Friday, November 25, 2022

Tom Petty: A Retrospective, 1976-2016

Tom Petty

A Retrospective: 1976-2016

Overview:

Rock singer and guitarist born 10/20/1950 in Gainsville, FL. Died 10/2/2017. With Mudcrutch (1971-74) and then Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1976-2017). Also part of the supergroup the Traveling Wilburys (88,90) and recorded solo (1989, 1994, 2006). The group backed Stevie Nicks on her Bella Donna album. Toured with Bob Dylan in 1986. Mudcrutch reunited in 2008 and again in 2016.


The Bands


The Players

  • Tom Petty (vocals, guitar, bass, harmonica, keyboards – Mudcrutch: 1971-74, 2007-2017; Heartbreakers: 1976-2017; Traveling Wilburys: 1988-90). Died 2017.
  • Mike Campbell (guitar – Mudcrutch: 1971-75, 2007-2017; Heartbreakers: 1976-2017)
  • Tom Leadon (guitar, vocals – Mudcrutch: 1971-72, 2007-2017). Died 2023.
  • Randall Marsh (drums – Mudcrutch: 1971-75, 2007-2017)
  • Jim Lenahan (vocals – Mudcrutch: 1971-72)
  • Benmont Tench (keyboards – Mudcrutch: 1973-75, 2007-2017; Heartbreakers: 1976-2017)
  • Danny Roberts (bass, rhythm guitar, vocals – Mudcrutch: 1973-74)
  • Charlie Souza (bass – Mudcrutch: 1974-75)
  • Ron Blair (bass – Heartbreakers: 1976-82, 2002-2017)
  • Stan Lynch (drums – Heartbreakers: 1976-1994)
  • Howard Epstein (bass – Heartbreakers: 1982-2002). Died 2003.
  • Scott Thurston (guitar, keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals – Heartbreakers: 1999-2017)
  • Steve Ferrone (drums, percussion – Heartbreakers: 1999-2017)


Links

Awards

Studio Albums

Compilations


Spotify Playlist

Here’s my Tom Petty 1976-2016 playlist at Spotify that features all the cuts from Greatest Hits, Anthology, and The Best of Everything.


Live Albums

Under each album snapshot, songs featured on the above compilations and live albums are noted. If the song charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to charts.

No Sleep ‘Til L.A. (archives)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers/Mudcrutch

Recorded: 1971-1975


Released: November 6, 2026


Peak: -- US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK)


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

0.000 out of 5.00 (average of # ratings)

Tracks:

  1. Parade of Loons
  2. You’re Gonna Learn
  3. Another Lonely Night
  4. I Can’t Fight It (1974 Mudcrutch outtake) PB
  5. Depot Street (1974 Mudcrutch outtake) PB
  6. Sin City
  7. Wild Eyes
  8. Unheard of Kind of Hero
  9. Up in Mississippi Tonight (Mudcrutch 1973 debut single) PB
  10. Satisfy Yourself
  11. Since You Said You Loved Me (1974 outtake) PB
  12. Long Way


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • On the Street (1973 Mudcrutch outtake) PB, LF
  • Cry to Me (1974 Solomon Burke cover by Mudcrutch) PB
  • Don’t Do Me Like That (1974 Mudcrutch version) PB
  • Lost in Your Eyes (Mudcrutch, 1974) AT
  • Louisiana Rain (1975 version) PB, LA


About the Album:

This archival set gathers material from before the first Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ album in 1976. It is available as a free-standing album or as part of the 1971-1978 box set.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: November 9, 1976


Peak: 55 US, 24 UK, 81 CN, 57 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 0.50 US, -- UK, 1.0 world (includes US + UK)


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

3.842 out of 5.00 (average of 22 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Tracks:

  1. Rockin’ Around with You (8/77, --) PP, AT
  2. Breakdown PP, G, A, PB, LA, B, AT
  3. Hometown Blues A, PB
  4. The Wild One, Forever (1/77, --) A, LB, LA, AT
  5. Anything That’s Rock ‘N’ Roll (4/77, 45 CL, 36 UK) PB, AT
  6. Strangered in the Night
  7. Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It) AT
  8. Mystery Man
  9. Luna
  10. American Girl PP, G, A, PB, LF, LA, B


Total Running Time: 30:38


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Surrender (1976 outtake; new version released in 2000) A, LA, AT


About the Album:

The self-titled debut album from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and produced the iconic songs “Breakdown” and “American Girl.”

You’re Gonna Get It!!

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: May 2, 1978


Peak: 23 US, 34 UK, 38 CN, 60 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 0.50 US, -- UK, 1.50 world (includes US + UK)


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

3.402 out of 5.00 (average of 22 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. When the Time Comes PB, AT
  2. You’re Gonna Get It AT
  3. Hurt
  4. Magnolia
  5. Too Much Ain’t Enough A, PB, LA
  6. I Need to Know PP, G, A, PB, LA, B
  7. Listen to Her Heart G, A, PB, LF, B, AT
  8. No Second Thoughts PB, LA, AT
  9. Restless
  10. Baby’s a Rock ‘n’ Roller PB


Total Running Time: 29:38


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Radio promotion spot (1977) AT
  • I Don’t Know What to Say to You (B-side of “Listen to Her Heart,” 8/30/78) PB
  • Don’t Bring Me Down (recorded live 7/16/78) PP, PB


About the Album:

The sophomore release from Petty & Co. was another gold seller although it only produced two minor hits (“I Need to Know” and “Listen to Her Heart”).

