Daily album for March 11, 2026 Damn the Torpedoes by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (1979)

Cover art for Damn the Torpedoes

Genres

  • alternative rock
  • classic rock
  • hard rock
  • heartland rock
  • pop rock
  • power pop
  • rock
  • soft rock
  • southern rock

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. The album went on to become certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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