TOM PETTY and the HEARTBREAKERS Damn The
Torpedoes hails from 2016 and is a SEALED LP. Damn The Torpedoes, Tom Petty and The
Heartbreakers' third album (and first on Backstreet/MCA,) proved to be the
breakthrough for the singer-songwriter-guitarist and his band (guitarist Mike
Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch).
The album was released in October 1979, after a highly publicized lawsuit in
which Petty made a groundbreaking stand for artist rights, refusing to be sold
by one record company to another without his consent.
Damn
The Torpedoes became the group's first Top 10, remaining at No. 2 for
seven weeks (only Pink Floyd's The Wall kept it from the top). It
sold over 5-million copies, and had 3 top 40 hits and 4 top 5 rock-radio hits.
The album was an immediate critical success, with Rolling
Stone declaring Damn The Torpedoes "the Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers album we have all been waiting for."
Produced
by Petty and Jimmy Iovine, the album reached double platinum quickly and
catapulted the band to arena performances where they played such classic cuts
as the infectious Top 10 hit "Don't Do Me Like That," blistering
rockers "Refugee" and "Here Comes My Girl," and the
exhilarating "Even The Losers." Bursting with full speed ahead
American rock ‘n' roll, the album brought together rock, folk, country and
blues in what has become Petty and the Heartbreakers' signature style.
1.
Refugee
2. Here Comes My Girl
3. Even The Losers
4. Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid)
5. Century City
6. Don't Do Me Like That
7. You Tell Me
8. What Are You Doin' In My Life?
9. Louisiana Rain