Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to jedna z ikon amerykańskiego mainstreamu rockowego od drugiej połowy lat 70. Ta pochodząca z Gainesville na Florydzie grupa zasłynęła melodyjnym rockiem z elementami folku i country.
Kompilacja Anthology: Through The Years na 2 CD obejmuje ich twórczość od debiutu (1976) do początku lat 90. Znajdziemy tu utwory takie jak American Girl, Refugee, The Waiting, Don't Come Around Here No More oraz solowe sukcesy Toma Petty'ego Free Fallin', I Won't Back Down i Runnin' Down a Dream. Nie brakuje także duetu ze Stevie Nicks Stop Draggin' My Heart Around czy koncertowego coveru So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star. Album stanowi przegląd kluczowych piosenek z pierwszych piętnastu lat istnienia zespołu.
W czasie powstawania nagrań zespół tworzyli Tom Petty (wokal, gitara), Mike Campbell (gitara), Benmont Tench (instrumenty klawiszowe), Ron Blair / Howie Epstein (gitara basowa) i Stan Lynch (perkusja).
Utwory
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
