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).
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Full Moon Fever rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | grammy album winners, my choices | 25/61 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 80 Music Albums of 1989 | 2/80 | 5 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 401-500 | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 501-600 | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 33/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 506 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,308 | |||
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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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| ! | 09/25/2026 19:50 |  MagicSix | 1,120 | 60/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2026 05:57 | Glitterboiii | 4,952 | 88/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2026 22:58 | willowen9 | 1,056 | 69/100 |
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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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BestEverAlbums 04/04/2025 20:00 in Album of the day (#5220): Full Moon Fever by Tom PettyFull Moon Fever comments
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A top album. Not heard this album for over 30 years and just got it again. Sooooo many great tracks - Free Fallin is such an excellent track.
One of Petty's best works. I understand why he released it as a solo album because it has a bit more variety than his Heartbreakers music. Even though a lot of the members of the band were involved in the making of this one.
Key tracks: Free Fallin', I Won't Back Down, Love is a Long Road, Running Down a Dream, The Apartment Song
this is number two on my list of 1989 this is tom petty in all of his glory best Tom Petty album second only to Damn the Torpedoes almost every track is fantastic the Byrds cover is spot on The Apartment Song speaks to any single person in their 20s Wont back down, free fallin, and on and on
This one was on continuous spin when it first came out - everybody had. Two decades later, I find it hasn't lost any of its charm. Great music from the start; I think it's Petty's finest effort.
Fantastic album! Another great find on besteveralbums!
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