Echo
by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers bestography
Echo is ranked 15th 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 522 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,314.
(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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Echo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Echo rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 20 Music Albums of 1999 | 10/20 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1999 Pt 2 | 43/75 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 901-1000 | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 91 Music Albums of 1999 | 86/91 | 0 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2301-2400* | 28/82 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 73 Music Albums of 1999 | 17/73 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 89 Music Albums of 1999 | 71/89 | 1 |
| 2025 |  bojolpif71 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | dhbarrett | Top 42 Music Albums of 1999 | 15/42 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 49 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 103 | |||
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Echo ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/16/2026 18:53 | slatsheit | 2,071 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2026 11:21 | cicadelic | 14,016 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2025 20:20 | ekingshill | 854 | 74/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.
Echo forum mentions
pedro1976 09/01/2026 21:39 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 03/24/2024 22:58 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Sacred Cow Romanelli 04/01/2023 20:22 in What album are you listening to right now?Echo comments
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I'm surprised how little love this one gets here. It's Petty's last classic and just a really good album through and through. He was going through a lot of stuff here and it shows but I'd put it up there with his very best work.
drivebytornado 03/02/2013 02:56 | #66622
Tom Petty finished out a great decade of work with his 4th classic album in ten years. This one doesn't hold up to comparisons with Wildflowers, but it's on par with Full Moon Fever and Into the Great Wide Open.. With 15 tracks, this one is big on both quality and quantity. For favorite tracks, I'd have to go with "Lonesome Sundown" "Room at the Top" and the title track.
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