Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

1976 self-titled debut studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Summary

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,098 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's genre is rock and roll[4].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was produced by Denny Cordell[5].
  • Among the performers on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers[6].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's record label is recorded as Shelter Records[7].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is part of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' albums in chronological order[9].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was distributed by LP record[11].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's review score is recorded as 4.5[12].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was released on November 9, 1976[13].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's lyricist is recorded as Tom Petty[14].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers'}[15].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[16].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's has characteristic is recorded as eponymous album[17].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[18].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[19].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[20]

  • First release date: 1976-11-09[21]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, hard rock, heartland rock, pop, pop rock, power pop, rock, rock and roll, southern rock[22]

  • Community tags: album rock, classic rock, hard rock, heartland rock, pop, pop rock, pop/rock, power pop, rock, rock & roll, rock and roll, southern rock[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 59cb1d59-e0c8-37f0-a2af-9bc8df64f6cd[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was performed by it[6]. It was produced by Denny Cordell[5].

Publication

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was released on November 9, 1976[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is rock and roll[4]. It is part of it' albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by LP record[11].

Reception

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's review score is recorded as 4.5[12].

Why It Matters

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,098 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date +1976-11-09T00:00:00Z
    Has characteristic debut album, eponymous album
    Performer Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||pt, nn, no */ Add 3 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article first sentences (universal multilingual maintenance — Q-walker v2.1)."
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