Last Friday, a career-spanning box set called An American Treasure was released delving into the work of Tom Petty, in time for the one-year anniversary of the venerable rocker's death on Oct. 2. Unlike most retrospectives, An American Treasure largely eschews hits in order to illuminate some of the lesser known corners of Petty's music. But does this approach serve the man who wrote some of the best rock singles ever? I called up Steve Kandell, a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in Spin, Pitchfork and Buzzfeed, to talk about An American Treasure, and how our perceptions of Petty have changed (and in some cases improved) in the time since he passed. 

Last Friday, a career-spanning box set called&nbsp;An American Treasure&nbsp;was released delving into the work of Tom Petty, in time&nbsp;for&nbsp;the one-year anniversary of the venerable rocker's death on Oct. 2. Unlike most retrospectives,&nbsp;An American Treasure&nbsp;largely eschews hits in order to illuminate some of the lesser known corners of Petty's music.&nbsp;But does this approach serve the man who wrote some of the best rock singles ever? I called up Steve Kandell, a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in&nbsp;Spin,&nbsp;Pitchfork&nbsp;and Buzzfeed, to talk about&nbsp;An&nbsp;American Treasure,&nbsp;and how our perceptions of Petty have changed (and in some cases improved) in the time since he passed.&nbsp;

Rock Critic Steven Hyden ("Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me", "Twilight Of The Gods") talks with rock stars and the country’s biggest music writers about what’s happening in rock. Presented by 93X (www.93X.com) and Uproxx.com (http://uproxx.com/music/)

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