Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers a 70-es évek második felétől az amerikai rock mainstream ikonjai közé tartozik. A floridai Gainesville-ből származó zenekar melodikus rockjával vált híressé, mely folk és country elemeket is tartalmaz.
Az Anthology: Through The Years című válogatás 2 CD-n mutatja be a debütálbumuktól (1976) a 90-es évek elejéig tartó korszak dalait. Hallható rajta az American Girl, a Refugee, a The Waiting, a Don't Come Around Here No More, illetve Tom Petty szólósikereiből a Free Fallin', az I Won't Back Down és a Runnin' Down a Dream. Megtalálható a Stevie Nicks-szel közös duett Stop Draggin' My Heart Around és a So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star élő feldolgozása is. Az album átfogó keresztmetszetet kínál első tizenöt évük anyagából.
A felvételek idején a zenekar tagjai Tom Petty (ének, gitár), Mike Campbell (gitár), Benmont Tench (billentyűk), Ron Blair / Howie Epstein (basszusgitár) és Stan Lynch (dob) voltak.
Zeneszámok
CD 1
1. Breakdown (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
2. American Girl (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
3. Hometown Blues (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
4. The Wild One, Forever (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
5. I Need To Know (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
6. Listen To Her Heart (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
7. Too Much Ain't Enough (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
8. Refugee (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
9. Here Comes My Girl (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
10. Don't Do Me Like That (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
11. Even The Losers (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
12. The Waiting (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
13. A Woman In Love (It's Not Me) (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
14. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Nicks, Stevie
15. You Got Lucky (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
16. Straight Into Darkness (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
17. Change Of Heart (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
CD 2
1. Rebels (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
2. Don't Come Around Here No More (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
3. The Best Of Everything (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
4. So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (Live (Wiltern Theater)) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
5. Jammin' Me (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
6. It'll All Work Out (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
7. Love Is A Long Road (Album Version) - Petty, Tom
8. Free Fallin' (Album Version) - Petty, Tom
9. Yer So Bad (Album Version) - Petty, Tom
10. I Won't Back Down (Album Version) - Petty, Tom
11. Runnin' Down A Dream (Album Version) - Petty, Tom
12. Learning To Fly (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
13. Into The Great Wide Open (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
14. Two Gunslingers (Album Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
15. Mary Jane's Last Dance (1993 Greatest Hits Version) - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
16. Waiting For Tonight (Playback 1995 Box Set Version) - Petty, Tom
17. Surrender - Petty, Tom
