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1. Here Comes My Girl
2. A Woman In Love
3. Breakdown
4. American Girl
5. Don't Come Around Here No More
6. The Waiting
7. Refugee
8. I Need To Know
9. You Got Lucky
10. Don't Do Me Like That

1. I Need To Know
2. Honey Bee
3. Louisiana Rain
4. Here Comes My Girl
5. Change The Locks

Everything else past there is good, but mostly interchangable. If anyone wants to check out a great Tom Petty album that was mostly under the radar, check out the soundtrack to the movie She's The One. Petty & The Heartbreakers did the entire soundtrack, and I think it's their best album. It's definitely worth a listen.

1. American Girl
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2. Southern Accents
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Everything else

I can't find that stones thread, but if talking heads is out for being in 70s I add traveling wilburies.

Douchebag wrote:

Not sure how under the radar it is

She's the One was a pretty popular album and most people just consider it a Petty album.

Waiting was played at a nauseating clip when it came out.

You probably hate it now because people know about it. :roll:

rogers park bryan wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

I'm a Bigfan of Petty. Always have been. I would consider all of his material good, but not great. I'm not trying to hipster-fy my Petty fandom, just recommending an album in his catalog that is mostly overlooked. Also, Waiting was not on the She's The One soundtrack.

I think the Stones kept both of their songs ("Ruby Tuesday" and "She Smiled Sweetly") off the OST for The Royal Tenenbaums. Not like those followed the climax of the movie and were quite important to any soundtrack experience. Another reason why that band's no good, if you ask me.

LOVE Tom Petty. Here's my Top 5 from a different thread. Would love to find a way to get Even The Losers into the Top 10.

1. Here Comes My Girl
2. A Woman In Love
3. Breakdown
4. American Girl
5. Don't Come Around Here No More
6. The Waiting
7. Refugee
8. I Need To Know
9. You Got Lucky
10. Don't Do Me Like That

Free Fallin' got my son hooked on Petty. I liked his newer stuff like Free Fallin', but the older hits were already firmly ingrained in my mind and soul.

And I do believe that this should get heavy, heavy consideration for some type of honorable mention:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UD0c58nNCQ

My favorite Petty songs...

1. "Runnin' Down a Dream"
2. "I Won't Back Down"
3. "Learning to Fly" (1991)
4. "Jammin' Me"
5. "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
6. "Into the Great Wide Open" (The 1991 Video)
7. "Here Comes My Girl"
8. "You Got Lucky"
9. "Out in the Cold"
10. "Refugee"

Author:	Curious Hair [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:52 am ]
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Dashes indicate some sort of obvious gap in quality. Stratification, if you will. 1. Free Fallin' 2. Breakdown 3. You Got Lucky 4. Refugee 5. I Need To Know --- 6. Learning To Fly 7. I Won't Back Down 8. American Girl 9. Don't Come Around Here No More 10. The Waiting ---- 11. Don't Do Me Like That 12. Even The Losers 13. Listen To Her Heart 14. Here Comes My Girl --- 15. Something In The Air 16. Into The Great Wide Open 17. Mary Jane's Last Dance --- --- --- --- --- 18. Runnin' Down A Dream

Author:	Rod [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:44 am ]
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1. American Girl --- 2. Southern Accents --- Everything else

Author:	rogers park bryan [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:54 am ]
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8. American Girl 1. Free Fallin' 2. Breakdown 16. Into The Great Wide Open 9. Don't Come Around Here No More 3. You Got Lucky 4. Refugee 5. I Need To Know 11. Don't Do Me Like That

Author:	Douchebag [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:34 am ]
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1. I Need To Know 2. Honey Bee 3. Louisiana Rain 4. Here Comes My Girl 5. Change The Locks Everything else past there is good, but mostly interchangable. If anyone wants to check out a great Tom Petty album that was mostly under the radar, check out the soundtrack to the movie She's The One. Petty & The Heartbreakers did the entire soundtrack, and I think it's their best album. It's definitely worth a listen.

Author:	Hatchetman [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:21 am ]
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Keeping Score wrote: 1. Here Comes My Girl 2. A Woman In Love 3. Breakdown 4. American Girl 5. Don't Come Around Here No More 6. The Waiting 7. Refugee 8. I Need To Know 9. You Got Lucky 10. Don't Do Me Like That I'll take this list with a few moved around. Don't Come Around Here is one of my all time favorite songs. Loved the video!

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Author:	312player [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:21 am ]
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All great...big fan

Author:	FavreFan [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:25 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: 1. American Girl --- 2. Southern Accents --- Everything else Yeah, this'll work.

Author:	badrogue17 [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:27 am ]
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Not a huge fan but Here Comes My Girl and American Girl are pretty fucking great songs.

Author:	312player [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:28 am ]
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I can't find that stones thread, but if talking heads is out for being in 70s I add traveling wilburies.

Author:	FavreFan [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:30 am ]
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312player wrote: I can't find that stones thread, but if talking heads is out for being in 70s I add traveling wilburies. You're the best, man.

