Damn The Torpedoes (studio album) by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 713th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 495 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1979 (12th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (163rd)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (713th)
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 495 votes)
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02/23/2024 20:56 iann97  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,44175/100
 
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02/10/2024 04:28 Gendjar  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,69856/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.

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85/100
From 09/06/2022 17:20
Great record
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75/100
From 06/17/2022 18:34
Good pop rock album, some tracks are great and some are just ok, but there's not a bad one.
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100/100
From 04/25/2021 20:37
The energy and spirit of this album never gets old. Damn the Torpedos is Petty's crowning achievement. Nothing else comes close. It's the one you will always go back to.

A-Side: Don't Do Me Like That
B-Side: Refugee
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80/100
From 04/12/2021 19:57
This has to be the definitive Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers album: Punchy, raucous, and loaded with swinging hits, it's a fun listen on both sides.

For those prefer the softer, familiar sounds of Tom Petty, check out 'Into The Great Wide Open' - but only after this Torpedo party is over!
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70/100
From 01/04/2021 20:03
Highly enjoyable, very catchy without a single track being below par.
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80/100
From 12/13/2020 03:55
An album more boosted by the quality of the best songs than penalized for the mediocre ones.
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80/100
From 07/14/2020 18:56
Great Album! Rating (81.67)
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85/100
From 07/03/2020 20:35
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at their peak. It's obvious these guys were more concerned with writing great songs rather than a great album, but they did both.
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80/100
From 07/09/2019 20:02
Another great album from TP
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90/100
From 06/29/2019 03:11
A truely great rock album that I played on high rotation when I discovered it in 1985 and still a great listen today. From Refugee to Even The Losers, Don't Do Me Like That and all the rest.
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Best Albums of 1979
1. London Calling by The Clash
2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
5. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
6. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
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8. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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