"Wreckless Abandon doesn't sound like a Heartbreakers record but it, unsurprisingly, pulls from a lot of the same influences. It's more garage than much of Petty's work, although he and the Heartbreakers were certainly capable of rocking out. And Campbell's voice lacks Petty's sad twang, instead showing off a proto-punk, insolent vocal style, that often smirks at the listener in a Petty manner".