Hypnotic Eye

The first sessions for the album occurred in August 2011 at the band's Los Angeles-based rehearsal space, the "Clubhouse", where the song "Burnt-Out Town" was recorded. The album marks a stylistic return to the band's first two albums, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976) and You're Gonna Get It! (1978).

On June 10, 2014, the song "American Dream Plan B" was released as the lead single from the album, along with two additional tracks, "Red River" and "U Get Me High", from the band's website and digital stores.{{cite web|url=http://www.tompetty.com/blog/listen-american-dream-plan-b-298706 |title=Listen to American Dream Plan B! |date=June 8, 2014 |access-date=July 15, 2014 |publisher=Tom Petty |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716224614/http://www.tompetty.com/blog/listen-american-dream-plan-b-298706 |archive-date=July 16, 2014 }} A month later, a CD single with "American Dream Plan B" and "U Get Me High" and a coupon for $2 off the price of the album were released.{{cite web|url=http://www.tompetty.com/blog/american-plan-b-and-u-get-me-high-new-album-hypnotic-eye-342036 |title="American Dream Plan B" and "U Get Me High" from the New Album Hypnotic Eye |date=July 9, 2014 |access-date=July 25, 2014 |publisher=Tom Petty |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726000235/http://www.tompetty.com/blog/american-plan-b-and-u-get-me-high-new-album-hypnotic-eye-342036 |archive-date=July 26, 2014 }}

"Forgotten Man" and "Fault Lines" were released for streaming on the band's website in early July 2014.{{cite web|title=Hear Tom Petty's New 'Fault Lines' Track from 'Hypnotic Eye'|author=DeRiso, Nick|date=July 16, 2014|access-date=July 27, 2014|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-fault-lines/}} Additionally, all five tracks released in promotion of Hypnotic Eye were released on an "interactive radio" with a tuning dial that finds the tracks for listeners.{{cite magazine|title=Tom Petty Hides New Song 'Forgotten Man' on His Website|author=Grow, Kory|date=July 16, 2014|access-date=July 27, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-hides-new-song-forgotten-man-on-his-website-20140718}}

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 131,000 copies in the United States; to date, it is the only Tom Petty (solo or with the Heartbreakers) album to reach the top spot on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6207083/tom-petty-1-album-first-billboard-200-hypnotic-eye-heartbreakers |title=Tom Petty Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2014-08-07}}

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{{Music ratings

|MC=77/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/hypnotic-eye/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers|title=Hypnotic Eye Reviews|publisher=Metacritic.com|access-date=July 28, 2014}}

|rev1=AllMusic

|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/hypnotic-eye-mw0002681948|title=Album Reviews|website=AllMusic|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=July 28, 2014}}

|rev2 = Billboard

|rev2score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite magazine|author=Partridge, Kenneth|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6192892/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-return-to-form-with-hypnotic-eye-track-by |title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Return to Form with 'Hypnotic Eye': Track-by-Track Review |magazine=Billboard |date=July 29, 2014 |access-date=September 4, 2023}}

|rev3=Chicago Tribune

|rev3Score={{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|title=Review: Tom Petty is Mr. Reliable again with 'Hypnotic Eye'|date=July 28, 2014|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/turnitup/ct-tom-petty-hypnotic-eye-review-20140728,0,7767518.column|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|first=Greg|last=Kot|author-link=Greg Kot|access-date=July 29, 2014}}

|rev4=Exclaim!

|rev4Score=7/10{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/tom_petty_heartbreakers-hypnotic_eye|title=Album Review|publisher=Exclaim.ca|last=Côté|first=Thierry|date=July 25, 2014|access-date=July 28, 2014}}

|rev5=The Observer

|rev5score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|title=Hypnotic Eye review – Tom Petty and company are impossible to dislike|date=July 27, 2014|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/27/hypnotic-eye-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-review|author=Woodcroft, Molloy|work=The Observer|access-date=December 26, 2014}}

|rev6=PopMatters

|rev6score={{Rating|8|10}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.popmatters.com/183945-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-hypnotic-eye-2495636546.html|title=Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Hypnotic Eye|magazine=PopMatters |last=Risch|first=Eric|date=July 28, 2014|access-date=December 26, 2014}}

|rev7=Rolling Stone

|rev7score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 'Hypnotic Eye' Album Review|date=July 29, 2014|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/hypnotic-eye-20140729|first=Jon|last=Dolan|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 29, 2014|archive-date=July 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729144503/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/hypnotic-eye-20140729|url-status=dead}}

|rev8=Spin

|rev8score=7/10{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-hypnotic-eye/|title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Preserve Their Legacy on 'Hypnotic Eye'|work=Spin|last=Soto|first=Alfred|date=July 29, 2014|access-date=December 26, 2014}}

|rev9=Uncut

|rev9score=8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-hypnotic-eye-review|title=Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye|work=Uncut|last=Anderson|first=Jason|date=September 2014|access-date=December 26, 2014|archive-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226165305/http://www.uncut.co.uk/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-hypnotic-eye-review|url-status=dead}}

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{{Track listing

| headline = Hypnotic Eye track listing

| all_writing = Tom Petty, except "Fault Lines" by Petty and Mike Campbell. All songs arranged by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

| title1 = American Dream Plan B

| length1 = 3:00

| title2 = Fault Lines

| length2 = 4:28

| title3 = Red River

| length3 = 3:59

| title4 = Full Grown Boy

| length4 = 3:26

| title5 = All You Can Carry

| length5 = 4:34

| title6 = Power Drunk

| length6 = 4:39

| title7 = Forgotten Man

| length7 = 2:48

| title8 = Sins of My Youth

| length8 = 3:49

| title9 = U Get Me High

| length9 = 4:11

| title10 = Burnt Out Town

| length10 = 3:05

| title11 = Shadow People

| length11 = 6:37

| total_length = 44:36

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Vinyl and Blu-ray bonus track

| title12 = Playing Dumb

| length12 = 4:13

| total_length = 48:49

}}

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

• Tom Petty – vocals (all tracks), rhythm guitar (all tracks but 10), lead guitar (right channel on track 9, track 10, track 11 outro), fuzz bass (track 3), high bass (track 7), bass (track 9)
• Mike Campbell – lead guitar (tracks 1–8, left channel on track 9, 11), rhythm guitar (track 10, 12)
• Benmont Tench – piano (tracks 1–7, 10–12), electric piano (track 1, 6, 11), organ (1–3, 5–9, 11–12), mellotron (tracks 4, 8, 11), synthesizer (track 5)
• Scott Thurston – rhythm guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5–8, 11), 12-string guitar (track 4), harmonica (track 2, 10, 12), tambourine (track 9), lead guitar (track 12)
• Ron Blair – bass guitar (all tracks but 9)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (all tracks), percussion (track 6, 7, 12)

Additional musicians

• Josh Jové – fuzz guitar (track 7)
• Ryan Ulyate – background vocals (track 8)

Production

• Chris Bellman – mastering
• Mike Campbell – producer
• Jeri Heiden – art direction
• Josh Jové – assistant engineer
• Greg Looper – engineer
• Tom Petty – producer
• Chase Simpson – assistant engineer
• Nick Steinhardt – design, art direction
• Ryan Ulyate – producer, mixer, recorder
• Travis Weidel – back-line technician
• Alan "Bugs" Weidel – crew chief, back-line technician, equipment manager

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