Author:	Douchebag [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:33 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote: Douchebag wrote: 1. I Need To Know 2. Honey Bee 3. Louisiana Rain 4. Here Comes My Girl 5. Change The Locks Everything else past there is good, but mostly interchangable. If anyone wants to check out a great Tom Petty album that was mostly under the radar, check out the soundtrack to the movie She's The One. Petty & The Heartbreakers did the entire soundtrack, and I think it's their best album. It's definitely worth a listen. Not sure how under the radar it is She's the One was a pretty popular album and most people just consider it a Petty album. Waiting was played at a nauseating clip when it came out. You probably hate it now because people know about it. I'm a Bigfan of Petty. Always have been. I would consider all of his material good, but not great. I'm not trying to hipster-fy my Petty fandom, just recommending an album in his catalog that is mostly overlooked. Also, Waiting was not on the She's The One soundtrack.

Author:	City of Fools [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:41 am ]
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1. Free Fallin' 2. Mary Jane's Last Dance 3. Learning To Fly 4. Runnin' Down A Dream 5. I Won't Back Down 6. Breakdown 7. The Waiting 8. Good to Be King It's weird with Petty...I love the above stuff a ton...but then I abhor: 4. Refugee 5. I Need To Know 8. American Girl 9. Don't Come Around Here No More 11. Don't Do Me Like That 12. Even The Losers 13. Listen To Her Heart 14. Here Comes My Girl I don't know why there's such a polar opposite for me on the same artist...his lead guitarist is a great slide guitar player, during the "Concert for George" where they had a Traveling Wilburys reunion, he played the heck out of "Handle Me With Care"

Author:	Hatchetman [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:53 am ]
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Petty is like two different guys. In the 90s he went all schmaltz and mainstream, whereas before he was more of a straight ahead 70s rocker.

Author:	Douchebag [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:54 am ]
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City of Fools wrote: 8. Good to Be King This is a great song. I overlooked that on my list. I could easily rank this as Top 3 Petty songs for me.

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Author:	Phil McCracken [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:56 am ]
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1. American Girl 2. Runnin' Down A Dream 3. Mary Jane's Last Dance 4. I Need To Know 5. Refugee 6. You Got Lucky --- 7. I Won't Back Down 8. Don't Come Around Here No More 9. Breakdown --- 10. Into The Great Wide Open 11. Learning To Fly 12. The Waiting 13. Something In The Air --- 14. Don't Do Me Like That 15. Even The Losers 16. Free Fallin' --- --- --- --- 17. Listen To Her Heart 18. Here Comes My Girl

Author:	cpguy [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:19 am ]
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Southern Accents is a damn good album.

Author:	Curious Hair [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:33 am ]
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I think the Stones kept both of their songs ("Ruby Tuesday" and "She Smiled Sweetly") off the OST for The Royal Tenenbaums. Not like those followed the climax of the movie and were quite important to any soundtrack experience. Another reason why that band's no good, if you ask me.

Author:	Hank Scorpio [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:17 am ]
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Keeping Score wrote: LOVE Tom Petty. Here's my Top 5 from a different thread. Would love to find a way to get Even The Losers into the Top 10. 1. Here Comes My Girl 2. A Woman In Love 3. Breakdown 4. American Girl 5. Don't Come Around Here No More 6. The Waiting 7. Refugee 8. I Need To Know 9. You Got Lucky 10. Don't Do Me Like That Free Fallin' got my son hooked on Petty. I liked his newer stuff like Free Fallin', but the older hits were already firmly ingrained in my mind and soul. And I do believe that this should get heavy, heavy consideration for some type of honorable mention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UD0c58nNCQ Petty might be my all time favorite. Very glad to see Here Comes my Girl at the #1 spot. I love that song so much.

Author:	SHARK [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:11 pm ]
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My favorite Petty songs... 1. "Runnin' Down a Dream" 2. "I Won't Back Down" 3. "Learning to Fly" (1991) 4. "Jammin' Me" 5. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" 6. "Into the Great Wide Open" (The 1991 Video) 7. "Here Comes My Girl" 8. "You Got Lucky" 9. "Out in the Cold" 10. "Refugee"

Author:	Phil McCracken [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:17 pm ]
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SHARK wrote: My favorite Petty songs... 1. "Runnin' Down a Dream" 2. "I Won't Back Down" 3. "Learning to Fly" (1991) 4. "Jammin' Me" 5. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" 6. "Into the Great Wide Open" (The 1991 Video) 7. "Here Comes My Girl" 8. "You Got Lucky" 9. "Out in the Cold" 10. "Refugee" So you only like the video version of Into the Great Wide Open? Then I want to change my list so that I only refernce Learning to Fly off of the 1991 Bulls Championship video that came with a subscription to Sports Illustrated

Author:	Curious Hair [ Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:17 pm ]
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"Runnin' Down a Dream" is literally the only Tom Petty song I have never liked.