Hard Promises
by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers bestography
Hard Promises is ranked 6th 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 521 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,321.
(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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Hard Promises track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Hard Promises 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 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 45/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  NickVolos | Vinyl Collection, Pt. 4 | 51/99 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 27 Music Albums of 1981 | 4/27 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 18 Music Albums of 1981 | 7/18 | 3 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 201-300 | 97/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 141 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 453 | |||
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Hard Promises ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2026 23:01 | juanr1096 | 6,202 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 05:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,565 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 17:40 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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Forum mentions
Romanelli 07/09/2026 15:41 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Jboy56 01/28/2022 16:53 | #280230 | TOP COMMENT
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Very underrated album. Many solid songs, no bigger hits but listened a lot in Spotify. Recommended.! (Edited)
llibnanoon 10/30/2020 18:05 | #259958 | TOP COMMENT
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Just discovered the amazing "Nightwatchman". Great album. Rating (81.00) (Edited)
Repo 09/23/2018 15:00 | #221515 | TOP COMMENT
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Solid if not great. Front-loaded as well. But the first side is classic Tom Petty at the height of his power. (Edited)
Certainly a solid album. The Waiting might be their best song, and King's Road and Letting You Go are underrated in my opinion.
RoundTheBend 04/30/2016 02:33 | #164862
Solid quality Tom Petty... but it's almost like a B-Sides album or something... nothing special.
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