Damn the Torpedoes

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: October 19, 1979


Peak: 2 US, 57 UK, 2 CN, 15 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, -- UK, 3.0 world (includes US + UK)


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

4.271 out of 5.00 (average of 21 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Tracks:

  1. Refugee PP, G, A, PB, LA, B
  2. Here Comes My Girl G, A, PB, LA, B, AT
  3. Even the Losers G, A, PB, LB, LA, B, AT
  4. Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid) PB
  5. Century City LA
  6. Don’t Do Me Like That G, A, PB, B
  7. You Tell Me
  8. What Are You Doin’ in My Life? AT
  9. Louisiana Rain AT


Total Running Time: 36:38


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Casa Dega (B-side of “Don’t Do Me Like That,” 11/5/79) PB
  • It’s Rainin’ Again (B-side of “Refugee,” 1/11/80) PB
  • Stories We Could Tell (recorded live 3/7/80) PP
  • Somethin’ Else (live, 5/7/80; B-side of “Even the Losers”) PB


About the Album:

The third Heartbreakers album was a massive success, going double platinum, reaching #2 on the Billboard album chart, and producing the band’s first top-10 hit with “Don’t Do Me Like That” as well as the top-20 hit “Refugee.” Go to the DMDB page for more about this album.

Hard Promises

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: May 5, 1981


Peak: 5 US, 32 UK, 3 CN, 21 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, -- UK, 2.0 world (includes US + UK)


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

3.753 out of 5.00 (average of 21 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. The Waiting PP, G, PB, LA, B
  2. A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) A, PB, LA, AT
  3. Nightwatchman (4/20/81, 37 CL, 21 AR) LA
  4. Something Big PB
  5. Kings Road AT
  6. Letting You Go
  7. A Thing About You PB, LA
  8. Insider PP, PB, AT
  9. The Criminal Kid
  10. You Can Still Change Your Mind PB, AT


Total Running Time: 39:33


Other Tracks from This Era:


About the Album:

Hard Promises, the fourth album from the Heartbreakers, was their second platinum seller. It produced the top-20 hit “The Waiting,” which was also a #1 in the early days of the album rock chart.

Long After Dark

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: November 2, 1982


Peak: 9 US, 45 UK, 17 CN, 77 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 0.50 US, -- UK, 1.0 world (includes US + UK)


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

3.285 out of 5.00 (average of 20 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. A One Story Town (12/4/82, 15 AR)
  2. You Got Lucky PP, G, A, PB, B
  3. Deliver Me AT
  4. Change of Heart A, PB
  5. Finding Out
  6. We Stand a Chance (11/27/82, 37 AR)
  7. Straight into Darkness A, PB, LA, AT
  8. The Same Old You PB
  9. Between Two Worlds (10/22/82, 35 AR)
  10. A Wasted Life


Total Running Time: 37:44


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Heartbreakers Beach Party (B-side of “Change of Heart,” 11/27/82) PB, LF
  • Keeping Me Alive PB, AT
  • Turning Pont PB
  • Keep a Little Soul AT
  • I’m in Love (live at Wembley Arena in London England, 12/7/82) LA
  • Shout (recorded live 3/19/83) PP
  • Any Way You Want It (live at Irvine Meadows in Irvine, California; 6/11/83) LA


About the Album:

The fifth studio album from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers was yet another gold seller and top 10 album. It produced two top-40 hits in “You Got Lucky” and “Change of Heart.”

Southern Accents

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: March 26, 1985


Peak: 7 US, 23 UK, -- CN, 53 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 1.0 US


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

3.601 out of 5.00 (average of 21 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Tracks:

  1. Rebels PP, A, PB, AT
  2. It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me PP
  3. Don’t Come Around Here No More G, A, PB, LA, B
  4. Southern Accents PP, PB, LA, B, AT
  5. Make It Better (Forget About Me) PB
  6. Spike LA
  7. Dogs on the Run
  8. Mary’s New Car
  9. The Best of Everything (10/18, --) A, PB, B, AT


Total Running Time: 39:54


Other Tracks from This Era:


About the Album:

The sixth studio album from Petty & Co. was another top-10, platinum seller and featured the top-20 hit “Don’t Come Around Here No More.”

Pack Up the Plantation (live)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers


Recorded: 1978-1985


Released: November 25, 1985

Peak: 22 US, -- UK, -- CN, 24 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

3.569 out of 5.00 (average of 19 ratings)

Tracks:

(1) So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (2) Needles and Pins (3) The Waiting (4) Breakdown (5) American Girl (6) It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me (7) Insider (8) Rockin’ Around with You (9) Refugee (10) I Need to Know (11) Southern Accents (12) Rebels (13) Don’t Bring Me Down (14) You Got Lucky (15) Shout (16) Stories We Could Tell


Total Running Time: 71:12


About the Album:

The first live album from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers was primarily recorded during the band’s 1985 tour but there were a few cuts dating back as far as 1978.

Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: April 21, 1987


Peak: 20 US, 59 UK, -- CN, 63 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 0.50 US, -- UK, 1.0 world (includes US + UK)


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

3.224 out of 5.00 (average of 21 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. Jammin’ Me A, PB, LF, LA, B
  2. Runaway Trains (5/9/87, 6 AR, 32 DF)
  3. The Damage You’ve Done AT
  4. It’ll All Work Out A, PB
  5. My Life/Your World PB, LA
  6. Think About Me (5/9/87, 36 AR) PB, LA
  7. All Mixed Up
  8. A Self-Made Man PB
  9. Ain’t Love Strange
  10. How Many More Days
  11. Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)


Total Running Time: 41:08


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Make That Connection (B-side of “Jammin’ Me,” 4/6/87) PB
  • Moon Pie PB The Damage You’ve Done (country version) PB
  • Got My Mind Made Up PB
  • Can’t Get Her Out PB
  • You Come Through PB
  • King of the Hill AT
  • Ballad of Easy Rider (live at Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida; 7/24/87) LA


About the Album:

This was yet another gold-selling album, making a perfect 7 of 7 for Petty when it came to studio releases. The album featured the top-20 hit “Jammin’ Me.”

Full Moon Fever

Tom Petty


Released: April 24, 1989


Peak: 3 US, 8 UK, 2 CN, 13 AU, 12 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 5.0 US, 0.1 UK, 7.0 world (includes US and UK)


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

4.330 out of 5.00 (average of 19 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. Free Fallin’ G, A, PB, LF, LA, B
  2. I Won’t Back Down G, A, PB, LF, LA, B, AT
  3. Love Is a Long Road A, PB
  4. A Face in the Crowd
  5. Runnin’ Down a Dream G, A, PB, LF, LA, B
  6. Feel a Whole Lot Better
  7. Yer So Bad A, PB
  8. Depending on You
  9. The Apartment Song
  10. Alright for Now PB, LF, LA, AT
  11. A Mind with a Heart of Its Own
  12. Zombie Zoo


Total Running Time: --


Other Tracks from This Era:


About the Album:

Tom Petty’s first solo album ended up being the most successful of his career. Go to the DMDB page for more about this album, including awards and chart data for individual songs.

Into the Great Wide Open

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: July 2, 1991


Peak: 13 US, 3 UK, 11 CN, 28 AU, 4 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 2.0 US


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

3.780 out of 5.00 (average of 23 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Tracks:

  1. Learning to Fly G, A, PB, LA, B
  2. Kings Highway (12/21/91, 4 AR, 31 CN, 25 DF)
  3. Into the Great Wide Open G, A, PB, B, AT
  4. Two Gunslingers (28 DF) A, AT
  5. The Dark of the Sun
  6. All or Nothin’ (30 DF) PB
  7. All the Wrong Reasons
  8. Too Good to Be True (6/17/91, 34 UK)
  9. Out in the Cold PB
  10. You and I Will Meet Again AT
  11. Makin’ Some Noise (3/21/92, 30 AR, 30 DF)
  12. Built to Last (28 DF) PB


Total Running Time: 43:55


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Psychotic Highway (live, 11/23/91) PB
  • I’m Tired Joey Boy (live, 11/23/91) PB
  • Lonely Weekend (live, 11/24/91) PB
  • Peace in L.A. (single, 5/26/92) PB


About the Album:

This was a two-million seller that produced the top-40 hit “Learning to Fly.” That song and “Out in the Cold” were also #1 album rock songs.

Greatest Hits (compilation)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers


Released: November 16, 1993


Recorded: 1976-1993


Peak: 2 US, 10 UK, 4 CN, 16 AU, 6 DF


Sales (in millions): 12.0 US, 0.3 UK, 15.9 world (includes US and UK)


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

4.664 out of 5.00 (average of 23 ratings)


Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Tracks: (1) American Girl (2) Breakdown (3) Listen to Her Heart (4) I Need to Know (5) Refugee (6) Don’t Do Me Like That (7) Even the Losers (8) Here Comes My Girl (9) The Waiting (10) You Got Lucky (11) Don’t Come Around Here No More (12) I Won’t Back Down (13) Runnin’ Down a Dream (14) Free Fallin’ (15) Learning to Fly (16) Into the Great Wide Open (17) Mary Jane’s Last Dance (18) Something in the Air


Total Running Time: 65:17


Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums:

  • Christmas All Over Again (from A Very Special Christmas, 10/20/92, 18 DF) PB
  • God’s Gift to Man (1992 outtake) PB
  • You Get Me High (1992 outtake) PB
  • Something in the Air (10/30/93) G, LA
  • Drivin’ Down to Georgia (live at Stephen O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida; 11/4/93) LA
  • Lost Without You (live at Stephen O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida; 11/4/93) LA
  • Mary Jane’s Last Dance (11/6/93) G, A, PB, LF, LA, B
  • Baby, Let’s Play House PB
  • Wooden Heart PB
  • Come on Down to My House PB
  • Leave Virginia Alone


About the Album:

Tom Petty’s first greatest hits set was a major success. At sales of more than 15 million worldwide, it remains his best-selling album.

