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 520 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,321.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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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: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ProlongedFantasy | Top 49 Greatest Music Albums | 15/49 | 71 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1979 | 13/35 | 3 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Tom Petty: RANKED | 3/4 | - |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 25 Music Albums of 1979 | 15/25 | 2 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 34 Music Albums of 1979 | 5/34 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 60/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 49 Music Albums of 1979 | 39/49 | 1 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 30 Music Albums of 1979 | 15/30 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1979 | 47/87 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 415 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,255 | |||
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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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| ! | 4 days ago | NowhereMan | 1,489 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2026 11:54 |  djrodo | 1,020 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 02:09 | stryker700 | 295 | 90/100 |
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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 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Great record (Edited)
Good pop rock album, some tracks are great and some are just ok, but there's not a bad one.
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
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!
Highly enjoyable, very catchy without a single track being below par.
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