| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/mca | | UPC: 00008811239923 | | Release Date: 3/20/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60467370 | | Item#: MSWJH7 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 1979 MCA Records Inc.
| Released in 1979, Damn the Torpedoes features Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at their finest, with the songs "Refugee," "Here Comes My Girl," and "Even the Losers."
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Mike Campbell (guitar); Benmont Tench (keyboards, vocals); Ron Blair (bass); Stan Lynch (drums, vocals). | | Additional personnel: Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass). | | | | Recorded at Sound City in Van Nuys, California and at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California. | | All songs written by Tom Petty except "Here Comes My Girl" and "Refugee" (Tom Petty/Mike Campbell). | | It is encouraging to note that in compiling the superlative GREATEST HITS, four tracks from this blinder of an album were included, more than from any of his others. This is the ideal starting point for Petty students, (and then you can acquire all his other albums). For those unfamiliar, he is a rock 'n' roll Roger McGuinn. Those who are already aware of him will know that he has the knack of writing some of the best middle eight hooks ever heard, plays a Rickenbacker, and that he has an addictive voice and a knock-out supporting band. Is that enough? |
Producer: Tom Petty; Jimmy Iovine |
Engineer: Shelly Yakus |
Musical Guests | | Donald "Duck" Dunn |
| | Artist Overview | | Tom Petty is part of rock's gentry, and his recordings with the Heartbreakers are placed in the pantheon of "heartland rock" along with Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger et al. However, he was originally regarded as a part of the "new wave" of the late 1970s for his hooky-but-unadorned pop-rock. Though he began as a Bob Dylan/Byrds acolyte, he quickly became his own man. Along with Dylan, Petty went on to perform with George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne in the short-lived supergroup, the Traveling Wilburys. Both solo and with his top-flight Heartbreakers, Petty became a standard-bearer for roots rock into the 21st century. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/20/2001 | | Original Release Date : 1979 | | Catalog ID : 112399 | | Label : MCA Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 35m : 25s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : AAD | | UPC : 00008811239923 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (4/11/02, p.134)
- 5 stars out of 5 - "...Ineluctable roots rock that's built for the modern world..."Rolling Stone (p.83)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "[I]t starts with the Heartbreakers' defining track, 'Refugee' - the closest thing to an anthem they'd yet recorded - and doesn't lose its stride after that." Q (8/01, p.154)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...A mus-have...This is Petty at the height of his powers and slowly on the turn..." CMJ (1/5/04, p.6)
- Ranked #4 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980". |
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| | Bio | | | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Not many artists can match Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' long record of commercial success along with a simultaneous period of creative growth and critical acclaim. In April 1996, Petty received UCLA's George & Ira Gershwin Award For Lifetime Musical Achievement. Previous recipients of the university's award include Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald. Petty was the first artist of the rock era to earn this distinction. "I may not own any George and Ira Gershwin records," said Petty at the ceremony, "but I'm honored to be here and I want to thank my fans for showing up at my concerts from time to time." In 1999, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers received their own star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, an honor that acknowledges both their musical achievements and their humanitarian involvement with such organizations as Greenpeace, the National Veteran's Foundation, USA Harvest, Rock & Wrap It Up, and AmFAR (the American Foundation for AIDS Research). Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers--hailing from Gainesville, Florida before officially forming in Los Angeles--kicked the musical doldrums of the mid-'70s in the face with their 1976 self-titled debut album. It featured a stripped-down-but-accomplished brand of rock that blended jumpy rhythm & blues rhythms, ringing guitars and keyboards, over which Petty grabbed listeners by their throats with his disarmingly blunt lyrics and extremely direct vocal style. Still, it took America a full year to catch up to the album. 1978's follow up, You're Gonna Get It!, proved the debut album's intensity was no fluke. Marking the band's first gold album, it featured the singles "Listen to Her Heart" and "I Need to Know." Success followed success (including Tom's debut solo album and his appearances as a member of The Traveling Wilbury's, as well as more hits with The Heartbreakers).
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