Anthology – Through the Years (compilation)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers


Released: October 31, 2000


Recorded: 1976 to 1993


Peak: 32 US, 14 UK, 60 CN, 51 AU


Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, 0.1 UK


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

4.423 out of 5.00 (average of 18 ratings)

Tracks, Disc 1: (1) Breakdown (2) American Girl (3) Hometown Blues (4) The Wild One, Forever (5) I Need to Know (6) Listen to Her Heart (7) Too Much Ain’t Enough (8) Refugee (9) Here Comes My Girl (10) Don’t Do Me Like That (11) Even the Losers (12) The Waiting (13) A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) (14) Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (with Stevie Nicks) (15) You Got Lucky (16) Straight into Darkness (17) Change of Heart

Tracks, Disc 2: (1) Rebels (2) Don’t Come Around Here No More (3) The Best of Everything (4) So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (live) (5) Jammin’ Me (6) It’ll All Work Out (7) Love Is a Long Road (8) Free Fallin’ (9) Yer So Bad (10) I Won’t Back Down (11) Runnin’ Down a Dream (12) Learning to Fly (13) Into the Great Wide Open (14) Two Gunslingers (15) Mary Jane’s Last Dance (16) Waiting for Tonight (17) Surrender


Total Running Time: 124:07


About the Album:

Tom Petty is definitely an artist deserving of a two-disc anthology. In fact, this still falls short in that it leaves out some admittedly more minor songs (“Runaway Train,” “A Face in the Crowd,” “Out in the Cold”) that serious fans will see as glaring omissions.

Wildflowers

Tom Petty

Released: November 1, 1994


Peak: 8 US, 36 UK, 11 CN, 38 AU, 12 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 3.0 US, 0.06 UK, 4.50 world (includes US + UK)


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

3.947 out of 5.00 (average of 25 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Tracks:

  1. Wildflowers LA, B
  2. You Don’t Know How It Feels LF, B
  3. Time to Move On (7 DF)
  4. You Wreck Me LF, B
  5. It’s Good to Be King LF, LA
  6. Only a Broken Heart (33 DF)
  7. Honey Bee LF
  8. Don’t Fade on Me AT
  9. Hard on Me
  10. Cabin Down Below (11/11/95, 29 AR, 33 DF) LF
  11. To Find a Friend AT
  12. A Higher Place (7/22/95, 12 AR, 5 CN, 25 DF)
  13. House in the Woods
  14. Crawling Back to You LA, AT
  15. Wake Up Time AT


Total Running Time: 62:48


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Lonesome Dave AT
  • I Just Want to Make Love to You (live at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, 3/17/95) LA


About the Album:

Tom Petty’s second solo album was another top-ten, multi-million selling album. “You Don’t Know How It Feels” was a top-20 hit and reached #1 on the album rock chart.

Playback (box set)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers


Recorded: 1973-1993


Released: November 20, 1995

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

4.230 out of 5.00 (average of 22 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Tracks, Disc 1 (The Big Jangle):

(1) Breakdown (2) American Girl (3) Hometown Blues (4) Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll (5) I Need to Know (6) Listen to Her Heart (7) When the Time Comes (8) Too Much Ain’t Enough (9) No Second Thoughts (10) Baby’s a Rock ‘n’ Roller (11) Refugee (12) Here Comes My Girl (13) Even the Losers (14) Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid) (15) Don’t Do Me Like That (16) The Waiting (17) A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) (18) Something Big (19) A Thing About You (20) Insider (21) You Can Still Change Your Mind

Tracks, Disc 2 (Spoiled & Mistreated):

(1) You Got Lucky (2) Change of Heart (3) Straight into Darkness (4) The Same Old You (5) Rebels (6) Don’t Come Around Here No More (7) Southern Accents (8) Make It Better (Forget About Me) (9) The Best of Everything (10) So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (live) (11) Don’t Bring Me Down (live) (12) Jammin’ Me (13) It’ll All Work Out (14) Mike’s Life/Mike’s World (15) Think About Me (16) A Self-Made Man

Tracks, Disc 3 (Good Booty):

(1) Free Fallin’ (2) I Won’t Back Down (3) Love Is a Long Road (4) Runnin’ Down a Dream (5) Yer So Bad (6) Alright for Now (7) Learning to Fly (8) Into the Great Wide Open (9) All or Nothin’ (10) Out in the Cold (11) Built to Last (12) Mary Jane’s Last Dance (13) Christmas All Over Again

Tracks, Disc 4 (The Other Sides):

