Full Moon Fever (studio album)
by Tom Petty

Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 523rd   
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 584 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1989 (9th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1980s (79th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (523rd)

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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).

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Full Moon Fever rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 523rd | 1980s rank: 79th | 1989 rank: 9th

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Full Moon Fever ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 584 votes)
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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 78.8/100, 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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From 04/14/2025 10:01 | #308508
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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From 02/16/2025 09:09 | #307620
Great Songs, actually evergreens !
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From 01/20/2024 17:38 | #301340
This is a top notch album. Great songs. Jeff Lynne's addition and direction is important here.
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From 09/07/2022 01:12 | #289457
Great Petty record
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From 01/30/2022 00:20 | #280283
Trilha sonora da década!
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From 12/29/2020 13:07 | #263401
Second half is clearly weaker, but I have a nostalgic tolerance for the goofier material.
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From 10/27/2020 17:29 | #259852
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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From 08/07/2020 19:49 | #256793
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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From 07/13/2020 14:41 | #255513
Love this album! Rating (85.42)
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From 06/30/2020 04:00 | #254786
Tom Petty is proof that you don't have to write artsy think pieces to make good music.
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