Full Moon Fever (studio album)
by Tom Petty

Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 520th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 582 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1989 (9th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1980s (79th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (520th)

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Full Moon Fever is ranked as the best album by Tom Petty.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 582 votes)
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09/09/2025 18:49 Jantje  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 56775/100

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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 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.

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90/100
From 04/14/2025 10:01
Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1990. The winner was Nick Of Time by Bonnie Raitt. This should have won
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95/100
From 02/16/2025 09:09
Great Songs, actually evergreens !
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70/100
From 01/20/2024 17:38
This is a top notch album. Great songs. Jeff Lynne's addition and direction is important here.
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80/100
From 09/07/2022 01:12
Great Petty record
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80/100
From 01/30/2022 00:20
Trilha sonora da década!
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85/100
From 12/29/2020 13:07
Second half is clearly weaker, but I have a nostalgic tolerance for the goofier material.
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85/100
From 10/27/2020 17:29
for me their is no complete tp album.i like this album and into the great wide open but thats it. good but not great.
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90/100
From 08/07/2020 19:49
Great album no heartbreaker chugging, more succinct pop rock with fine lynne / petty song writing. Only zombie zoo fails the quality mark. Lynnes production of guitars is excellent on this record.
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85/100
From 07/13/2020 14:41
Love this album! Rating (85.42)
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80/100
From 06/30/2020 04:00
Tom Petty is proof that you don't have to write artsy think pieces to make good music.
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