Tom petty damn the torpedoes7/24/2023 The album was digitally remastered by Joe Gastwirt and reissued in 2001 on HDCD. In 2000 it was voted number 537 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. Rolling Stone placing it at number 313 on " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list in 2003, the list's 2012 edition had it ranked 315th, and the 2020 edition ranked it at number 231. Subsequent appraisals have remained positive, with AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine regarding it as "one of the great records of the album rock era". Thus he establishes himself as the perfect rock and roller for those who want good-very good, because Petty really knows his stuff-rock and roll that can be forgotten as soon as the record or the concert is over, rock and roll that won't disturb your sleep, your conscience, or your precious bodily rhythms." But whether Petty has any need to rock out beyond the sheer doing of it-whether he has anything to say-remains shrouded in banality. are rocking as powerfully as he's writing. 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." Village Voice critic Robert Christgau said, "This is a breakthrough for Petty because for the first time the Heartbreakers. Ĭritical reception generally reflected the commercial success of the album. Thanks to the new co-producer Jimmy Iovine, Damn the Torpedoes proved to be a major leap forward in production. 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). Tom Petty's response to Westwood One about being anchored at #2 was "I love Pink Floyd but I hated them that year". 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. The album was a breakthrough for Petty and the Heartbreakers. Release and reception Professional ratings Review scores The title is a reference to a famous quote by Admiral David Farragut: " Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!". The album, co-produced by Jimmy Iovine, was recorded at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys and Cherokee Studios in Hollywood. The matter was settled with Petty signing a new recording contract with Backstreet Records, an MCA subsidiary label. MCA responded by suing Petty for breach of contract which prompted him to declare bankruptcy as a tactic to void his contract with MCA. Petty contended that his contract could not be assigned to another record company without his permission and was therefore voided. Petty's recording contract was assigned to MCA when his distributor ABC Records was sold to MCA in 1979. In 2003, the album was ranked number 313 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and 231 in a 2020 revised list. The album went on to become certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It built on the commercial success and critical acclaim of his two previous albums and reached #2 on the Billboard album chart. This was the first of three Petty albums originally released by the Backstreet Records label, distributed by MCA Records. Fans of Petty or music in general should really enjoy this episode as there are simply so many great songs, good stories and you're really able to get a good idea of what happened during the making of the album.Damn the Torpedoes is the third studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on October 19, 1979. We also get a brief history of the band's early days opening for other acts as well as the legal battle they were dealing with while making this album. The documentary pretty much goes through every song on the album and we get everyone's opinion on it from the writing stages to getting it recorded and sounding the way everyone wanted it. There's a very good bit on 'Even the Losers' where we hear the different piano pieces that were used and mixed in with the guitar. Like many other episodes of this series, some of the most interesting moments happen when Petty sits down at the sound mix and points out various instruments in a song or certain techniques that they were going for. Petty, the Heartbreakers, the producers and various others sit down for interviews on every stage of the album and by the time the documentary is over you really do feel as if you can see the album in a new light. Classic Albums: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (2010) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Another very good entry in the series with this one taking a look at Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's third album, which really put them on the map as one of the best bands in America and listening to it today it's rather amazing to hear how many classic tunes were on this one album.
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