(1) Casa Dega (2) Heartbreakers Beach Party (3) Trailer (4) Cracking Up (5) Psychotic Reaction (live) (6) I’m Tired Joey Boy (live) (7) Lonely Weekends (live) (8) Gator on the Lawn (9) Make That Connection (10) Down the Line (11) Peace in L.A. (12) It’s Rainin’ Again (13) Somethin’ Else (live) (14) I Don’t Know What to Say to You (15) Kings Highway (live)

Tracks, Disc 5 (Through the Cracks):

(1) On the Street (2) Depot Street (3) Cry to Me (4) Don’t Do Me Like That (Mudcrutch Version) (5) I Can’t Fight It (6) Since You Said You Loved Me (7) Louisiana Rain (1975 version) (8) Keeping Me Alive (9) Turning Point (10) Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (demo) (11) The Apartment Song (1985 demo) (12) Big Boss Man (13) The Image of Me (14) Moon Pie (15) The Damage You’ve Done (country version)

Tracks, Disc :

(1) Got My Mind Made Up (2) Ways to Be Wicked (3) Can’t Get Her Out (4) Waiting for Tonight (5) Travelin’ (6) Baby, Let’s Play House (7) Wooden Heart (8) God’s Gift to Man (9) You Get Me High (10) Come on Down to My House (11) You Came Through (12) Up in Mississippi Tonight


Total Running Time: 5:14:39


About the Album:

This six-disc box set was a treasure trove for Petty devotees. Three discs focus on previously released material from 1976 to 1993. The other three discs, however, gather B-sides, outtakes, and unreleased material – some of which dates back to Tom Petty’s pre-Heartbreaker days with Mudcrutch.

Songs and Music from ‘She’s the One’ (soundtrack)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: August 6, 1996


Peak: 15 US, 37 UK, -- CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 0.5 US


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

3.344 out of 5.00 (average of 21 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. Walls (Circus) LF, B
  2. Grew Up Fast AT
  3. Zero from Outer Space
  4. Climb That Hill
  5. Change the Locks
  6. Angel Dream (No. 4)
  7. Hope You Never
  8. Asshole
  9. Supernatural Radio
  10. California LF
  11. Hope on Board
  12. Walls (No. 3)
  13. Angel Dream (No. 2) LA, LF, B
  14. Hung Up and Overdue
  15. Airport


Total Running Time: 51:57


About the Album:

After four platinum-selling albums, this soundtrack for the movie She’s the One was a bit of a let down that stalled at gold and failed to generate a top-40 hit.

Live at the Fillmore

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers


Recorded: January 31 – February 7, 1997


Released: November 25, 2022

Peak: 35 US, 74 UK, -- CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

2.953 out of 5.00 (average of 12 ratings)

Tracks, Disc 1:

(1) Pre-Show (2) Around and Around (3) Jammin’ Me (4) Runnin’ Down a Dream (5) Good Evening (spoken interlude) (6) Lucille (7) Call Me the Breeze (8) Cabin Down Below (9) The Internet, Whatever That Is (spoken interlude) (10) Time Is on My Side (11) Listen to Her Heart (12) Waitin’ in School (13) Let’s Hear It for Mike (spoken interlude) (14) Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (15) Homecoming Queen Intro (spoken interlude) (16) The Date I Had with That Ugly Old Homecoming Queen (17) I Won’t Back Down (18) You Are My Sunshine (19) Ain’t No Sunshine (20) It’s Good to Be King

Tracks, Disc 2:

(1) Rip It Up (2) You Don’t Know How It Feels (3) I’d Like to Love You Baby (4) Diddy Wah Diddy (5) We Got a Long Way to Go (spoken interlude) (6) Guitar Boogie Shuffle (7) I Want You Back Again (8) On the Street Intro (spoken interlude) (9) On the Street (10) California (11) Let’s hear it for Scott and Howie (spoken interlude) (12) Little Maggie (13) Walls (14) Hip Hugger (15) Friend of the Devil (16) Did Someone Say Heartbreakers Beach Party? (spoken interlude) (17) Heartbreakers Beach Party (18) Angel Dream (19) The Wild One, Forever (20) Even the Losers (21) American Dream (22) You Really Got Me (23) Goldfinger

Tracks, Disc 3:

(1) Mr. Roger McGuinn (spoken interlude) (2) It Won’t Be Wrong (3) You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (4) Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man (5) Eight Miles High (6) Crazy Mama (7) Everyone Loves Benmont (spoken interlude) (8) Green Onions (9) High Heel Sneakers (10) John Lee Hooker, Ladies and Gentlemen (spoken interlude) (11) Find My Baby (Locked Up in Love Again) (12) Serves You Right to Suffer (13) Boogie Chillen (14) I Got a Woman

Tracks, Disc 4:

(1) Sorry, I’ve Just Broken My Amplifier (spoken interlude) (2) Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (3) Honey Bee (4) County Farm (5) You Wreck Me (6) Shakin’ All Over (7) Free Fallin’ (8) Mary Jane’s Last Dance (9) Johnny B. Goode (10) I Can’t Get No Satisfaction (11) It’s All Over Now (12) Louie Louie (13) Gloria (14) Alright for Now (15) Goodnight (spoken interlude)


Total Running Time: 243:34


About the Album:

This posthumously-released live box set captures highlights from a week of shows that Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers performed in January and February 1997 at the famed Fillmore venue in San Francisco.


Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums:

  • Pre-Show (spoken interlude) LF
  • Around and Around LF
  • Good Evening (spoken interlude) LF
  • Lucille LF
  • Call Me the Breeze LF
  • The Internet, Whatever That Is (spoken interlude) LF
  • Time Is on My Side LF
  • Waitin’ in School LF
  • Let’s Hear It for Mike (spoken interlude) LF
  • Slaughter on Tenth Avenue LF
  • Homecoming Queen Intro (spoken interlude) LF
  • The Date I Had with That Ugly Old Homecoming Queen LF
  • You Are My Sunshine LF
  • Ain’t No Sunshine LF
  • Rip It Up LF
  • I’d Like to Love You Baby LF, LA
  • Diddy Wah Diddy (live at the Fillmore in San Francisco, 2/1/97) LF, LA
  • We Got a Long Way to Go (spoken interlude) LF
  • Guitar Boogie Shuffle LF
  • I Want You Back Again (live at the Fillmore in San Francisco, 2/7/97) LF, LA
  • Let’s Hear It for Scott and Howie (spoken interlude) LF
  • Little Maggie LF
  • Hip Hugger LF
  • Friend of the Devil (live at the Fillmore in San Francisco, 2/3/97) LF, LA
  • Did Someone Say Heartbreakers Beach Party? (spoken interlude) LF
  • You Really Got Me LF
  • Goldfinger (live at the Fillmore in San Francisco, 1/31/97) LF, LA
  • Mr. Roger McGuinn (spoken interlude) LF
  • It Won’t Be Wrong LF
  • You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere LF
  • Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man LF
  • Eight Miles High LF
  • Crazy Mama LF
  • Everyone Loves Benmont (spoken interlude) LF
  • Green Onions (live at the Fillmore in San Francisco, 2/6/97) LF, LA
  • High Heel Sneakers LF
  • John Lee Hooker, Ladies and Gentlemen (spoken interlude) LF
  • Find My Baby (Locked Up in Love Again) LF
  • Serves You Right to Suffer LF
  • Boogie Chillen LF
  • Sorry, I’ve Just Broken My Amplifier (spoken interlude) LF
  • Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door LF
  • County Farm (live at the Fillmore in San Francisco, 2/4/97) LF, LA
  • Shakin’ All Over LF
  • Johnny B. Goode LF
  • I Can’t Get No Satisfaction LF
  • It’s All Over Now LF
  • Louie Louie LF
  • Gloria LF
  • Goodnight (spoken interlude) LF

Echo

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: April 13, 1999


Peak: 10 US, 43 UK, -- CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 0.50 US


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

3.611 out of 5.00 (average of 20 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. Room at the Top B
  2. Counting on You
  3. Free Girl Now
  4. Lonesome Sundown AT
  5. Swingin’
  6. Accused of Love AT
  7. Echo
  8. Won’t Last Long
  9. Billy the Kid LA
  10. I Don’t Wanna Fight
  11. This One’s for Me
  12. No More
  13. About to Give Out
  14. Rhino Skin
  15. One More Day, One More Night


Total Running Time: 62:06


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Gainesville (1998 outtake, 9/20/18, --) AT
  • I Don’t Belong (1998 outtake) AT
  • For Real (recorded Aug. 2000) B


About the Album:

Another gold-seller from Petty. It didn’t have any songs reach the Billboard Hot 100. This saw Petty’s audience starting to shift from album rock (where he still landed a top-5 hit with “Free Girl Now”) to adult alternative (the #1 hit “Room at the Top”).

The Last DJ

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: October 8, 2002


Peak: 9 US, 179 UK, 25 CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 0.35 US


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

3.148 out of 5.00 (average of 25 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. The Last DJ LA, B
  2. Money Becomes King AT
  3. Dreamville LA, B
  4. Joe
  5. When a Kid Goes Bad
  6. Like a Diamond LA, AT
  7. Lost Children
  8. Blue Sunday
  9. You and Me (8/23/18, --) AT
  10. The Man Who Loves Women
  11. Have Love Will Travel (2002, --) LA, AT
  12. Can’t Stop the Sun


Total Running Time: 47:36


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Born in Chicago (live at Soundstage Studios in Chicago, 4/21/03) LA
  • Melinda (live at UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, 8/26/03) LA


About the Album:

This was the first of Petty’s studio albums to fail to reach gold status. It didn’t generate any Billboard Hot 100 hits. The title cut was the only charting song, failing to reach the top 10 on either the album rock or adult alternative charts.

