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Damn the Torpedoes is the third studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on October 20, 1979. This was the first of three Petty albums originally released by the Backstreet Records label, distributed by MCA Records. It built on the commercial success and critical acclaim of his two previous albums and reached on the Billboard album chart. The album went on to become certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Damn the Torpedoes is the third album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1979. It built on the commercial success and critical acclaim of his two previous albums and peaked at on the Billboard 200 album chart Contents. 1 Background and Recording. sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone.

Damn the Torpedos is the peak of Tom Petty’s songwriting with the Heartbreakers. Slick, big, and immutably classic, the album is a front-to-back feat of production and songwriting. The album the Heartbreakers released that October, a day before Petty’s 29th birthday and four months after his Chapter 11 filing, was appropriately titled Damn the Torpedoes. We didn’t sit around and talk about making an album about that experience, Petty told Rolling Stone in 1980, but we knew we were.

to success with their 1979 album, Damn The Torpedoes. At home, however, success remained elusive and The Heartbreakers only scored a major commercial breakthrough when their sophomore LP, You’re Gonna Get It!, from 1978, earned them a well-deserved gold disc. Though its defiant title hinted at these recent travails, The Heartbreakers’ sublime third LP, Damn The Torpedoes, released on 19 October 1979, served notice that Petty and co hadn’t just survived, but were likely to thrive in the long run. A refinement of the tough’n’tender, blue-collar rock’n’roll of You’re Gonna Get It!, the record picked up on the prevailing energy of punk and the new wave, yet it also featured an embarrassment of radio-friendly riches and was further enhanced by Bruce Springsteen/Patti Smith deskman Jimmy Iovine’s crisp production.

Damn the Torpedoes . 1979. 1. Refugee Tom Petty, Mike Campbell 3:22. 2. Here Comes My Girl Petty, Campbell 4:27. 3. Even the Losers Petty 3:59. 4. Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid) Petty 4:25. Tom Petty – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, producer Mike Campbell – lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, bass guitar Benmont Tench – keyboards, backing vocals Ron Blair – bass guitar Stan Lynch – drums, backing vocals Session musicians.

With their third album, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers established themselves as one of the most important groups in ‘70s rock ‘n’ roll. The songwriting was Petty at his finest and the band received a key production from Jimmy Iovine, who kept the band’s toughness while readying them for FM radio. Refugee is the stone classic, a song so perfect that it nearly throws the entire album off balance.

The third album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1979, has long been regarded as a classic and demonstrates the musical and songwriting virtuosity of a great frontman and his amazing backing band. A mix of rootsy American rock 'n' roll and the best of the British invasion, of jangling Byrds guitars and Stones-like rhythms, Damn the Torpedoes was the album that took Petty into the major league and redefined American rock. This programme tells the story behind the conception and recording of the album and how it transformed the band's career.

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