Records felt that the album was too long, and it was decided to reduce the album to 15 tracks. Petty wrote and recorded numerous songs for the album, and the original plan was to have Wildflowers be a double album, with 25 songs in total. (Lynch did play on one outtake from Wildflowers, "Something Could Happen"). Petty fired Lynch from the Heartbreakers just before the album's release, and Ferrone officially joined the touring band the following year, and later became a full band member. Petty auditioned numerous drummers for the album, and eventually chose Steve Ferrone.
The album features all the band's members with the exception of drummer Stan Lynch. Wildflowers was credited only to Petty and not to his usual band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers because, in Petty's words, "Rick and I both wanted more freedom than to be strapped into five guys." Nonetheless, the Heartbreakers predominantly served as the musicians on the album. In 2020, the album was ranked at number 214 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Albums of All Time list. The album was certified 3× platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America. Records (where he had recorded as part of the Traveling Wilburys) and the first of three albums produced by Rick Rubin. The album was the first released by Petty after signing a contract with Warner Bros. Wildflowers is the second solo studio album by American musician Tom Petty, released on November 1, 1994.
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