The Live Anthology
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| Live album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||||
| Released | November 23, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | December 31, 1978 – November 15, 2007 |
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| Genre | Heartland rock, Rock & roll | |||
| Length |
3:47:21 (standard) 4:47:40 (deluxe) |
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| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Ryan Ulyate | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (90/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Austin Chronicle | |
| The A.V. Club | A |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| The Epoch Times | (favorable) |
| The Independent | |
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| Mojo | |
| Rolling Stone |  |
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The Live Anthology is a live box set by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The box set was released by Reprise Records on November 23, 2009, in a number of formats, with the standard CD and download formats, composed of 48 tracks (on 4 discs).
The album's cover artwork and packaging was designed by Shepard Fairey.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Petty stated he compiled live material with Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate from three decades of live concerts.
In 2008, Ulyate began going through Petty's live archive and created an iTunes library of 170 concerts with a total of 3,509 performances of 400 unique songs. "I made sure Tom and Mike heard every song they ever did", Ulyate said, "And I ranked the concerts with a star system."
Throughout his career, Petty extensively documented his concerts, beginning in the late seventies. "I'm glad we did it. I think this is one of the great live rock & roll bands. And you really understand us once you've heard this set. It was a lot of fun to put together"
Several other songs were mixed, but did not make it to the album. "Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)", "Don't Do Me Like That" and Eddie Cochran's "Somethin' Else" performed at the Hammersmith Odeon, March 6, 1980, were released on the Deluxe Edition of Damn the Torpedoes.
In November 2009, Harmonix released a Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers DLC six-pack with all six songs from The Live Anthology for the Rock Band video game series. "A Thing About You", "American Girl", "Even The Losers", "Here Comes My Girl", "Mary Jane's Last Dance" and "Refugee" are featured. In January 2010. Harmonix released a second Live Anthology pack with "Breakdown", "A Woman In Love", "Century City", "Jammin' Me", "The Nightwatchman" and "The Waiting" featured. As of April 2016, the second Anthology DLC pack has been unlisted due to licensing, while the first is still available.
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