Hard Promises (studio album) by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Top albums of 1981 (
Price
eBay
Condition: Used
eBay
Condition: Used
eBay
Condition: Used
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers bestography
Hard Promises is ranked 4th best out of 26 albums by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers is Damn The Torpedoes which is ranked number 766 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,294.
Upcoming concerts
Listen to Hard Promises on YouTube
Hard Promises track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
0
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Hard Promises rankings
Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:
paladisiac
Taka
Romanelli
rambleon80
ExTeaSeaYou can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page!
Hard Promises collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 99 members
Hard Promises ratings
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 163 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
85/100  | 09/12/2025 09:17 | mash | | 89/100 |
85/100 | 05/06/2025 22:50 | matterhornrider | | 81/100 |
75/100 | 04/10/2025 03:30 | culwin | | 75/100 |
85/100 | 01/23/2025 18:54 | adbrack1988 | | 83/100 |
85/100 | 11/27/2024 13:04 |  slatsheit | | 81/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 7% 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.
Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating
Hard Promises favourites
Showing all 16 members who have added this album as a favourite
Hard Promises comments
Showing all 10 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Maximum Rated First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Jboy56 01/28/2022 16:53
Very underrated album. Many solid songs, no bigger hits but listened a lot in Spotify. Recommended.!
llibnanoon 10/30/2020 18:05
Just discovered the amazing "Nightwatchman". Great album. Rating (81.00)
Repo 09/23/2018 15:00
Solid if not great. Front-loaded as well. But the first side is classic Tom Petty at the height of his power.
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
Solid quality Tom Petty... but it's almost like a B-Sides album or something... nothing special.
junodog4 03/15/2015 16:52
Quietly a solid album from start to finish. Just lacks the standout tracks to make it a classic.
timtooky 03/29/2014 11:32
tom writes slick, lively and agreeable songs. listening to hard promises is easy and cheerful. but somehow something is missing to make this one "a big thing" for me - i can't really fall in love with it.
I thought this was an excellent album. Underrated
covecove 11/14/2011 19:17
Love 80's Tom Petty in particular this and Long After Dark... Not a single weak track between both albums, this guy is the finest songwriter of his generation and for some reason just does not recieve recognition in the site, pitty...
jojoexile 08/04/2011 04:04
"Insider" WITH STEVIE NICKS IS MASTERPEICE...GREAT TO SOLID TUNES
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment
Your feedback for Hard Promises
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.