Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Damn The Torpedoes
(MCA Records 1979 MCF3044)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing
“Porky Prime Cut” in dead wax
Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges/corners & some light ringwear/rubbing
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Poster has pin holes in corners
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and record producer. He was best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but was also a member and co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and his early band Mudcrutch.
Petty recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist, many of which are mainstays on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. His music became popular among younger generations. In his career, Petty sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2002, Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Petty suffered cardiac arrest early in the morning of October 2, 2017, and died later that night at a hospital in Santa Monica, California.
Damn the Torpedoes is the third album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on the eve of Petty’s 29th birthday, 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 #2 on the Billboard album chart. The album went on to become certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
In 2003, the album was ranked number 313 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Track listing
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 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 | ||
Personnel
The Heartbreakers
- 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
- Donald “Duck” Dunn – Fender bass on “You Tell Me”
- Jim Keltner (uncredited) – percussion on “Refugee”
Recording
- Jimmy Iovine – 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
Artwork
- Lynn Goldsmith – photography
- Dennis Callahan – photography
- Aaron Rapoport – photography
- Glen Christensen – cover photography
- Tommy Steele – art direction
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