TOM PETTY & the HEARTBREAKERS Damn The Torpedoes; 1979 MCA 5105;1st US; Sterling
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Description
TOM PETTY and
the HEARTBREAKERS
DAMN THE TORPEDOES
MCA/Backstreet Records MCA 5105
Released On October 19, 1979
Side one
1. "Refugee" 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
5. "Century City" Petty 3:45
Side Two
6. "Don't Do Me Like That" Petty 2:44
7. "You Tell Me" Petty 4:35
8. "What Are You Doin' in My Life" Petty 3:27
9. "Louisiana Rain" Petty 5:54
Total length: 36:38
Notes
Damn the Torpedoes is the RIAA Triple Platinum-certified third album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in late 1979.This was the first of three Petty albums originally released by the Backstreet Records label, distributed by MCA Records.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 313 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The album was a breakthrough for Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was their first top 10 album rising to #2 (for seven weeks and kept from #1 by Pink Floyd's The Wall) on the Billboard albums chart. It yielded two songs that made the top 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Don't Do Me Like That" (#10) and "Refugee" (#15).
Thanks to the new co-producer Jimmy Iovine, Damn the Torpedoes proved to be a major leap forward in production.
Critical reception generally reflected the commercial success of the album.
The original review in Rolling Stone raved that it was the "album we've all been waiting for – that is, if we were all Tom Petty fans, which we would be if there were any justice in the world."
Subsequent reviews have continued this trend calling it "one of the great records of the album rock era" and culminating in its placement in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.Tom Petty – 6 & 12 string guitars, lead vocals and harmonica
Personnel
The Heartbreakers:
Tom Petty – 6 & 12 string guitars, lead vocals and harmonica
Mike Campbell – 6 & 12 string guitars, slide guitar, keyboards, accordion, electric bass Benmont Tench – piano, organ, harmonium and vocals
Ron Blair – electric bass
Stan Lynch – drums and vocals
Session Musicians:
Donald "Duck" Dunn – Fender bass on "You Tell Me"
Jim Keltner (uncredited) – percussion on "Refugee"
Recording Personnel:
Jimmy Iovine – producer
Tom Petty – producer
Greg Calbi – mastering
Shelly Yakus – engineer
John Mathias – assistant engineer
Thom Panunzio – assistant engineer
Gray Russell – assistant engineer
Skip Saylor – assistant engineer
Tori Swenson – assistant engineer
Cover Art Personnel:
Lynn Goldsmith – photography
Dennis Callahan – photography
Aaron Rapoport – photography
Glen Christensen – cover photography
Tommy Steele – art direction
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