Highway Companion

Tom Petty

Released: July 25, 2006


Peak: 4 US, 56 UK, 5 CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 0.50 US, -- UK, 0.87 world (includes US + UK)


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

3.239 out of 5.00 (average of 26 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. Saving Grace B, AT
  2. Square One LA, B
  3. Flirting with Time (11/19/06, 18 AA)
  4. Down South LA, AT
  5. Jack
  6. Turn This Car Around
  7. Big Weekend
  8. Night Driver
  9. Damaged by Love
  10. This Old Town
  11. Ankle Deep
  12. The Golden Rose


Total Running Time: 43:56


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Oh Well (live at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee; 6/16/06) LA
  • I’m a Man (live at Stephen C. O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida; 9/21/06) LA
  • Mystic Eyes (live at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California; 10/27/06) LA


About the Album:

Petty’s third and final solo album took him back into the top 10 on the Billboard album chart and gave him another gold seller after missing the mark with 2002’s The Last DJ. “Saving Grace” was a #1 adult alternative hit.

Live Anthology (live box set)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers


Recorded: 1978-2007


Released: November 23, 2009

Peak: 51 US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU, 12 DF Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US and UK)


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

4.311 out of 5.00 (average of 23 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Tracks, Disc 1:

(1) Ladies and Gentlemen (2) Nightwatchman (3) Even the Losers (4) Here Comes My Girl (5) A Thing About You (6) I’m in Love (7) I’m a Man (8) Straight into Darkness (9) Breakdown (10) Something in the Air (11) I Just Want to Make Love to You (12) Drivin’ Down to Georgia (13) Lost Without You (14) Refugee

Tracks, Disc 2:

(1) Diddy Wah Diddy (2) I Want You Back Again (3) Wildflowers (4) Friend of the Devil (5) A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) (6) It’s Good to Be King (7) Angel Dream (No. 2) (8) Learning to Fly (9) Mary Jane’s Last Dance (10) Mystic Eyes

Tracks, Disc 3:

(1) Jammin’ Me (2) The Wild One, Forever (3) Green Onions (4) Louisiana Rain (5) Melinda (6) Goldfinger (7) Surrender (8) Dreamville (9) Spike (10) Any Way You Want It (11) American Girl

Tracks, Disc 4:

(1) Runnin’ Down a Dream (2) Oh Well (3) Southern Accents (4) Crawling Back to You (5) My Life/Your World (6) I Won’t Back Down (7) Square One (8) Have Love Will Travel (9) Free Fallin’ (10) The Waiting (11) Good, Good Lovin’ (12) Century City (13) Alright for Now

Tracks, Disc 5 (Deluxe Edition):

(1) Think About Me (2) Down South (3) I Need to Know (4) Billy the Kid (5) I’d Like to Love You Baby (6) Image of Me (7) Born in Chicago (8) Like a Diamond (9) The Last DJ (10) No Second Thoughts (11) Ballad of Easy Rider (12) Don’t Come Around Here No More (13) Too Much Ain’t Enough (14) County Farm


Total Running Time: 4:47:40


About the Album:

A

Mudcrutch

Mudcrutch

Released: April 29, 2008


Peak: 8 US, 25 UK, -- CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, 0.22 world (includes US + UK)


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

3.092 out of 5.00 (average of 21 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. Shady Grove
  2. Scare Easy B
  3. Orphan of the Storm
  4. Six Days on the Road
  5. Crystal River
  6. Oh Maria
  7. This Is a Good Street
  8. The Wrong Thing to Do
  9. Queen of the Go-Go Girls
  10. June Apple
  11. Lover of the Bayou
  12. Topanga Cowgirl
  13. Bootleg Flyer
  14. House of Stone


Total Running Time: 56:53


About the Album:

More than 35 years after Tom Petty formed his first band, Mudcrutch, with future Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, the group reunited for their first album. “Scare Easy” was an album rock hit.

Mojo

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: June 15, 2010


Peak: 2 US, 38 UK, 3 CN, 52 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): 0.13 US


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

3.378 out of 5.00 (average of 25 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. Jefferson Jericho Blues (5/28/10, --)
  2. First Flash of Freedom (6/8/10, --)
  3. Running Man’s Bible
  4. The Trip to Pirate’s Cove
  5. Candy
  6. No Reason to Cry
  7. I Should Have Known It B
  8. U.S. 41
  9. Takin’ My Time
  10. Let Yourself Go
  11. Don’t Pull Me Over (1/31/11, 30 DF)
  12. Lover’s Touch
  13. High in the Morning
  14. Something Good Coming (5/20/10, --) AT
  15. Good Enough (2/24/10, --) AT
  16. Help Me * (10/6/23, 32 DF)
  17. Mystery of Love *
  18. Little Girl Blues *

* bonus tracks on Extra Mojo Version


Total Running Time: 65:09


Other Songs from This Era:

  • I’m Crying (live)
  • Done Somebody Wrong (live)
  • I Got a Woman (live) LF
  • Carol (live)

* from the Bad Girl Boogie EP


About the Album:

This album reached #2 – the loftiest heights for a Petty album since 1979’s Damn the Torpedoes also peaked in the runner-up slot. “I Should Have Known It” was the biggest hit from the album, reaching #4 on the album rock chart.

