Damn The Torpedoes
by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers bestography
Damn The Torpedoes is ranked 2nd best out of 32 albums by Tom Petty on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tom Petty is Full Moon Fever which is ranked number 524 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,305.
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Damn The Torpedoes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Damn The Torpedoes rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 22 Music Albums of 1979 | 18/22 | 1 |
| 2026 |  PanheadWarrior | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1979 | 18/35 | 3 |
| 2026 |  djrodo | Top 25 Music Albums of 1979 | 18/25 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1979 | 11/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s Pt 3 | 87/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 59 Music Albums of 1979 | 11/59 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 90 Music Albums of 1979 | 23/90 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 415 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,205 | |||
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Damn The Torpedoes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/05/2026 18:50 |  Musicbuff123 | 402 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 09:01 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2026 14:53 |  NowhereMan | 1,495 | 77/100 |
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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 80.0/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Damn The Torpedoes forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5449): By junodog4 BestEverAlbums 09/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5447): By adbrack1988Damn The Torpedoes comments
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Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/08/2011 00:40 | #19003 | TOP COMMENT
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After a slightly disappointing 2nd album (You're Gonna Get It), Petty & the band broke out big with this album. Showing some punk attitude and the frustration over a recent fight with their record comany, Petty comes out with a bit of a snarl and a collection of great songs. From start to finish, this album is loaded with well written songs. The band is dead on, and Petty sounds like he is ready to take over the world. The album has aged incredibly well, sounding just as fresh 30 years later.
Has it really been 30 years since Refugee? Damn.....
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/16/2012 23:03 | #55202 | TOP COMMENT
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First full Tom Petty album I've listened to.... and I love it! Took me long enough to get around to it. Great tunes. I might prefer Tom Petty over Bruce Springsteen...
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2012 00:45 | #40708 | TOP COMMENT
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An underrated album of classic rock gold. How can you argue with the first half? Tom Petty's peak of his early work.
~SMiLE~ 03/27/2012 19:19 | #39026 | TOP COMMENT
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When it came out in '79 I played this album to death. There's not a song here I don't love.
It's has this Dylan meets the Stones meets the Byrds vibe. It's raw yet sunny. Produced by Jimmy Iovine it has a clean production sound. Every song on the album is great. "Damn the Torpedoes" is an excellence album.
TerryTezza 06/29/2019 03:11 | #238603 | TOP COMMENT
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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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