Hard Promises

Hard Promises
Hard Promises
Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Released	May 5, 1981
Recorded	1980–81
Studio	Sound City (Van Nuys); Cherokee (Hollywood); Goodnight (Los Angeles);
Genre	Rock
Length	39:33
Label	Backstreet
Producer	Jimmy Iovine; Tom Petty;
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Singles from Hard Promises
	"The Waiting"/"Nightwatchman"; Released: April 20, 1981; "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)"; Released: June 29, 1981; "Something Big"/"Letting You Go";

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Blender	^[2]
Chicago Tribune	^[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]
The Essential Rock Discography	6/10^[6]
MusicHound	^[7]
Music Story	^{[citation needed]}
Rolling Stone	(favorable)^[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[9]

Hard Promises is the fourth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released on May 5, 1981, on Backstreet Records.

^ AllMusic review
^ "Tom Petty: Hard Promises". Blender. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
^ Kot, Greg (1991-09-01). "Through The Years With Tom Petty". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
^ "Robert Christgau: CG: tom petty and the heartbreakers". www.robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 2005. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
^ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 816. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.
^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 870. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
^ "Hard Promises". rollingstone.com. 23 July 1981.
^ "Tom Petty: Album Guide - Rolling Stone Music". Rolling Stone. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.