Hypnotic Eye

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Released: July 28, 2014


Peak: 11 US, 7 UK, 11 CN CN, 30 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

3.645 out of 5.00 (average of 22 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Tracks:

  1. American Dream Plan B B
  2. Fault Lines (7/15/14, --) AT
  3. Red River (6/10/14, --)
  4. Full Grown Boy
  5. All You Can Carry
  6. Power Drunk
  7. Forgotten Man
  8. Sins of My Youth AT
  9. U Get Me High
  10. Burnt Out Town
  11. Shadow People


Total Running Time: 44:36


Other Tracks from This Era:

  • Bus to Tampa Bay (2011 outtake) AT
  • Two Men talking (2012 outtake)


About the Album:

It wasn’t a significant album in terms of sales, but it was Petty’s only #1 – and the last album released with the Heartbreakers. “U Get Me High” was a #2 album rock hit.

Mudcrutch 2

Mudcrutch

Released: May 20, 2016


Peak: 10 US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

2.879 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks:

  1. Trailer B
  2. Dreams of Flying
  3. Beautiful Blue
  4. Beautiful World
  5. I Forgive It All B
  6. The Other Side of the Mountain
  7. Hope
  8. Welcome to Hell
  9. Save Your Water AT
  10. Victim of Circumstance
  11. Hungry No More B, AT


Total Running Time: 43:10


About the Album:

It didn’t have any chart hits and failed to reach gold status, but did reach the top 10 on the album chart and has the distinction of being the last album released during Petty’s lifetime.

An American Treasure (box set)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers


Recorded: 1974-2018


Released: September 28, 2018

Peak: -- US, -- UK, -- CN, 80 AU Click for codes to charts.


Sales (in millions): --


Genre: classic rock veteran


Rating:

4.013 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks, Disc 1 (Deluxe Version):

(1) Surrender (2) Listen to Her Heart (live) (3) Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll (live) (4) When the Time Comes (5) You’re Gonna Get It (6) Radio promotion spot, 1977 (7) Rockin’ Around with You (8) Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It) (9) Breakdown (live) (10) The Wild One, Forever (11) No Second Thoughts (12) Here Comes My Girl (13) What Are You Doing in My Life (14) Louisiana Rai (15) Lost in Your Eyes

Tracks, Disc 2 (Deluxe Version):

(1) Keep a Little Soul (2) Even the Losers (live) (3) Keeping Me Alive (4) Don’t Treat Me Like a Stranger (5) The Apartment Song (1984 demo) (6) Concert intro by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (live) (7) King’s Road (live) (8) Clear the aisles (concert announcement (live) (9) A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) (10) Straight into Darkness (11) You Can Still Change Your Mind (12) Rebels (13) Deliver Me (14) Alright for Now (15) The Damage You’ve Done (16) The Best of Everything (17) Walkin’ from the Fire (18) King of the Hill

Tracks, Disc 3 (Deluxe Version):

(1) I Won’t Back Down (live) (2) Gainesville (3) You and I Will Meet Again (4) Into the Great Wide Open (live) (5) Two Gunslingers (live) (6) Lonesome Dave (7) To Find a Friend (8) Crawling Back to You (9) Wake Up Time (10) Grew Up Fast (11) I Don’t Belong (12) Accused of Love (13) Lonesome Dove (14) Don’t Fade on Me

Tracks, Disc 4 (Deluxe Version):

(1) You and Me (2) Have Love Will Travel (3) Money Becomes King (4) Bus to Tampa Bay (5) Saving Grace (6) Down South (7) Southern Accents (live) (8) Insider (live) (9) Two Men Talking (10) Fault Lines (11) Sins of My Youth (12) Good Enough (13) Something Good Coming (14) Save Your Water (15) Like a Diamond (16) Hungry No More (live)


Total Running Time: 244:54


About the Album:

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Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums:

The Best of Everything

Tom Petty


Released: March 1, 2019


Recorded: 1976-2016


Peak: 16 US, 38 UK, 45 CN, 73 AU, 1 DF


Sales (in millions): --


Genre: classic rock


Rating:

4.543 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)


Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

Tracks, Disc 1: (1) Free Fallin’ (2) Mary Jane’s Last Dance (3) You Wreck Me (4) I Won’t Back Down (5) Saving Grace (6) You Don’t Know How It Feels (7) Don’t Do Me Like That (8) Listen to Her Heart (9) Breakdown (10) Walls (Circus) (11) The Waiting (12) Don’t Come Around Here No More (13) Southern Accents (14) Angel Dream (No. 2) (15) Dreamville (16) I Should Have Known It (17) Refugee (18) American Girl (19) The Best of Everything (alternate version)

Tracks, Disc 2: (1) Wildflowers (2) Learning to Fly (3) Here Comes My Girl (4) The Last DJ (5) I Need to Know (6) Scare Easy (7) You Got Lucky (8) Runnin’ Down a Dream (9) American Dream Plan B (10) Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (11) Trailer (12) Into the Great Wide Open (13) Room at the Top (14) Square One (15) Jammin’ Me (16) Even the Losers (17) Hungry No More (18) I Forgive It All (19) For Real


Total Running Time: 146:04

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First posted 10/15/2009; last updated 11/4/2026.

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