Refugee (track)
by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Year: 1979
From the album Damn The Torpedoes (track #1)
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Refugee appears on the following album(s) by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers:
- Greatest Hits (track #5) (compilation) (1993)
- Damn The Torpedoes (track #1) (this album) (1979)
- The Live Anthology (track #13) (compilation) (2009)
- Anthology: Through The Years (track #8) (compilation) (2000)
- Pack Up The Plantation: Live! (track #9) (1985)
- Playback (track #11) (1995)
- The Best Of Everything (The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016) (track #17) (compilation) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 03/12/2026 20:56 | Jantje | 776 | 78/100 | |
| 02/06/2026 15:13 | alexandermause | 17,421 | 85/100 | |
| 01/19/2026 18:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 97,711 | 71/100 | |
| 09/06/2025 14:33 |  ExTeaSea | 12,714 | 85/100 | |
| 08/03/2025 15:04 | Imaybeparanoid | 52,543 | 69/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.8/100, a mean average of 87.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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The guitar playing is the best part.
Jasonconfused 12/11/2012 23:26 | #57592
One of Tom Petty's biggest hits. It's one of the best songs on the album no doubt and a great way to start the album.
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