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34-508: MCA Records under Irving Azoff originally refused to issue the album, believing it did not contain any hits. Azoff resigned within a few months and with new label management reviewing the album positively, they decided to release it. In 2019, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame . Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album number 298 on its 2020 list of the " 500 Greatest Albums of all Time ". Having earlier in 1987 finished

68-408: A Heart of Its Own" uses a Bo Diddley-style rhythm , while "The Apartment Song" features an instrumental break with paradiddle drumming reminiscent of Buddy Holly 's " Peggy Sue ". The album, which became Petty's commercial peak as an artist, was helped by favorable critical reviews and three hit singles. The album was released on April   24, 1989, and rose to eventually peak at No.   3 on

102-496: A Heartbreakers tour behind the album Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) , Petty decided to record a solo album without the Heartbreakers (similar to the arrangement between Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the time). This stirred some controversy among members of the Heartbreakers, although all but drummer Stan Lynch contributed to the album. Benmont Tench and Howie Epstein initially were not happy about playing

136-545: A Jewish family, and raised in Danville, Illinois , He began working with bands while still a student at Danville High School and then in college at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign . His first management client was Champaign-based REO Speedwagon ; his second was Dan Fogelberg . In 1972, Azoff moved to Los Angeles with Fogelberg, where he worked for Geffen-Roberts Management. There he began working with

170-788: A consultant to MSG in connection with the management of its live event venues, including the Forum in Inglewood, CA and other MSG-managed buildings. In 2015, Azoff played a character based on himself in the Documentary Now! parody of History of the Eagles . The same year, Azoff co-founded Oak View Group with Tim Leiweke . The company is building the Belmont Park Arena as well as a new arena in Milan , Italy. Oak View Group

204-546: A goal to create an open-access database that included every recording "since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost". The first All Music Guide , published in 1992, was a 1,200-page reference book, packaged with a CD-ROM, titled All Music Guide: The Best CDs, Albums & Tapes: The Expert's Guide to the Best Releases from Thousands of Artists in All Types of Music . Its first online version, in 1994,

238-465: A half stars out of five in a retrospective review, admiring the craft of the album and rivaling it with the Heartbreakers' Damn the Torpedoes . This review notes there are no weak tracks on the album, calling it a "minor masterpiece". The 2004 Rolling Stone Album Guide called Full Moon Fever a "masterful solo album". It was ranked number 92 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 100 best albums of

272-399: A kind of cruise control, but its sheer unpretentiousness and crisp, non-doctored sound make it irresistible." The Orlando Sentinel opined that "Lynne's production is sometimes a little too clean, and there's nothing earthshaking or innovative going on... But when was the last time you picked up an album this solid: tough, pretty, good rockin', no filler?" AllMusic gave the album four and

306-489: A venture with the Madison Square Garden Company , prior to which he was chairman and CEO of Ticketmaster Entertainment and was executive chairman of Live Nation Entertainment and CEO of Front Line Management. He is on the boards of Starz Inc. and IMG . In 2012, he topped Billboard ' s Power 100. Labels founded by Azoff include Full Moon Records and Giant Records . Azoff was born into

340-599: Is added to the end of "Runnin' Down a Dream", rather than the beginning of "Feel a Whole Lot Better". Hello, CD listeners. We've come to the point in this album where those listening on cassette, or records, will have to stand up, or sit down, and turn over the record, or tape. In fairness to those listeners, we'll now take a few seconds before we begin side two. [pause] Thank you. Here's side two. Additional musicians Production Shipments figures based on certification alone. Irving Azoff Irving Azoff ( / ˈ eɪ z ɒ f / ; born December 12, 1947)

374-521: Is also part owner of problem hit Co-op Live arena in Manchester, together with City Football Group and musician Harry Styles Azoff and Oliver Chastan co-founded Iconic Artists Group in 2018, an entertainment rights management company. In 2021, Iconic Artists Group acquired the catalogue of David Crosby and a majority stake in The Beach Boys ' intellectual property. In February 2024,

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408-551: Is an American online music database . It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands . Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne . AllMusic was launched as All-Music Guide by Michael Erlewine , a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in

