Anthology: Through the Years

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Anthology: Through the Years
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ReleasedOctober 31, 2000 (2000-10-31)
Recorded1976–2000
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Length124:07
Label MCA
Producer
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
Echo
(1999)
Anthology: Through the Years
(2000)
The Last DJ
(2002)
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Anthology: Through the Years is a double compilation album featuring the best of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It contains a new song, "Surrender," written by Petty in 1976 and recorded during sessions for the band's first album but left off the record, recorded again in 1979 but left off "Damn The Torpedoes," and finally recorded again in 2000 for this release. "Surrender" is also the last studio recording of Howie Epstein before his death in 2003. The 1976 version of the song was included on the 2018 box set An American Treasure .

Contents

Anthology: Through the Years was released on October 31, 2000, debuted at No. 132, [8] which would mark the lowest chart-positioning on the Billboard 200 for the band. However, in November 2006, the album was certified Gold (equivalent to 500,000 copies sold) by the RIAA. It reached a new peak of No. 32 on Billboard 200 after Petty's death in 2017. [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Petty, except where noted

Disc One
No.TitleWriter(s)Original album/notesLength
1."Breakdown" From Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , 19762:42
2."American Girl" From Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers3:30
3."Hometown Blues" From Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers2:11
4."The Wild One, Forever" From Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers3:03
5."I Need to Know" From You're Gonna Get It! , 19782:24
6."Listen to Her Heart" From You're Gonna Get It!3:01
7."Too Much Ain't Enough" From You're Gonna Get It!2:56
8."Refugee"Petty, Mike Campbell From Damn the Torpedoes , 19793:21
9."Here Comes My Girl"Petty, CampbellFrom Damn the Torpedoes4:33
10."Don't Do Me Like That" From Damn the Torpedoes2:44
11."Even the Losers" From Damn the Torpedoes4:00
12."The Waiting" From Hard Promises , 19814:00
13."A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)"Petty, CampbellFrom Hard Promises4:22
14."Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (with Stevie Nicks)Petty, CampbellFrom Nicks' album Bella Donna , 19814:04
15."You Got Lucky"Petty, CampbellFrom Long After Dark , 19823:37
16."Straight into Darkness" From Long After Dark3:49
17."Change of Heart" From Long After Dark3:18
Disc Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original album/notesLength
1."Rebels" From Southern Accents , 19855:20
2."Don't Come Around Here No More"Petty, David A. Stewart from Southern Accents5:06
3."The Best of Everything" From Southern Accents4:03
4."So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman From Pack Up the Plantation: Live! , 19853:38
5."Jammin' Me"Petty, Campbell, Bob Dylan From Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) , 19874:08
6."It'll All Work Out" From Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)3:12
7."Love Is a Long Road"Petty, CampbellFrom Full Moon Fever , 19894:06
8."Free Fallin'"Petty, Jeff Lynne From Full Moon Fever4:14
9."Yer So Bad"Petty, LynneFrom Full Moon Fever3:05
10."I Won't Back Down"Petty, LynneFrom Full Moon Fever2:56
11."Runnin' Down a Dream"Petty, Campbell, LynneFrom Full Moon Fever4:23
12."Learning to Fly"Petty, LynneFrom Into the Great Wide Open , 19914:03
13."Into the Great Wide Open"Petty, LynneFrom Into the Great Wide Open3:44
14."Two Gunslingers" From Into the Great Wide Open3:10
15."Mary Jane's Last Dance" From Greatest Hits , 19934:32
16."Waiting for Tonight" From Playback , 19953:31
17."Surrender" Re-recorded outtake, 20002:54

Personnel

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Additional personnel

Charts

2000 weekly chart performance for Anthology: Through the Years
Chart (2000)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [10] 132
2001 weekly chart performance for Anthology: Through the Years
Chart (2001)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart [11] 14
2002 weekly chart performance for Anthology: Through the Years
Chart (2002)Peak
position
Danish Top 40 Albums [12] 22
New Zealand Top 40 Albums [13] 19
2008 weekly chart performance for Anthology: Through the Years
Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Catalog Albums [10] 6
2017 weekly chart performance for Anthology: Through the Years
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 51
Canadian Albums ( Billboard ) [15] 60
US Billboard 200 [16] 32

Certifications

Certifications for Anthology: Through the Years
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [18] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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