How Many More Days

There is something little darling
That I want you to know
Honey I love you, yeah I need you
Every night, every day goes so slow
How many more days?
I wanna see you again

Yes, I remember you smiling
I remember you feeling mighty fine
I remember your kiss, I remember your touch
I can't get you out of my mind
Little girl, how many more days?
I need to see you again
How long will that take?
I wanna see you again

Oh babe can't you see? I'll be honest with you
Please don't lie babe, please don't smile
Please don't play around with this heart of mine
Can't you see?
It's something I want babe
It's more than that, it's something I need
Oh little darling please be truthful, please
Be faithful, please come now to me
Oh baby -- I need to see you again

Please remember, little lover
I'll give the good to you
Please remember, my little lover
I'll be good to you -- But how many more days?
'Till I can see you again -- Please don't make me wait


Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)

Work 20 years and they'll take care of you
They'll buy you a diamond, they'll send you on a cruise
Give it all your money, give it all your time
Then wake up one morning and wonder why

Chorus
Let me up - I've had enough

I believe you baby, I know you wouldn't lie
Like a dog won't bark, like a bird won't fly
Yeah pretty little baby, you're a weapon with eyes
I know what you want, but it's a surprise
Let me up - I've had enough

Yeah, yeah, be honest with me
Honey am I what you thought I would be

You tell me you love me baby, you'll be true
I want to believe you, but I don't know why I do
I woke up this mornin', there was a car in the drive
I didn't recognize it, who was that guy?

(Repeat Chorus)

Yeah, yeah, yeah - I tell ya, this is not
 

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