Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Year: 1976
Release date: 1976-11-09
Overall rank: 2,202nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 278 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (33rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (392nd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,202nd)

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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers bestography

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers is ranked 4th 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 3,318.

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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Rockin' Around (With You)
Average Rating: 78 (60 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
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Breakdown
Average Rating: 87 (109 votes)Comments: View 2
3.
Hometown Blues
Average Rating: 77 (56 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
The Wild One, Forever
Average Rating: 80 (60 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll
Average Rating: 78 (58 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Strangered In The Night
Average Rating: 78 (58 votes)Comments: View 1
7.
Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)
Average Rating: 79 (58 votes)Comments: View 1
8.
Mystery Man
Average Rating: 77 (56 votes)Comments: View 0
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Luna
Average Rating: 77 (57 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
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American Girl
Average Rating: 88 (143 votes)Comments: View 3

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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers rankings

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,202nd | 1970s rank: 392nd | 1976 rank: 33rd  Overall chart history
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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 278 votes)
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70/100
 !		09/12/2026 14:54 NowhereMan  Ratings distribution  1,48877/100
 
75/100
 !		08/31/2026 16:00 AledJames  Ratings distribution  1,68269/100
 
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 !		08/19/2026 21:03 Mrump  Ratings distribution  53675/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.


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Forum mentions

This album has been referenced 27 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 08/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5401): By Repo
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by by by (1963) 4. by (1981) 5. by (1970) 6. by (1969) 7. by (1971) 8. by (1983) 9. (1986) 10. by (1965) 11. by (1984) 12. by by (1963) 14. by (1978) 15. by (2009) 16. by by (1969) 18. by (1941) 19. by (1977) 20. by (1951) 21. by (1956)…”
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From matterhornrider 11/09/2025 17:01 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“Released on November 9th 1976”
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From pedro1976 11/09/2024 08:33 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“08:30 released on this day... November 9, 1976”
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From 08/29/2026 19:37 | #315892
Tom Petty entende a música pop e a raiz americana da música como poucos.
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From 07/03/2023 12:45 | #297925
Clássico.
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From 09/26/2022 18:49 | #289979
Solid regular rock 'n' roll album, quite good for a debut. Obviously the classics here are American Girl and Breakdown.
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From 08/03/2021 12:57 | #272208
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90/100
From 06/13/2021 10:37 | #270588
An absolute classic and one of the greatest debut albums of all time.
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