Damn the Torpedoes (album)
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| Studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||
| Released | October 19 1979 | |
| Recorded | 1978-79 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 36:35 | |
| Label | MCA | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Iovine, Tom Petty | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology | ||
| You're Gonna Get It! (1978) |
Damn the Torpedoes (1979) |
Hard Promises (1981) |
Damn the Torpedoes is an album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). The title is a reference to a famous quote by Admiral David Farragut. The album was recorded at Sound City in Van Nuys and Cherokee Studios in Hollywood.
This album, the band's third, was their first for MCA Records. Their old label, Shelter Records, had been sold to MCA; Petty struggled to legally detach himself from MCA, but in the end was forced to settle. Damn the Torpedoes ended up being the band's breakthrough hit, and includes many of their best reviewed songs and favorite concert standards today, including "Here Comes My Girl" (the third single release, charting at #59), "Even the Losers" and "Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)".
Damn the Torpedoes was a #2 hit (for seven weeks and kept from #1 by Pink Floyd's The Wall) on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart, and yielded two songs that made the top-fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Don't Do Me Like That" (#10) and "Refugee" (#15), both in early 1980.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 313 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
[edit] Track listing
- "Refugee" (Campbell/Petty) – 3:22
- "Here Comes My Girl" (Campbell/Petty) – 4:26
- "Even the Losers" (Petty) – 4:00
- "Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)" (Petty) – 4:25
- "Century City" (Petty) – 3:45
- "Don't Do Me Like That" (Petty) – 2:44
- "You Tell Me" (Petty) – 4:34
- "What Are You Doin' in My Life?" (Petty) – 3:26
- "Louisiana Rain" (Petty) – 5:53
[edit] Personnel
- Tom Petty - Guitars, Harmonica, Lead Vocals, Guitar (12 String)
- Mike Campbell - Organ, Guitars, Keyboards, Guitar (12 String), Slide Guitar, Accordion, Bass Guitar
- Benmont Tench - Organ, Piano, Harmonium, Keyboards, Vocals
- Ron Blair - Bass (Electric)
- Stan Lynch - Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
- Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass
- Greg Calbi - Mastering
- Joe Gastwirt - Remastering
- Lynn Goldsmith - Photography
- Shelly Yakus - Engineer
- John Mathias - Assistant Engineer
- Thom Panunzio - Assistant Engineer
- Gray Russell - Assistant Engineer
- Skip Saylor - Assistant Engineer
- Tori Swenson - Assistant Engineer
- Tommy Steele - Art Direction
- Aaron Rapoport - Photography
- Glen Christiansen - Photography (front cover)
- Dennis Callaghan - Photography
[edit] External links
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
| Tom Petty | Mike Campbell | Scott Thurston | Ron Blair | Benmont Tench | Steve Ferrone |
| Howie Epstein | Stan Lynch |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | You're Gonna Get It! | Damn the Torpedoes | Hard Promises | Long After Dark | Southern Accents Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) | Into the Great Wide Open | Songs and Music from "She's the One" | Echo | The Last DJ |
| Tom Petty solo albums: Full Moon Fever | Wildflowers | Highway Companion |
| Tom Petty with Traveling Wilburys: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 |
| Compilations: Greatest Hits | Playback | Anthology: Through The Years |
| Live albums: Pack up the Plantation: Live! | Live at the Olympic: The Last DJ |
| Production |
| Jimmy Iovine | Robbie Robertson | Jeff Lynne | Rick Rubin | George Drakoulias |
