The Live Anthology
by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers bestography
The Live Anthology is ranked 18th best out of 32 albums by Tom Petty on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tom Petty is Full Moon Fever which is ranked number 525 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,304.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Live Anthology track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Live Anthology rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 78 Music Albums of 2009 | 10/78 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 18/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | triples, etc. etc. | 3/7 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | live albums 2021 (2 B deleted) | 24/85 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 55 Music Albums of 2009 | 55/55 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | in 2021 (2 B deleted) | 52/99 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2701-2796 | 40/96 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2025 |  NickVolos | Favorite Live Albums | 95/99 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 10 Music Albums of 2009 | 4/10 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 45 | |||
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The Live Anthology ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/03/2026 08:09 | Leginlists | 3,843 | 83/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2025 17:00 | Johnnyo | 9,846 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/26/2022 14:25 | LosWochos | 47,545 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 81.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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The Live Anthology forum mentions
Romanelli 08/11/2026 01:08 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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The Live Anthology comments
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Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/03/2012 21:45 | #36387
4 discs of live greatness from TP & H. Recorded over several years, made to sound like a single show. Great versions of some really great songs.
This is great but I think 3 discs probably would have been sufficient. 4 discs is quite an investment to listen to.
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