Playback (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)

Track listing

• In 2015, both Through the Cracks and Nobody's Children were released on digital purchasing and streaming platforms as standalone releases. As of 2020, only Nobody's Children is still available to digitally purchase and stream.

Personnel

• Ron Blair – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Mike Campbell – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, squeeze box, mandolin, backing vocals, keyboard bass, Dobro, koto, percussion, keyboards
• Howie Epstein – bass guitar, backing vocals, acoustic lead guitar, spoken word vocal
• Steve Ferrone – drum overdub
• Stan Lynch – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocal
• Tom Petty – lead vocals, backing vocals, spoken word vocals, whistling, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar, piano, electric piano, harmonica, percussion
• Benmont Tench – piano, electric piano, keyboards, backing vocals, crash cymbal, string synthesizer
• Scott Thurston – six-string bass guitar, guitar, slide guitar

• Phil Jones – percussion, drums, backing vocal
• Jeff Lynne – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, piano, guitar synthesizer, drum machine, sampler, percussion
• George Drakoulias – percussion overdubs, drums
• Jeff Jourard – electric guitar on "Breakdown"
• Phil Seymour – backing vocals on "Breakdown" and "American Girl"
• Randall Marsh – drums on "Hometown Blues"
• Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar on "Hometown Blues", "A Woman in Love " and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
• Jim Keltner – percussion on "Refugee", "The Best of Everything" and "Love is a Long Road", drums on "Love Is a Long Road" and "Christmas All Over Again"
• Stevie Nicks – backing vocals on "Insider", "You Can Still Change Your Mind" and "The Apartment Song"
• Molly Duncan – saxophone on "Rebels" and "Make it Better "
• Bobbye Hall – tambourine on "Rebels"
• Dean Garcia – intro bass guitar on "Don't Come Around Here No More"
• Marilyn Martin – backing vocal on "Don't Come Around Here No More"
• Dave Stewart – electric sitar, synthesizer and backing vocal on "Don't Come Around Here No More", guitar on "Make it Better "
• Jack Nitzsche – string arrangement on "Southern Accents"
• Gary Chang – synthesizer on "The Best of Everything"
• Garth Hudson – organ on "The Best of Everything"
• Richard Manuel – backing vocal on "The Best of Everything"
• Jerry Hey – horn arrangement on "The Best of Everything"
• George Harrison – acoustic guitar and backing vocal on "I Won't Back Down"
• Robbie Blunt, Kevin Dukes, and Jimmy Rip – acoustic guitars on "Christmas All Over Again"
• Tim Pierce – electric guitar on "Christmas All Over Again"
• Scott Humphrey – synthesizer on "Christmas All Over Again"
• Mitchell Froom – harpsichord on "Christmas All Over Again"
• Shelly Yakus – backing vocals on "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again"
• Jimmy Iovine – backing vocals on "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again", telephone ring on "Cracking Up"
• Carlene Carter – spoken word vocal on "Peace in L.A."
• John Sebastian – baritone guitar on "I Don't Know What to Say to You"
• Charlie Souza – bass guitar on "Don't Do Me Like That"
• Al Kooper – organ and piano on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
• Emory Gordy – bass guitar on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
• Jim Gordon – drums on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
• Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson and Michael Steele – backing vocals on "Waiting for Tonight"
• Lenny Kravitz – drums, bass guitar, backing vocal and spoken word vocal on "You Come Through"
• Tom Leadon – lead guitar and backing vocal on "Up in Mississippi Tonight"

VHS/DVD

1. "Here Comes My Girl"
2. "Refugee"
3. "The Waiting"
4. "A Woman in Love "
5. "Insider"
6. "You Got Lucky"
7. "Change of Heart"
8. "Don't Come Around Here No More"
9. "Jammin' Me"
10. "I Won't Back Down"
11. "Runnin' Down A Dream"
12. "Free Fallin'"
13. "A Face in the Crowd"
14. "Yer So Bad"
15. "Learning to Fly"
16. "Into the Great Wide Open"
17. "Mary Jane's Last Dance"