442-406: Is an American businessman, who is chairman of Full Stop Management, a company that represents recording artists. During the course of his career, he has worked as an agent, personal manager , concert promoter, movie producer , independent record label owner, merchandiser, music publisher, and CEO of a record label . Since September 2013 he has been chairman and CEO of Azoff MSG Entertainment,

476-504: Is noted for being heavily influenced by Jeff Lynne, resulting in a cleaner and glossier version of the Heartbreakers' roots rock from previous albums. Lynne incorporated layers of keyboards and backing vocals, giving it a Beatlesque feel. The songs show Petty paying dues to his influences with a Byrds cover (" Feel a Whole Lot Better ") and a nod to Del Shannon in " Runnin' Down a Dream ". Other songs, such as " Free Fallin' ", show Petty addressing nostalgia on his rise to fame. "A Mind With

510-496: The Eagles , forming a relationship that has lasted more than forty years. From 1983 to 1989, Azoff was chairman of MCA Music Entertainment Group and is credited for turning around that label's fortunes. According to Thomas R. King's book The Operator (2001), David Geffen manipulated Azoff into leaving MCA and going to Warner Music Group, where Azoff started Giant Records . King writes that Geffen wanted Azoff out at MCA to clear

544-587: The Full Moon Fever songs live during Heartbreakers concerts. Lynch hated playing them right up until his departure from the band, saying it made him feel like he was in a cover band. The recording process in 1988 was a low-key affair, with many of Petty's friends contributing, including the members of the Traveling Wilburys , minus Bob Dylan . Recorded mainly in the relaxed atmosphere of Mike Campbell 's garage studio, Petty would later say it

578-480: The 1980s, and was ranked number 298 in the 2020 update of the magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time . In 2000. it was voted number   534 in Colin Larkin 's All Time Top 1000 Albums . All tracks are written by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne , except where noted The original compact disc release of the album contains a hidden track in the pregap of Track 6 ("Feel a Whole Lot Better"), at

612-575: The Radio Music License Committee made anti-trust claims against Azoff's Global Music Rights, LLC, a performance rights organization . A settlement was reached in 2022. Azoff MSG Entertainment took part in a lawsuit against the city of Inglewood to stop the construction of a new arena for the Los Angeles Clippers in Inglewood alongside residents of the local neighbourhood. During the summer of 2019, it

646-641: The U.S. Billboard 200 and No.   8 in the UK. Five singles were released from the album; two hit the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Hot   100 and three topped the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. The RIAA certified Full Moon Fever 5× platinum on October   5, 2000, in the US and the CRIA certified it 6× platinum on September   18, 1991, in Canada. Critical praise was generally high. Rolling Stone compared

680-472: The album favorably to the Traveling Wilburys' debut, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 , saying it has the "same restless charm", but commenting that Full Moon Fever at times seems "sprawling". The review claims the album is "another rewarding, low-key side project for Petty", giving it three-and-a-half stars out of five. The Boston Globe noted that "some Petty fans might find this album to be

714-512: The company acquired the catalogue of British singer Rod Stewart for close to $ 100 million. In 2019, Azoff and his wife Shelli, along with a consortium of Los Angeles-based investors, purchased The Apple Pan , one of Los Angeles' oldest continuing operating restaurants, as well as Nate n' Al , founded in 1945. The following January, Azoff was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Ahmet Ertegun Award winner. Azoff has co-produced

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748-524: The company after its sale. Alliance filed for bankruptcy in 1999, and its assets were acquired by Ron Burkle 's Yucaipa Equity Fund. In 1999, All Music relocated from Big Rapids to Ann Arbor , where the staff expanded from 12 to 100 people. By February of that year, 350,000 albums and two million tracks had been cataloged. All Music had published biographies of 30,000 artists, 120,000 record reviews and 300 essays written by "a hybrid of historians, critics and passionate collectors". In late 2007, AllMusic

782-519: The mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard . After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan , he founded All Music Guide with

