Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedo's - RARE, MCA VIM-6212, JAPANESE. NM
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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedo's, LP MCA VIM-6212, JAPANESE Cover, insert and vinyl all near mint!!!!
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.
Petty's recording contract was reassigned to MCA when his previous label Shelter Records and distributor ABC Records was sold to MCA in 1979. MCA took over rights to Petty's published music, infuriating him, and he responded by declaring bankruptcy as a tactic to void his contract with MCA. In the end, the record company backed down, and Petty negotiated a deal that allowed him to retain publishing rights and form his own Backstreet Records label, manufactured and distributed by MCA. The album, now co-produced by Jimmy Iovine, was recorded at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys and Cherokee Studios in Hollywood. The title is a reference to a famous quote by Admiral David Farragut: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!". All of Petty's Backstreet recordings (and all MCA releases at that time) were re-issued by MCA in 1988.
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.
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
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
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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