Damn the Torpedoes (album)

Damn the Torpedoes
Studio album by
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
ReleasedOctober 19, 1979 (1979-10-19)
Recorded1978–79
Studio
Genre
Length36:38
LabelBackstreet
Producer
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers chronology
You're Gonna Get It!
(1978) 		Damn the Torpedoes
(1979) 		Hard Promises
(1981)
Singles from Damn the Torpedoes
  1. "Don't Do Me Like That"
    Released: November 5, 1979
  2. "Refugee"
    Released: January 11, 1980
  3. "Here Comes My Girl"
    Released: April 7, 1980
  4. "Even the Losers"
    Released: July 1980 (Australia only)

Damn the Torpedoes is the third studio album by the American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on October 19, 1979. It was the first of three Tom Petty albums originally released by the Backstreet Records label, distributed by MCA Records. It built on the commercial success and critical acclaim of the band's two previous albums and reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.[1] The album went on to become certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Widely regarded as one of Petty's best albums, Damn the Torpedoes was ranked number 313 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003.[2] It was moved up to number 231 in the 2020 revised list.[3]

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  2. ^ Levy, Joe; Steven Van Zandt (2006) [2005]. "313 | Damn the Torpedoes – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers". Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (3rd ed.). London: Turnaround. ISBN 1-932958-61-4. OCLC 70672814. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2006.
  3. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2021.