Breakdown (track)
by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Year: 1976
From the album Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (track #2)
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Breakdown appears on the following album(s) by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers:
- Greatest Hits (track #2) (compilation) (1993)
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (track #2) (this album) (1976)
- The Live Anthology (track #8) (compilation) (2009)
- Anthology: Through The Years (track #1) (compilation) (2000)
- Pack Up The Plantation: Live! (track #4) (1985)
- Playback (track #1) (1995)
- Mojo Tour 2010 (track #5) (2010)
- The Best Of Everything (The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016) (track #9) (compilation) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/24/2026 17:01 | Rounder89 | 4,963 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 20:57 | Jantje | 936 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2026 15:13 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2025 05:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,174 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 14:27 |  Norshammar | 1,424 | 86/100 |
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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 86.8/100, a mean average of 86.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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RichardSauce 10/11/2015 01:21 | #151293
Breakdown is not one of Petty's many beloved monster hits, but it remains one of his best songs to this day.
Romanelli 05/25/2012 17:01 | #42999
An oddly simple yet great song.
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