816-546: The movies Fast Times at Ridgemont High , Urban Cowboy , Jack Frost , Above The Rim , and The Inkwell , and was executive producer of The Hurricane . He has been named "Manager of the Year" by two touring industry trade publications. In 2012, Azoff appeared in Artifact , a documentary film about the modern music business focused on the legal battle between Thirty Seconds to Mars and record label EMI . In 2018,

850-412: The point where cassette or LP listeners would have to flip sides to continue. The track consists of a brief tongue-in-cheek monologue by Petty, over a background of barnyard noises (credited to Del Shannon). The interlude is not included in other physical versions of the album, though it is mentioned (as "Attention CD Listeners") in the album credits of all versions. On some later CD and digital releases, it

884-409: The tone of the music and the platforms on which the music is sold. It then connects that data together, in a way that can intelligently tell you about an entire type of music, whether a massive genre like classical, or a tiny one like sadcore ." In 1996, seeking to further develop its web-based businesses, Alliance Entertainment Corp. bought All Music from Erlewine for a reported $ 3.5 million. He left

918-499: The way for MCA to buy Geffen Records. Geffen convinced Mo Ostin at Warner Music to offer Irving Azoff a "dream" label deal. Giant Records operated for much of the 1990s until Azoff decided to return to concentrating on artist management. In October 2008, Ticketmaster announced it would acquire the management company Front Line Management Group, Inc. As part of the deal, Azoff, who was founder and chief executive officer of Front Line, became chief executive officer of Ticketmaster, and

952-582: Was a text-based Gopher site. It moved to the World Wide Web as web browsers became more user-friendly. Erlewine hired a database engineer, Vladimir Bogdanov , to design the All Music Guide framework, and recruited his nephew, writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine , to develop editorial content. In 1993, Chris Woodstra joined the staff as an engineer. A "record geek" who had written for alternative weeklies and fanzines, his main qualification

986-504: Was an "encyclopedic knowledge of music". 1,400 subgenres of music were created, a feature that became central to the site's utility. In a 2016 article in Tedium , Ernie Smith wrote: "AllMusic may have been one of the most ambitious sites of the early-internet era—and it's one that is fundamental to our understanding of pop culture. Because, the thing is, it doesn't just track reviews or albums. It tracks styles, genres, and subgenres, along with

1020-640: Was named chairman of Live Nation in February 2011. In 2013, Azoff founded the performance rights organisation Global Music Rights. The company administered publishing for artists including Metallica , Bruce Springsteen , John Lennon and George Harrison , Pearl Jam , and Bruno Mars . Later that year, Azoff unveiled Azoff MSG Entertainment, a venture with the Madison Square Garden Company (MSG). In addition to his role as chairman and CEO of Azoff MSG Entertainment, Azoff would be

1054-422: Was purchased for $ 72 million by TiVo Corporation (known as Macrovision at the time of the sale, and as Rovi from 2009 until 2016). In 2012, AllMusic removed all of Bryan Adams ' info from the site per a request from the artist. In 2015, AllMusic was purchased by BlinkX, later known as RhythmOne . The AllMusic database is powered by a combination of MySQL and MongoDB . The All Media Network produced

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1088-684: Was reported that Azoff was working with James L. Dolan of the Madison Square Garden Company to prevent the competing arena from being built similar to the tactics used to stop the construction of the proposed West Side Stadium in New York City in 2005. In March 2019, leaked emails revealed that Azoff attempted to lure the Los Angeles Lakers back to The Forum after their lease at the Staples Center

1122-505: Was the most enjoyable record of his career. Recording of Full Moon Fever was actually interrupted to allow time for recording of the first Wilburys' album. Two songs recorded during the sessions did not make the Full Moon Fever album. "Down the Line" and "Don't Treat Me Like a Stranger" were released as B-sides. During the sessions, Petty wrote "Indiana Girl", an early draft of what would eventually become " Mary Jane's Last Dance ". The album

1156-566: Was up. In 2018, Nicki Minaj accused Azoff of orchestrating a smear campaign against her upcoming tour; however, he later became her manager. Additionally, his performance rights organization Global Music Rights manages most of her song writing credits. In 1978, he married Rochelle "Shelli" Cumsky. They have four children, and the eldest son, Jeffrey Azoff, is a partner in Full Stop Management. AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG )

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