'Damn the Torpedoes' is the third studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on October 20, 1979. It built on the commercial success and critical acclaim of his two previous albums ...

Tom Petty was always happy to use music as an outlet for his emotions, which often meant that he was quick to pen lyrics he ...

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Classic Albums - Damn the Torpedoes BY Ian Gormely Published Aug 20, 2010 ...

With 1980s, Damn The Torpedoes, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers would shoot to global acclaim. But, thanks to his stubborn, ruthless streak, he’d come under fire from his label, lawyers, fans and ...

Two years later, Petty once again went head to head with MCA Records ahead of the release of his fourth album, Hard Promises. The label wanted to sell the album for $9.98 (over $31 by today’s ...

She’s a complex kid and she’s always been so hard to figure out Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ album Damn the Torpedoes was released in 1979.

You can't get more classic rock than Tom Petty and there's no Tom Petty album more classic than 1979's Damn the Torpedoes, which has just been reissued in a two-disc deluxe edition. The very ...

Tom Petty’s been gone for seven years, but he seems as ubiquitous as ever in 2024. The concert film Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, directed by Cameron Crowe and aired on MTV just once in ...

When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played Vancouver in June they only played one song off their breakthrough Damn the Torpedoes album, which was quite a surprise (and disappointment).

In 1979 Tom Petty took on the music industry… and won! The result, an unrelenting passion for song-writing glory in “Damn the Torpedoes” An anthem of the 70s, “Refugee” instantly brings ...