Full Moon Fever
by Tom Petty
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Full Moon Fever is ranked as the best album by Tom Petty.
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Full Moon Fever track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Full Moon Fever rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 43 Music Albums of 1989 | 6/43 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1989 | 70/100 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 60 Music Albums of 1989 | 59/60 | 0 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 13 Music Albums of 1989 | 4/13 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | All Time Pt 6 | 35/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 80 Music Albums of 1989 | 2/80 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 29 Music Albums of 1989 | 3/29 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | all-time fav arteests (pts) #001-100 | 7/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 17/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 505 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,321 | |||
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Full Moon Fever ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 7 hours ago | NowhereMan | 1,485 | 77/100 |
| ! | 3 days ago |  slatsheit | 2,058 | 81/100 |
| ! | 4 days ago |  spigelwii | 657 | 85/100 |
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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 79.0/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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Forum mentions
imacgill 04/19/2026 22:05 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
jackup 03/25/2026 17:43 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Full Moon Fever comments
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started well with the first 5 tracks but then really lost momentum unfortunately - Free Fallin is a classic (Edited)
Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1990. The winner was Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt. This should have won (Edited)
Great Songs, actually evergreens ! (Edited)
Squonk007 01/20/2024 17:38 | #301340
This is a top notch album. Great songs. Jeff Lynne's addition and direction is important here. (Edited)
Great Petty record
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